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Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations
Mining Technical Director, Autonomous OperationsWorley • Edmonton, AB, CAN
Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations

Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations

Worley • Edmonton, AB, CAN
9 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description - Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations (CAL01OT)Management Level : Individual Contributor :

Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations

Worley Consulting Group

Americas

Worley is a professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts helping our customers shift their operations towards a more sustainable future.

Worley Consulting is a core brand of Worley, a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.

Worley Consulting is a global group of consultants, scientists, engineers, and digital experts dedicated to solving the world’s critical infrastructure, environmental, energy, and resource challenges.

We partner with our customers to find solutions that create value over the life of their assets. We implement new technologies to run assets more efficiently, secure and safeguard social license, support local communities, and accelerate the energy transition.

Summary :

The Mining Technical Director for Autonomous Operations will report to the Sr. Director Autonomous Operations, AMERICAS and is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of the Autonomous Operations within the focused industries of Mining or specific discipline areas. This includes aligning the strategic direction for the business, pursuing and winning work, managing resources, managing a team of technical resources with expertise in all aspects of autonomous and automated projects throughout the Americas. The Technical Director will be responsible for vertical P&L through successful project delivery and operational area, building regional multi-discipline, and appropriately skilled delivery teams, and creating a culture of continuous improvement.

Strong profit management and growth, Operational Excellence, team capacity and talent development, client and market focus to drive increased sales, collaborating with wider Worley Consulting and Base Business to develop integrated offerings will be required.

This role covers Canada, US and LATAM business.

Responsibilities :

  • Work with the Regional leadership and Digital COE to adopt and deploy vision and strategy in key markets.
  • Manage a team with a focus on profit growth targets, talent development, and capability growth.
  • Drive customer and market focus towards increased sales with growth targets. Strong Doer / Seller is critical to the growth and success of your team.
  • Collaborate and develop integrated offerings with Worley Consulting.
  • Provide regional reporting to support pipeline growth and operational performance.
  • Delivering short to mid-term complex digital customer engagements, typically of multiple weeks duration, that may involve identification of user requirements, solutioning, implementation, change management, value realization and the potential involvement of other digital practices and / or other Worley Consulting practices.
  • Responsible for leading and managing teams of varying size depending on scope, including a mix of full-time employees, contractors and global workshare team to successfully execute the above activities and achieve targets.
  • Responsible for closing deals as a result of a customer engagement, including navigating the client decision-making process, involving and interacting with decision-makers and influencers, and overseeing and preparing proposals and contracts.
  • Accountable for specific success metrics, including sales targets, sales and project process compliance and practice profit targets. Always looking for opportunities to propose alternative commercial models to meet customer needs and improve Worley’s financial position.
  • Responsible for assisting with sales pursuits, including, but not limited to, sales meetings attendance, assisting in responses to RFP, and conducting short engagements designed to frame a client’s problem statement, plan and sell an engagement, develop initial client relationships, and demonstrate credibility.
  • Strive for continuous improvement in all aspects and actively looking for opportunities to digitally enable how the practice operates.
  • Responsible for attracting, retaining and developing talent.

What you will bring :

Technical and Industry Experience :

  • Industry experience with process or mine automation as an owner, vendor, or system integrator in the mining vertical (underground, open pit, processing, is a requirement for this role. Preferred candidates will have experience with autonomous fleet deployments and / or process automation of mining and / or processing plant infrastructure.
  • Program / Project management experience, with a focus on performance improvement and operations strongly preferred.
  • Facilitating workshops, client discovery meetings, strategic advisory / consulting with client is key to developing your business.
  • Driven, high energy, presence / gravitas, intelligent but practical, people person.
  • Proven ability to attract, retain and develop talent.
  • Demonstrable experience with targeting and selling through networking.
  • Able to interact and influence at any level of a client organization, including Executives and Staff.
  • Able to think outside of the box; innovative; flexible and decisive.
  • Keeps informed on ongoing technological developments with a keen sense of when evolving technology is ready to be implemented at scale.
  • Must have 10-15 years of experience in delivery of projects involving application of Advanced Automation technologies and develop of integrate multi technology solutions as mentioned above.
  • Experience running a P&L would be ideal, having a strong understanding of the fundamentals of P&L management, dynamics, and analysis would suffice.
  • Willing to travel an average of 25-30%.
  • Excellent analytical and research skills, attention to detail, intellectual rigor.
  • Excellent communication and listening skills.
  • Excellent business / commercial acumen and ability to relate to C-Suite concerns and drive customer engagements.
  • Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training :

    Required :

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline (Electrical, Instrumentation Computer Systems, mechanical, or chemical). Must be eligible to obtain a . or a . license where the role is based.
  • MBA or Master's degree preferred.
  • For applicants based in the province of British Columbia, the salary range is CA$216,210 to CA$317,956.

    Application of the pay band : Variation in salary is determined by factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, relevant years of experience, geographic location, internal pay equity, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role.

    Worley Consulting offers an excellent remuneration & benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment along with the opportunity to develop your career prospects within Canada and overseas.

    We strive to be an industry leader in health, safety and environmental performance. Our vision is to achieve zero harm to people and assets, and zero environmental incidents. We select people who share our values, beliefs and commitment to this vision and who demonstrate the expected behaviours, competencies and performance associated with their prospective roles within the company.

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