Study Manager

About the role

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.

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Assessor of value and risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred.
• A 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.

Skills

• Understanding of mining and heavy industry sectors.
• Experience with study management processes and procedures.
• Ability to manage a complex environment with a virtual team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to weigh contradicting priorities and secure buy-in.
• Knowledge of risk management, commercial awareness, business analysis & reporting, and operational/business knowledge.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Wellness program.
• Health savings account.
• Flexible spending account.
• 401(k) plan.
• Employee stock purchase program.
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Short-term/long-term disability plans.
• Emergency travel benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Professional membership fee coverage.
• Paid family leave.