Project Manager - Nuevo Cobre

at  RIO Tinto

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOUR REQUIREMENTS:

• Proficient in Spanish and English
• Demonstrated project management experience including advanced exploration/evaluation studies and/or development of mining projects
• Strong planning, management, and coordination skills with a demonstrated ability of critical thinking.
• Skilled in effectively communicating and presenting (both orally and in writing) issues and recommendations and the reporting of results
• Leadership, organizational oriented to objectives skills.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with demonstrated ability to build relationships at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders

ROLE PURPOSE:

Responsible for managing the overall planning, execution and delivery for the Nuevo Cobre project through managing contracts, resources, budgets, and identifying and managing risks.

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Implements and maintains appropriate H&S standards to ensure the safe delivery of the project
• Establishes project protocols and procedures to optimise decision making, record keeping, control of costs and team communications.
• Complies with statutory, legal, JV and Rio Tinto requirements as well as community expectations and recognised leading practice.
• Builds, influences and maintains a productive project culture for high levels of collaboration, engagement and productivity across all teams.
• Monitors and manages information requests, audits, site visits, and communications between partners.
• Determines project priorities in conjunction with key stakeholders and defines scopes of work, schedules, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation
• Coordinates internal and external resources to ensure that the project adheres to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Analyzes project status, trends and, when necessary, revises the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with relevant stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.
• Reports on project outcomes and risks to the appropriate management channels and escalates issues, as necessary, according to project work plan.
• Ensures stakeholder requirements are properly understood and project deliverables are met.
• Monitors projects on an ongoing basis, evaluates progress/quality and manages issue resolution.
• Manages and develops the performance of the team in line with the JVs and Rio Tinto’s company values, in order to achieve objectives.
• Leads and integrates multi-functional teams.