Mine Infrastructure Lead

Job summary

The Mine Infrastructure Lead oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of essential site infrastructure, including roads, utilities, and facilities. They coordinate across engineering, construction, and operations teams to ensure projects meet safety, quality, and budgetary standards.

Job details

About the job Mine Infrastructure Lead The Mine Infrastructure Lead is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of infrastructure required to support mining projects and site operations. This position works closely with engineering, construction, project controls, contractors, suppliers, and site teams to ensure mine infrastructure is delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with project requirements, schedules, budgets, and quality standards. Responsibilities: Mine Infrastructure Coordination Lead and coordinate mine infrastructure activities including roads, access, drainage, water systems, utilities, site services, facilities, and other supporting infrastructure. Coordinate infrastructure scopes, priorities, resources, and interfaces across project teams. Review drawings, specifications, schedules, and technical requirements to support effective project execution. Identify constraints, risks, and potential delays and coordinate solutions with the appropriate project teams. Support constructability reviews and infrastructure planning throughout project execution. Engineering & Technical Coordination Coordinate infrastructure requirements between engineering disciplines, construction teams, vendors, and site operations. Review engineering deliverables, technical documentation, and design changes for alignment with project requirements. Coordinate technical queries, RFIs, design changes, and field issues. Ensure infrastructure interfaces are identified and effectively managed across disciplines. Contractor & Site Coordination Coordinate contractors and subcontractors completing mine infrastructure works. Monitor contractor performance, productivity, progress, and compliance with project requirements. Coordinate labour, equipment, materials, access, and site requirements. Participate in coordination meetings, site inspections, and construction planning activities. Support resolution of field issues and construction constraints. Schedule, Cost & Progress Monitor infrastructure schedules, milestones, and critical activities. Track quantities, progress, productivity, and resource requirements. Identify schedule impacts, delays, and potential cost changes. Support cost tracking, forecasting, progress claims, and change management. Provide regular infrastructure status updates to project management and project controls. Quality, Safety & Environmental Ensure infrastructure works are completed in accordance with drawings, specifications, QA/QC requirements, and project standards. Coordinate inspections, testing, deficiencies, and non-conformances. Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work is performed in accordance with site safety requirements. Identify and address environmental risks associated with infrastructure activities. Support safety meetings, inspections, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives. Interdisciplinary Coordination Coordinate infrastructure interfaces with mining, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, process, environmental, and commissioning teams. Liaise with engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and project controls to maintain alignment. Communicate infrastructure status, risks, issues, and schedule impacts to project stakeholders. Support commissioning, turnover, and handover of completed infrastructure to site operations.

What you’ll do

The Mine Infrastructure Lead oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of essential site infrastructure, including roads, utilities, and facilities. They coordinate across engineering, construction, and operations teams to ensure projects meet safety, quality, and budgetary standards.

Requirements

The role requires extensive experience in coordinating complex infrastructure projects within a mining or industrial environment. Candidates must possess strong technical knowledge, the ability to manage contractors, and proficiency in project controls and site safety protocols.

Listed skills

• Technical Documentation · Preferred
• Change Management · Preferred
• Budgeting · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Infrastructure Planning
• Construction Coordination
• Engineering Coordination
• Site Operations
• Contractor Management
• Budgeting
• Scheduling
• QA/QC
• Safety Management
• Risk Identification
• Technical Documentation
• Constructability Reviews
• Stakeholder Management
• Commissioning
• Change Management
• Site Inspection
• Project Controls
• Project Implementation
• Technical Requirements
• Planning
• Construction
• Procurement
• Constructability
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Forecasting
• Operations
• Project Stakeholders
• Quality Management
• Safety Culture
• Subcontracting
• Coordinating
• Quality Control

Job areas

• Engineering
• Construction
• Management & Leadership
• Energy
• Logistics
• Infrastructure Lead
• Construction Site Manager
• Construction Managers

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