Area Manager - Process Plant

Job summary

Lead the owner's process plant and associated infrastructure scope, coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and multidisciplinary interfaces. Monitor contractor and EPCM performance while managing readiness, schedule, risks, costs, issue resolution, and safe operational handover.

Job details

The Area Manager - Process Plant is responsible for integrating engineering, procurement, construction readiness, field execution, interfaces, and decision-making within the assigned area to deliver the work safely, in accordance with scope, quality, schedule, cost, and long-term operability requirements. Client Details Our client is a mining company with headquarters in Vancouver. With a strong focus on safety, operational excellence and sustainable project delivery, the company has major mining activities in the South-American region. Description Act as the owner's lead for a major process plant and associated site infrastructure scope, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities. Provide leadership on technical reviews, constructability assessments, operational readiness, and long-term asset performance considerations. Coordinate multidisciplinary stakeholders to manage project interfaces, execution priorities, risks, and critical decision-making requirements. Monitor contractor and EPCM performance, ensuring compliance with project objectives, contractual obligations, technical standards, and quality requirements. Oversee construction readiness activities, including engineering deliverables, field mobilization, permitting dependencies, materials management, and execution planning. Lead efforts related to schedule management, risk mitigation, cost awareness, issue resolution, and overall project execution effectiveness. Support commissioning, startup, and operational handover activities to ensure the process plant is delivered safely and ready for sustained operations. Profile A successful Area Manager - Process Plant should have: Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field. Extensive experience between 15 - 25+ years leading large-scale mining, mineral processing, industrial, or infrastructure projects in owner, EPCM, EPC, or contractor environments. Strong background in process plant execution, project delivery, construction management, and operational readiness programs. Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships, contractor interfaces, and multidisciplinary technical teams. Demonstrated experience supporting projects through engineering, construction, commissioning, and handover phases. Strong leadership, commercial acumen, risk management capabilities, and decision-making skills within complex project environments. Job Offer Competitive annual salary between $190,000 and $210,000 CAD. Annual bonus. RRSP company contribution. Healthcare benefits. MPI ne fait pas de discrimination fondée sur la race, la religion, le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression du genre, l'âge, le handicap, l'état civil, ou sur le statut d'un individu dans un groupe ou une classe quelconque autrement protégé par la législation applicable en matière de droits de l'homme. MPI encourage les candidatures des minorités, des femmes, des personnes handicapées et de tous les autres candidats qualifiés. MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class otherwise protected under applicable human rights legislation. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled and all other qualified applicants

What you’ll do

Lead the owner's process plant and associated infrastructure scope, coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and multidisciplinary interfaces. Monitor contractor and EPCM performance while managing readiness, schedule, risks, costs, issue resolution, and safe operational handover.

Requirements

A degree in engineering, construction management, or a related technical field is required, along with 15–25+ years of experience leading large-scale mining, mineral processing, industrial, or infrastructure projects. Candidates should bring strong process plant and project delivery experience, contractor and stakeholder management capabilities, and a record of supporting projects through commissioning and handover.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus
• Company RRSP Contribution
• Healthcare Benefits

Listed skills

• Construction Management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Decision Making · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Process Plant Execution
• Project Delivery
• Construction Management
• Operational Readiness
• Stakeholder Management
• Contractor Interface Management
• Multidisciplinary Team Leadership
• Engineering Coordination
• Procurement Coordination
• Construction Readiness
• Commissioning
• Schedule Management
• Risk Management
• Cost Awareness
• Commercial Acumen
• Decision-Making

Job areas

• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Construction

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