Principal Engineer: Advisory - Operational Readiness (OR) at Minopex

Job Description

Introduction

This position will be based at the Head Office in Woodmead.
Description
This position will report directly to the VP Advisory: OR and will be responsible to lead, coordinate and manage all Operational Readiness (OR) activities, projects, teams, and sub-contractors as assigned or delegated as part of the OR team. The position will also be responsible to ensure requisite product development, improvement and team improvement initiatives to be initiated and maintained.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead the development, commercialisation and execution of Operational Readiness by:

• Engaging with clients at appropriate levels to scope and understand their OR needs
• Engaging with clients to identify risks and opportunities through HAZOPS, Operability and Maintainability, Risk and other review processes
• Development of suitable OR Plans, Budgets and implementation processes
• Project Management: Facilitate Clients, Project and Operations teams to manage and implement OR activities as identified through the OR Plan
• Actively manage, coordinate and collaborate with Minopex supporting teams/ services enabling efficient project delivery
• Actively participate in building and maintaining relationships across the Advisory pipeline by sharing business information and knowledge
• Actively participate in development and implementation of Advisory products and solutions
• Assisting in the development and implementation of a commercially sound go-to market strategy for the Operational Readiness product   

Management, Leadership and Coaching:

• Clearly define roles, objectives, performance standards and expectations of all team members with progress monitoring and feedback
• Adapt to change and effective change management implementation and customer engagement strategies, where needed
• Improve the skills and effectiveness of team members through challenging assignments and development through training
• Develop stakeholder and customer relationships which over time are mutually beneficial
• Develop and nurture long-term client relationships
• Manage Advisory projects and project teams, leveraging expert resources from the rest of the Advisory group or the external market

Financial:

• Ensuring and assisting the OR team to achieve their Financial KPI’s at Project level
• Ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of projects, while providing quality assurance to ensure work is delivered to the highest possible standard and approved budgeted expenditure.

Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Engineering Degree (Metallurgy/ Chemical/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Mining Engineering).
• Post Graduate qualification in Project and Business Management will be advantageous

Experience and Skills Requirements:

• Minimum 15 years’ experience with at least 10 years operations experience in a management role, in an operations facility with cross functional responsibility into areas such as Health and Safety, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Human Resources and Training Management etc.
• Experience in consulting or service delivery in the mining environment will be advantageous
• Experience working in a project environment and exposure to typical project phases from concept definition through to detailed design, execution and construction
• Experience in Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Ramp-up planning and execution will be advantageous
• Experience in implementing and defining Processes and Systems
• Experience in Business Development through contributing to bids, proposals, and commercial documents (estimates etc.), and in creating and building sales pipelines
• Ability to analyse, assimilate and integrate complex issues and information into project plans while maintaining a holistic view to support key decisions
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross functional and multi organizational team
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally and work away from home as per project requirements
• Excellent safety awareness and experience working to industry standards
• Experience in following a Risk Based approach in the development or implementation of Processes, Procedures etc.
• Excellent Communications skills
• Team leadership skills and willingness to effectively collaborate with others
• Demonstrated experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and planning tools such as MS Projects