Operational Readiness Senior Engineer at Minopex

Description

• The Senior Engineer: Operational Readiness (OR) plays a key technical and project leadership role within the OR team. This position will be responsible for leading one or more OR functional workstreams as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), supporting project scoping, planning, and execution.
• The Senior Engineer will manage one or two OR projects concurrently (depending on scope), while providing technical depth and cross-functional integration aligned with Minopex OR standards and methodologies.
• This role works closely with the GM: OR to ensure consistent delivery, functional standardisation, and technical quality across all OR initiatives

Duties & Responsibilities:
Project Execution & Delivery

• Lead one or more OR functional areas as SME, providing technical guidance, readiness assessments, gap analysis, and action planning.
• Manage and deliver OR activities for assigned projects, ensuring alignment with Minopex OR standards, client requirements, and project milestones.

Project Management Support

• Manage project schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and reporting for one or two OR projects.
• Support the GM: OR and Regional OR Project Managers with tracking, decision-making, and stakeholder alignment.
• Ensure appropriate SME and functional support is engaged for each project.

Functional and Technical Contribution

• Support continuous improvement of OR tools, processes, templates, and methodologies.
• Contribute to the development of OR products, digital solutions, and knowledge systems.
• Participate in HAZOP, Operability, Maintainability, Risk Reviews, and Design Reviews.
• Manage, coordinate, and collaborate with Minopex supporting teams/services enabling efficient project delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

• Engage with clients, EPCMs, and internal teams to ensure alignment on OR scope, risks, and readiness requirements.
• Prepare and facilitate key OR engagements including Kick-Off Meetings, Progress Reviews, Planning Workshops, and Close-Outs.
• Support escalation and resolution of technical or stakeholder issues, aligning with GM: OR governance expectations.

Business Development & Advisory Support

• Support proposal development, scoping activities, and early engagement with potential clients, aligning OR opportunities to business strategy.
• Represent the OR function professionally to enhance client relationships and strengthen the Advisory pipeline.

Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Chemical, Mechanical, or Mining Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification in Project Management, Business Administration, or similar (advantageous).
• Strong technical understanding of operational and processing principles, with ability to translate operational needs into OR planning and execution contexts

Experience and Skills Requirements

• Minimum 8–10 years’ experience in mining and/or mineral processing operations, with demonstrated technical and cross-functional exposure.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in project environments, including studies, execution, commissioning, or Operational Readiness.
• Experience leading OR functional workstreams (such as Processing, Engineering, AMM, Tailings, Mining, Supply Chain, HSE, HR/Training, ESG, ICT/Systems).
• Ability to manage one or two OR projects concurrently, including schedule integration, scope alignment, risk reviews, and readiness tracking.
• Proven ability to work within multidisciplinary teams and interface with clients, EPCMs, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and planning capabilities, with ability to integrate complex information into structured OR plans.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Experience contributing to proposals, scopes of work, and advisory products (advantageous).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and planning tools such as MS Project.