Job Description

Summary

Job Title: Capital Projects Manager

Location: Tumbler Ridge, BC

Schedule / Terms of Employment: This is a full time (40 hours/week), permanent position

Primary Purpose

The Capital Projects Manager will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure an integrated high standard of customer service and project delivery. Reporting to the Vice President Projects and Logistics, the Capital Projects Manager will plan, coordinate, design, and manage project construction, prepare and manage budgets, schedules and programs for capital and special projects. As well, the Capital Projects Manager will lead the implementation and completion of operational readiness programs as part of project handover to end-users / operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct construction teams to ensure construction is done in accordance with approved schedules, within budget and to the approved quality standards;
• Managing single or multiple projects ranging in dollar value and complexity and overseeing the preparation and implementation of the Project Execution Plan
• Leading the Front-End Engineering Design process, completing gate reviews, and obtaining management approvals
• Leading the Contracting Strategy effort relating to construction activities and managing the contractor evaluation, bid and award process
• Understanding contracts and managing contractors to maximize performance, controlling costs and minimizing claims and change orders
• Setting safety expectations for the project and leading the team to achieve safety goals, and interviewing and approving personnel from the contractor\xe2\x80\x99s organization, where required
• Ensuring that proper schedules are issued, reviewed, and used to drive Project performance and provide accurate cost estimates and monthly cash flow forecasts
• Setting up programs to manage suppliers / vendors, design engineers and consultants
• Developing a quality control program and ensuring that processes are followed
• Developing, gaining approval for and managing to project KPI\xe2\x80\x99s and metrics
• Leading development and implementation of a project risk management plan
• Preparing and giving presentations to various levels of Conuma Leadership and other stakeholders
• Timely and efficiently closing out of the project

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Engineering (e.g. Mining, Civil, Geotechnical)
• Professional Project Manager Certification
• +10 years of progressive experience in mining, project and/or construction management

Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of capital project management through all phases, including planning, design, construction and project administration / controls
• Strong skills in the area of budgeting, planning, scheduling, cost control and construction cost management are essential
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to negotiate and influence others
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite and at least one project management software
• Good organizational and time management skills as well as able to prioritize and meet deadlines

Wage and Benefits

Conuma Resources provides competitive wages and benefits. Benefits include paid vacation, 7% RRSP matching and extended health and dental care.

Pre-Employment Testing

Please be advised that all selected applicants will be required to complete pre-employment testing.

Work Location / Travel

Employee bus transportation is available from Tumbler Ridge (Brule Mine and Wolverine Mine), Chetwynd (Brule Mine and Willow Creek Mine), and Mackenzie (Willow Creek Mine).

Please be advised that Conuma Resources does not offer camp accommodations or Fly-In Fly-Out opportunities. Conuma believes in supporting our local communities by promoting them as a place for our employees to call home.

Company Information

Conuma is a leading Canadian producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry. Products from our three mine operations in Northeastern BC, Brule, Willow Creek and Wolverine, leave us well-positioned to serve customers in South America, Europe and Asia.

Five time winner of the Edward Prior Mine Safety Award for the lowest injury frequency rate in British Columbia, Conuma continues to lead the industry with multi-million-dollar investments in the latest collision avoidance and fatigue monitoring safety technologies for the protection of our employees. Safety is not a goal to be achieved, it is our standard of expectation.

Conuma is much more than metallurgical coal. Conuma and its employees are embedded in our communities. The company\xe2\x80\x99s Pay It Forward program began in 2017 and since then has raised over $325,000 in support The Children\xe2\x80\x99s Foundation. Locally, Conuma\xe2\x80\x99s employee winter hockey matches ensure much-needed donations to the Food Bank, while in the summer, our employees get together to assist the local high school teams as they prepare their go-karts for the Conuma Challenge.

Our local communities in Northeastern British Columbia are amongst some of the most beautiful surroundings in North America. At the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark, employees can enjoy almost limitless hiking amongst some of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s biggest waterfalls, ride through ATV and snowmobile trails, explore 97 million-year-old dinosaur footprints, ski cross-country trails, play ice-hockey, swim indoors and out, cycle, and enjoy the sense of community only a small town provides. An hour and a quarter away, Chetwynd is famous for its chainsaw wood carvings and offers a range of kayaking, snowmobiling and rock-climbing opportunities. Regarded as a wonderful place to raise a family, with affordable costs of living, Northeast British Columbia is the outdoor paradise our employees are proud to call home.

Conuma Resources is an equal opportunity employer.

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