Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - Kinross Gold Corporation

Kinross Gold Corporation

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Start Date ASAP

Hybrid Work Environment (3 days in office, 2 days remote with flexible hours)

Dress Code Business Casual

Location Downtown Toronto, Outside of Union Station (TTC & GO accessible)

A Great Place to Work

Reporting to the Project Director, the role is responsible for managing project development activities at single or various projects within the company from completion of feasibility and project sanction through commissioning and handover.

Tactically, oversight involves ensuring systems and procedures and personnel are in place to provide process control and minimize the risk of project cost and schedule overrun while ensuring quality work is performed.

The Project Manager will have full responsibility for budget and schedule management.

Strategically, the role requires the Project Manager to establish the required strategic relationships both within Kinross and with third parties to ensure successful project execution.

Responsibilities:

Project Controls Development and Implementation

Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental corporate objectives are embodied in project design and development activities.
Oversees the implementation of companywide processes, systems and practices, specifically relating to the project execution.
Ensure that appropriate systems are in place on development projects to control and accurately monitor scope, cost and schedule.
Ensure appropriate and qualified personnel are in place and organized in an efficient and effective manner to execute project activities.
Ensure work product quality meets required standards through direct review or thirdparty review.
Establishes the annual capital budgets for the project and ensure consistency with Kinross' established financial guidelines and business planning process and align project activities to the site's strategic business plan.
Work with Regional management to collaboratively advance projects by defining organizational structures and communications methods that meet Regional needs as well as overall corporate objectives.

Reporting

Establish communication systems and procedures between project implementation personnel and senior management to ensure schedule and cost status are communicated in a timely, consistent and accurate manner. Including Project Steering Committees along with quarterly reporting efforts.

Other project work

Ensure broad or "outofthebox" thinking is allowed to occur with respect to projects in evaluation and feasibility to maximize value.
At all stages of the project, promote continuous valueadded thinking and execution to support project economics.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline or related technical diploma supported by relevant experience

- +7 years of related industry experience, in the areas of feasibility development and management, project management and execution and project readiness preparation on brownfield and greenfield projects.

Experience in remote and greenfield project development is considered an asset

Required Technical Knowledge

Strong understanding of the project development process flow within the mineral industry.
Prior management experience with geographically dispersed teams, while executing construction work at multiple locations with one common goal.

Required Behavioral Competence

Ability to develop and maintain a strong client/service provider relationship with regional management
Interact with a wide range of personalities and achieve core objectives
Demonstrate leadership in safety and environmental management
Drive to deliver a high quality work product
Dissect critical issue to define key drivers
Ability to manage and motivate a team in a remote and difficult environment

Required Experience

Must have done the following:

Must have prior experience in management with $1M $250M projects both in the feasibility and execution phases
Experience managing a large work site with multiple cultures including local indigenous groups
Must have an aptitude and interest in permitting and regulatory affairs
Planned and executed major initiatives such as a partnership, major change, new system implementation, or expansion
Acted as spokesperson, internally and externally, for sensitive issues or change initiatives

Our Approach to COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and in alignment with our health and safety standards, all Kinross Gold Corporation employees working from the Toronto office must be fully vaccinated with at least two doses of an approved vaccine.

If offered this position, you must show proof of vaccination prior to be hired.

Masks are not mandated in the office; however, employees are encouraged to wear a mask if it is more comfortable for them.

Kinross reserves the right to update its vaccination policy/requirements at any time at its sole discretion.