Manager - Operations Readiness - Block Cave Project

Work type- PERMANENT - FULL TIME- Location- RED CHRIS MINE- Applications close- 20 MAR 2024Newmont has recently acquired Newcrest Mining creating the world’s leading gold mining company.

With operations around the world, our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities where we operate. We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and supported to bring their whole unique self to work. We bring out the best in each other, inspiring performance and a shared belief that what we do matters.

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, Prince George, Smithers, and Calgary, AB.

We are seeking an individual for a Fly In, Fly Out opportunity working on a two weeks in, two weeks out rotation.

Purpose of the Role

To lead and manage the Business Readiness function throughout the project lifecycle to ensure project design and construction meets business & operational needs and transitions from constructed facilities to safe, efficient, operational assets in a timely manner. Manage the function to ensure “best for business” transition planning and execution for its people and assets.

About You

Position requirements include, but are not limited to:

- Accountabilities:_
- Health & Safety _

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

- Ensures work is conducted using the appropriate risk assessment and risk management strategy in accordance with safety standards, frameworks and that behaviours are aligned to a culture of minimizing employee risk and harm
- Ensures all projects are managed and implemented safely, consistent with practices to ensure absolute compliance to all regulations, laws, policies, procedures & standards
- Ensures zero tolerance for non-compliance
- Participates in safety initiatives
- Stays abreast of emerging safety standards and ensuring alignment with advancements in the industry
- Ensures all partners, vendors, external parties are fully aware of industry, company and site safety processes and procedures; monitors the safety performance of contractor personnel and generates safety awareness in the contractor workforce.
- Leadership, People & Development_

Demonstrates leadership with the highest professional and ethical standards ensuring all actions are transparent and in accordance with policies, standards and values:

- Mentors, develops and sustains capability of the technical teams; plays an active role in building and sustaining technical and strategic capability within the teams
- Develops and maintains an effective relationship with the site operations team (the customer) to manage the business / operational readiness processes.
- Creates opportunities for personnel to gain experience and for knowledge transfer, as part of a succession planning process for key technical roles
- Communicates effectively to ensure all personnel understand relevant deliverables that will be required to scope and manage specialist consultants in the delivery of aspects related to the project.
- Technical_

Leads the development and implementation of the Business / Operations Readines Execution Plan (OR PEP) as defined in the project specific Operational Readiness Management Plan (ORP), this includes:

- Roles and responsibilities
- Authority levels
- Controls
- KPI’s and Reporting
- Management of Change
- Risk management
- Document Management
- Communication & Meetings
- Quality Assurance

Further, the plan is to develop detailed scope and to execute in each of the following Focus Areas:

- Team framework and Organisation structure
- Health, safety, security, environment and community
- Legal, Risk and Compliance
- People, Culture, Human Resources
- Learning and development
- Business Process and IT and Commercial systems
- Maintenance
- Supply Chain, spares and Logistics
- Asset management
- Production

Evaluate the existing systems in place, and recommend any required to manage the scope of business readiness to the requirements of a project of this size and complexity.

Project systems
- MS Sharepoint, Premivera 6, ACONEX
- CHESS, Contruent, SAP

Prepare for transition of project documentation into future operational systems.

This includes Operational systems:

- SAP (maintenance, warehouse, purchasing)
- Enablon (was CHESS) (hazards, incidents, obligations, registers)
- Learning management system
- PCBC, Drawcontrol, and cave management systems
- Other Newmont requirements
- Budget, Cost & Governance_

Establishes and is accountable for Business Readiness execution within the budget defined as part of Business / Operational Readiness Plan within the overall project budget.
- Scheduling & Planning_

Ensures that Business Readiness meets overall Site & project requirements and, at a mini