Senior Project Manager

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, South America, Southern Africa, Ghana and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Reporting to the General Manager – Projects, this is a critical leadership role responsible for the overall project delivery and its resources. The successful candidate will be a seasoned professional backed by extensive experience managing medium-large scale mining & minerals projects both locally & internationally.

The tasks you’ll perform:  

• Ensure the quality of output of the greater project team, and that it is aligned with the needs of the project, the company objectives, the requirements of the client and meets regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the management and technical competence of the project team in the delivery of the projects is enhanced and developed to meet the requirements of the Clients and their projects in accordance with the contract.
• Oversee all project activities and ensure they are conducted in a manner that highly prioritises safety, environment, community and industrial relations.
• Develop and maintain the various project specific procedures, work practices, plans and protocols to enable the project team to work efficiently and at a high standard of work.
• Manage the timeliness and accuracy of the project control (reporting, costs, schedule, trends and change management) in terms of both direct and indirect costs in accordance with the contract and in-house procedures.
• Ensure overall schedules, budgets and target deliverables are achieved to a consistently high standard. 
• Develop and maintain productive client relationships.  

The expertise you’ll bring:

• University degree in Engineering or experience equivalent.
• 15+ years post graduate experience in Mineral Processing or related industries, ideally with strong experience in an EPCM environment.
• Experience delivering mining projects locally and internationally is critical.
• Ability to travel internationally or locally for project work as required.
• Strong technical background with a broad multi-disciplinary base.
• Thorough understanding and awareness of project implementation, constructability, OH&S, environmental, community and industrial relations issues.
• Demonstrated ability to direct and influence multi-disciplinary teams, consultants and contractors to deliver critical project objectives.
• The ability to build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Intuitive leader with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

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