Data mining Jobs in Toronto, ON

Our client is a large, multidisciplinary engineering / professional services firm that delivers a comprehensive range of technical and strategic services, including consulting, information technology, engineering, process development, as well as project and construction management to various heavy industrial sectors.

Major corporations around the world recognize our client for its ability to bridge the gaps between research and innovative technologies, and between engineering and reliable operations. The firm places strong emphasis on developing innovative approaches, technologies and solutions that add value to its customers businesses.

Our client delivers unprecedented business results through a commitment to quality, lower operating costs, more efficient utilization of capital assets, higher standards for safety and risk management, faster start-ups and continuous performance improvements in all projects and programs.

Scope of Position

As entire industries cope with tectonic market shifts, the appetite for disruptive thinking, technology and solutions to design, build and enhance their operations grows at an unprecedented pace. Our client’s mining business leads its sector in this revolution.

From brownfield upgrades to making processes more efficient, to fine-tuning machinery, to planning and implementing major new integrated developments, our client’s objective is always the same : to address their clients’ most serious challenges and solve their toughest problems.

Our client’s services include :

• Mine design and planning
• Backfill
• Automation
• Mass mining
• Electrification
• Shafts and hoisting systems
• Operational improvement
• Mine ventilation and refrigeration
• Project management and procurement services
• Construction management
• Dynamic simulation

Currently our client is seeking an individual to assume global leadership for its mining practice which includes :

Reporting to the Global Managing Director, the successful candidate will leverage his / her personal and professional knowledge, experience and capabilities, as well as our client’s extensive in-house resources, to drive the practice’s technologies and services to a larger global market share.

The firm’s Mining Practice serves key clients across all commodities groups (Base Metals, Bulk and Minerals) and boasts a significant opportunity to expand its client relationships. This successful candidate will be at the helm of the strategy, team, and execution plan to deliver on the promise of this opportunity with the support the firm’s most senior leadership.

The successful candidate will bring deep technical experience in the mining sector. He / she will demonstrate proven effectiveness in influencing through insight, building trusted advisor relationships, partnering with clients to understand their needs (from issue to outcome), shaping the ‘right’ solutions in order to help mining companies implement sustainable business plans, become more competitive and get the most value from their assets. The role requires a differentiated understanding of clients’ industry landscape and the capacity to create solutions that bring the best of our client to help customers achieve their objectives.

This successful candidate will also be responsible for practice building activities, thought leadership, people development, and continuing to build an extraordinary team.

Functional Tasks

Key Performance Deliverables

In light of the identified responsibilities, the following are specific deliverables that the position is designed to achieve.

Specific measures of performance will be discussed with and agreed upon with the successful candidate

Competency Profile

The following competencies listed below define the role of Global Lead Mining Practice

Strategic Approach

Develops a strategic plan to realize the vision. Revises strategy in light of changing circumstances. Takes a long-term view of organizational success. Works to clarify long term organizational goals. Able to stand back from immediate problems in order to focus on more far reaching ideas.

Visioning

Imagines future possibilities. Thinks broadly and investigates a wide-range of alternatives in developing a vision for the future. Selects the most promising vision from a range of alternatives and communicates this vision to others.

Influence

Articulates the key points of an argument persuasively. Negotiates skillfully and convinces others to own point of view. Directly and indirectly impacts the decisions / opinions of others. Mobilizes people into action.

Integrity & Sincerity

Inspires trust and supports others through own authenticity and following up on commitments. Maintains high ethical standards both personally and professionally. Shows consistency among principles.

People Management

Establishes and communicates clear priorities and sense of direction. Clarifies roles and responsibilities. Adapts management style to achieve optimum results.

Results Orientation

Focuses strongly on achieving agreed upon outcomes and ensures that key objectives are met. Conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure. Aims to improve upon past performance. Establishes aggressive personal targets and strives to achieve them.

Initiative

Proactive. Seizes opportunities and acts upon them immediately. Takes responsibility for own actions and addresses problems before asked.

Customer / Client Orientation

Strives to provide customers / clients with personalized and efficient service. Anticipates customers’ / clients’ needs. Quickly follows up on customer / client contacts and complaints. Monitors and acts on measures of customer / client satisfaction.

Industry & Market Awareness

Seeks to anticipate and respond to industry and market changes / challenges by understanding key characteristics, issues and the factors driving them. Aware of competitor’s products, services and position.

Boundary-Spanning

Incorporates information about the organization’s structure and protocol into decisions. Attentive to the internal politics and alert to shifting interpersonal dynamics. Establishes the necessary support networks and cross-functional relationships through rapport building. Recognizes, maintains and effectively balances the interests and needs of one’s own group with those of the broader organization.

Team Skills

Helps to create a sense of team spirit and harmonious relations through cooperation and support. Balances personal goals with those of the team. Fosters collaboration among team members.

Role Expertise

Demonstrates critical technical or professional knowledge / skills related to the role. Has thorough knowledge of relevant products, services and methods. Expands technical knowledge / skills and keeps up-to-date in own area of expertise.

Preferred Experience / Education

The following indicates specific industry, academic and functional experience / qualifications that are important to the successful achievement of the identified responsibilities and performance deliverables.

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