Study Manager

Stantec; Chandler (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Study Manager to lead mining studies from Chandler, AZ or Tucson, AZ, coordinating a multi-disciplinary team across offices and engaging with clients to define scope and drive successful outcomes. The role emphasizes strong leadership, risk management, and effective communication with diverse stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will have at least 10 years of study/project management experience in mining or heavy industry, a bachelor’s degree in engineering (PE license preferred),

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of study/project and/or program management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead mining study/ project definitions and execution planning with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Manage study scope, schedule, budget, and risk across stage gates.
• Act as technical lead and guide project team toward client objectives.

Skills

Mining leadership

Emotional intelligence

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

PE license (preferred)

MBA (asset)

Job description

Your Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Study Manager to join our Mining team in the Southwest USA, based out of one of our offices in Chandler, AZ or Tucson, AZ. The Study Manager is the principal liaison between Stantec and the client during the planning and execution of mining studies. The successful candidate will drive the identification, evaluation, selection, and/or optimization for a variety of mining projects as a key service offering for our diverse client base. You will have the opportunity to successfully steer complex studies through our various clients’ stage gate processes, developing and applying robust study management techniques, while leading a multi-disciplinary team across multiple offices.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Understand the client’s objectives and study definition guidelines.
• Drive the scope definition and execution planning for each study, working with a multi-disciplinary team to translate the client’s objectives and study definition guidelines into an actionable, controllable scope of work and plan of execution.
• Implement study management processes and procedures, including risk and value management, option identification/evaluation/selection, and assurance activities as required.
• Deliver integrated studies on time and within budget, while ensuring alignment between engineering, estimating, scheduling and risk from Order-of-Magnitude / Preliminary Economic Assessments through to Definitive Feasibility Studies.
• Serve as a technical peer reviewer or Qualified Person in the execution of the technical components of the work. Answer questions and give daily guidance and communications to the project team, thus developing the team’s technical competence.
• Assist the client with crafting the story of their studies, including engagement with other client stakeholders to present the progress and/or outcomes.
• Understand and implement various stage gate study standard processes.

• Proven Mining Study or Project leadership experience with high emotional intelligence.
• Influential leader, capable of weighing contradicting priorities and securing buy-in on compromise.
• Risk management, commercial awareness, business analysis & reporting, and operational/business knowledge.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• An ability to effectively liaise with external and internal stakeholders from multiple cultures.
• Comfort in managing a complex environment with a virtual team based around the world.
• High degree of leadership, planning, teamwork, decision-making, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
• An aptitude for steering multi-disciplinary teams towards a common objective.
• Proven history of managing ambiguity and maintaining team progress during periods of significant change.
• Assessor of value and risk.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred.
• Professional Engineering license (or the ability to obtain a license) is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant study/project and/or program management experience.
• Direct study experience in the mining and or heavy industry sectors is advantageous.
• A Master of Business Administration degree, while not necessary, is viewed as an asset.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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