Director, Projects NCA Region

Join an industry leader and make a positive change in the sustainable use of the world's natural resources. Together, we will transform the business and drive the industry toward a greener future.

At Metso, you will be supported by our inclusive culture and a network of colleagues from around the world. With us, you will embark on a personal growth journey and are encouraged to realize your potential. This is your invitation to rise above the possible.

Job posting end date: 02/27/2026

Introduction

We are seeking a Director, Projects North and Central America Region to join our Project Management and Engineering team within the Beneficiation, Dewatering and Hydrometallurgy Business Line (BDH BL) in the Services organization (SVS). You will be responsible for leading the BDH upgrade and modernization project portfolio across North and Central America, ensuring strong performance in safety, quality, schedule, and budget. Your work involves elevating portfolio strategy, strengthening delivery governance, and enhancing cross functional alignment across the region. Your role plays a crucial part in ensuring reliable and transparent project execution, which will positively impact customer satisfaction and operational performance across BDH BL.

In this position, you will report to the Head of Project Management and Engineering for BDH BL.

This position is mainly located in Canada (Montreal or Burlington) or USA (Mesa), and we are happy to offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options. Please note that internal travel will constitute approximately 30% of your annual working time.

Team you belong to

You will join a team of project management and engineering experts dedicated to delivering high quality upgrade and modernization projects across technologies and borders. Our team strives to ensure consistent execution excellence, clear communication, and strong customer alignment throughout the upgrade lifecycle. We are currently working on strengthening portfolio governance, harmonizing global practices across BLs, and developing cross regional collaboration models.

We work closely with internal and external stakeholders such as BDH Engineering, SVS Global Logistics Operations, Market Area NCA, Capex Delivery, Supply Chain, and Finance. Our team culture is all about collaboration, accountability, and high performance delivery. Team members are located across multiple global regions.

What you'll do

• Oversee the BDH upgrade and modernization project portfolio in NCA, ensuring strong delivery performance, customer satisfaction, and compliance with contractual, product, and HSE requirements.
• Lead, empower, and develop a team of project managers, strengthening regional capability and execution of globally managed programs.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure consistent application of SVS processes, standards, tools, and stage gate governance.
• Contribute to global harmonization efforts that advance common ways of working across Business Lines.
• Provide senior level support during customer and stakeholder interactions, ensuring aligned expectations and clear communication across multiple projects.
• Collaborate closely with BDH Engineering, Global Logistics, Market Area NCA, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure portfolio schedule integrity and proactive risk mitigation.
• Ensure robust scope and change management across the portfolio and provide expert delivery input for upgrade proposals.
• Implement a consistent regional approach to tariff and trade impacts, ensuring transparent communication regarding cost and lead time implications.

Who you are

• You bring extensive experience in the mining or mineral processing industry, ideally with exposure to complex, multi project portfolios.
• You have 5+ years of portfolio management experience, preferably in service modernization or capital project environments.
• A proven leader, you excel in matrixed, cross functional, and multicultural environments.
• You have a strong record of strategic decision making, delivery excellence, and professional integrity.
• You possess broad project delivery expertise, including engineering, planning, construction, commissioning, safety, and quality—applied at a governance level.
• You have a customer centric mindset and strong business acumen to support commercial decisions.
• Skilled in resource planning, competence development, and performance leadership.
• Strong empowerment, prioritization, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of procurement practices, relevant mineral processing technologies, and tools such as MS Project, SAP, and Enovia.
• Nice to have: Additional languages such as Spanish or French.

What's in it for you

• An inspiring purpose - Enabling sustainable modern life. Minerals and metals are the backbone of essential functions in the modern world. However, there's a pressing need for more sustainable solutions to collect and process them. At Metso, you get to be part of transforming the industry and making a positive change.
• Wellbeing and safety - Benefit from occupational healthcare, generous benefits plan, healthy living rewards, mental well-being services, and engagement surveys.
• Compensation and rewards - Global incentive program tied to business and performance targets.
• Hybrid working possibilities - While we are big advocates of meeting and collaborating in person, we believe in fostering a flexible work environment.
• A thriving culture - We are committed to developing an inclusive culture that enables everyone to do their best and reach their full potential. A culture that is courageous, compelling, and caring, and unites our people to build a sustainable future together.
• Extensive learning opportunities - Ongoing growth dialogues, internal mobility, mentoring programs, education assistance, ambitious projects, and global opportunities.
• Worldwide support - Leverage our network of peers across the world, offering valuable assistance. We get things done together, through open and honest communication.

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Metso is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers' energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise. We are the partner for positive change.

Metso is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. At the end of 2024 Metso had close to 17,000 employees in around 50 countries, and sales in 2024 were about EUR 4.9 billion. Metso is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.