Area Manager - Vancouver, Canada - Newcrest Mining

Newcrest Mining

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Work type- FIXED TERM - FULL TIME- Location- VANCOUVER OFFICE- Applications close- 4 MAR 2023Explore the unknown:
Newcrest is one of the world's largest gold mining companies.

As a global business, we aim to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and supported to bring their whole unique self to work.

We recognise that our different backgrounds and perspectives help us find better ways to: solve problems; attract and retain the best people; explore, develop, and produce more gold safely and profitably; and help make Newcrest a better place to work.

Our Red Chris mine is located on the traditional territory of the Tahltan and we encourage qualified applicants from the local communities to apply.

We offer several designated marshalling points within BC including Nanaimo, Vancouver, Kelowna, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Prince George, Smithers, and Calgary, AB.

Role Purpose

Responsible for consistently delivering best practice contract and procurement deliverables to meet the needs of the project schedule including compliance with Red Chris' Impact, Benefit, and Co-Management Agreement ("IBCA") obligations, Delegation of Authority and procurement plans, policies, procedures across the Red Chris Block Cave Project whilst supporting a proactive safety management culture. Also accountable for conducting all business activities in adherence to Newcrest's Code of Conduct, Modern slavery, Anti-Bribery, Corruption and Fraud prevention policies, procedures and strategies.

We are seeking an individual for an opportunity working Monday through Friday at the Vancouver office with travel to the Red Chris site as necessary.

Accountabilities:

Technical_

Demonstrates technical and conceptual excellence in anticipating problems and supports the team and plans, to deliver agreed departmental and business goals to ensure the value of the business is maintained or improved:

Develops and recommends contract strategies and contract plans to the project team, ensuring contract strategies consider appropriate legal, commercial, technical (schedule and cost) and execution approach to scope packaging, bidding, awarding, managing, and closing of contracts
Leads the team for tenders including planning, preparing and managing the documents and processes, analyzes and evaluates commercial proposals
Leads the team to negotiate commercial and legal terms
Liaises with technical, health, safety and environment (HSE), legal and other relevant stakeholders in reviewing proposals to mitigate risk exposures
Endorses and supports recommendations to award approvals based on key deliverables including safety, operational continuity, cost reduction and compliance
Develops monthly contract management key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive accountability and recognise achievement
Identifies supplier consolidation opportunities of contracts across the Block Cave Project (i.e., consolidate civil works)
Health & Safety_

Demonstrates absolute commitment and leadership in providing a safe and healthy working environment:

Champions New Safe, ensuring a safety-first work culture
Actively promotes proactive safety behaviours (including behaviours in line with NewSafe)
Follows standards, frameworks and ensures personal behaviours are aligned to a culture of recognizing hazards and minimizing risk and consequential harm to fellow employees
Ensures compliance to all regulations, laws, policies, procedures and standards
Participates in site safety initiatives, including being an advocate for NewSafe behaviours
Maintains functional safety and awareness of emerging safety standards, ensuring alignment with industry
Operational_
Demonstrates a commitment to effectively and efficiently utilizing Block Cave Project resources in meeting the objectives of the Project, identifying process improvements and seeking areas for growth, while ensuring general alignment with Newcrest's strategy and standards:
Collaborates with project contract owners to maximize and protect free cash flow value to Newcrest
Assists the Project team to administer agreements (postaward), including evaluating premobilization deliverables, negotiating/resolving disputes, negotiating changes, and closing contracts
Proactively provides guidance to the project team regarding contract management options and considerations throughout all stages of the contract lifecycle
References legal and commercial terms and relies on those terms to manage contractors and advise the project team on the use of these terms
Advises contract owners on compliance to Newcrest / Red Chris policies (training and audit process)
Ensures effective change management to ensure contract modifications are properly documented and approved according to the Newcrest Project Management System (the Gold Book)
Proactively resolves issues that arise between contractors and project teams in a professional manner
Budget, Cost & Gove