Lead delivery across a portfolio of major gold processing and infrastructure projects in West Africa. Reporting to senior project leadership, the Project Director will guide work from study and engineering through construction, commissioning and handover.

The role will build and lead the owner's project team, coordinate engineering and construction partners, and maintain oversight of project scope, schedule, cost, safety and operational readiness across multiple concurrent projects.

Company

An international mining company with operating assets and a programme of major capital projects in Africa.

Accountabilities

• Build and lead the owner's team across engineering, project controls, commercial management, procurement, construction, safety, commissioning and operational readiness.
• Manage engineering consultants and contractors, assess their capability and hold them accountable for delivery.
• Influence engineering and design decisions to support facilities that are safe to build, operate and maintain.
• Establish and manage project budgets, schedules, forecasts, critical paths, resource requirements and change control.
• Oversee contracting, procurement, equipment delivery, variations and claims.
• Coordinate construction across civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation disciplines.
• Manage interfaces with operating facilities, including access, shutdowns, isolations and tie ins.
• Provide visible safety leadership across project teams and worksites.
• Oversee delivery of processing and tailings infrastructure, with appropriate technical assurance.
• Lead commissioning, operational readiness, performance testing and handover to operations.
• Provide executive reporting on delivery progress, forecast outcomes, risks and decisions required.

Qualifications

• Approximately 20 years or more of relevant experience, including senior responsibility for major mining capital projects.
• Engineering qualification, preferably in mechanical or electrical engineering. Professional certification would be an advantage.
• Proven construction and commissioning delivery on gold processing plants.
• Experience managing several concurrent projects and providing oversight across multiple construction disciplines.
• Strong experience managing engineering consultants and contractors, ideally from both owner and contractor environments.
• African project experience would be an advantage, including experience with contractor capability, logistics and workforce development.
• Strong commercial judgement, project controls capability and experience integrating construction with operating mines.
• Clear communication, practical problem solving and the ability to work effectively with site and executive teams.