Responsibilities
- Translate business and operational requirements into clearly defined project scopes suitable for live coal mining environments, considering production constraints and site interfaces
- Contribute to feasibility development, including scope definition, delivery approach, and identification of key risks and constraints
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, schedule, and delivery approach across the project lifecycle
- Align project objectives with operational and business requirements, ensuring clarity of success criteria
- Support development of business cases and capital justification inputs for project approval
- Administer contracts at a project level, ensuring delivery aligns with agreed scope, timeframes, and performance expectations
- Monitor project costs and progress against budget, escalating variances and issues as required
- Work with commercial/cost teams to address contractual matters, variations, and claims where necessary
- Develop and maintain practical project schedules that reflect site constraints (e.g. shutdowns, tie-ins, operational impacts)
- Track progress against key milestones and coordinate corrective actions where deviations occur
- Implement and follow change management processes, ensuring changes are captured and communicated appropriately
- Liaise with project controls functions to ensure accurate and timely reporting
- Identify and manage delivery risks, with a focus on early identification and escalation of issues impacting safety, schedule, or operations
- Coordinate with engineering and technical teams to ensure deliverables are reviewed, approved, and suitable for site application
- Confirm that completed works meet required standards and are ready for safe handover and integration into operations
- Support quality processes by ensuring key requirements and specifications are understood and followed
- Lead execution of project activities within an operational mining environment, ensuring safe and efficient delivery
- Manage contractor engagement on site, including coordination, day-to-day oversight, and performance monitoring
- Ensure contractors comply with site procedures, safety requirements, and agreed scopes of work
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractors to deliver project outcomes
- Act as the key point of coordination between operations, contractors, consultants, and internal stakeholders
- Provide clear and structured updates on project progress, risks, and issues
- Facilitate regular meetings and maintain effective communication across all stakeholders
- Escalate issues where required and provide practical, outcome-focused recommendations
- Demonstrate visible safety leadership and reinforce safe behaviours across project activities
- Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with site safety standards and regulatory requirements
- Follow established project governance processes and ensure compliance with organisational requirements
- Raise and address safety or compliance concerns promptly
- Capture key lessons learned from project delivery and contribute to improving future outcomes
- Identify opportunities to enhance delivery efficiency and team coordination
- Support adherence to organisational systems and processes
Requirements
- Approximately 5–10 years’ experience in project management, including at least several years within coal mining or similar heavy industrial environments, preferably in operating or brownfield sites
- A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all the operational stages to completion and post-project review
- Excellent knowledge and experience of all the main project management concepts, tools and techniques
- Experience of working within a Client focused environment
Nice to Have
- Experience of working within the Australian market and/or Australian projects
Work Arrangement
On-site
