Engineering Manager at Lafayette

The Engineering Manager will oversee process engineering, process design and capital project engineering, technical support of maintenance and equipment reliability, and achievement of Operational Excellence goals at the Mine.

 

DUTIES AND  RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Leads the Engineering Team

• Interact daily with Mine Engineers, Mine Manager, Mine Operations Managers, Contractors, Mine Personnel, and Maintenance Personnel.
• Develop, manage and mentor the Engineering Department staff.
• Work with plant operations leaders, maintenance personnel and site manager to set priorities and provide/acquire engineering and construction resources to meet agreed to project plans and schedules.
• Know the status of all engineering project activities and keep others informed without performing all of the work personally.  The ability to identify and anticipate problems, extract information, and manage multiple capital projects at once is important.
• Maintain compliance with environmental health and safety policy in accordance with company and regulatory standards.
• Develop and maintain sound project management processes, tools and documentation including engineering specifications, drawings, standards for bid processes and interaction with purchasing functions.
• Lead the engineering support of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Work with engineers on multiple capital projects ensuring that scope, schedule, technical correctness and budget goals are met.
• Responsible for project cost tracking and the accurate forecasting of cash flow and total capital spend for each project.
• Ensure that the finished capital project meets the requirements of all project stakeholders including all of the requirements of the production facility in which it is installed.

 

• Responsible for required monthly and quarterly reporting.

 

Project Engineering

• Prepare and submit accurate annual capital budgets.
• Take full accountability of the mine capital program, with overall responsibility for spending and forecasting a budget of $10 – 30 million annually. 
• Ensure capital budgeting supports the objectives of the short and long term (five year) facility plan.
• Prepare and submit capital appropriation requests, including well developed and technically correct scope, engineering design, project costs, project schedule and operational and financial analysis.
• Develop and help to manage capital project engineering and construction contracts.
• Ensure that the projects are designed, specified, purchased and installed correctly and safely.
• Implement construction/installation strategies that coordinate with the plant production plan.

 

Process Engineering and Productivity

• Identify the key production processes at the mine which generate the highest levels of expense or impede the production process and devise appropriate process and production engineering solutions.
• Develop and maintain short term and long term mine plans.
• Assure engineering leadership and staff and attain detailed knowledge of mine processes.
• In conjunction with the Operations Group, establish operating efficiency targets and suitable metrics for the key components of the production process.
• Identify, through research and experimentation, opportunities to reduce costs or increase productivity within the existing structure. Research existing equipment functionality to determine the necessary upgrades to increase system performance, product quality or system profitability.
• Work with Operations to develop engineering solutions for production bottlenecks and problems.
• Support process engineering projects to improve production rate, energy efficiency, and plant reliability.
• Provide engineering resources to support productivity measurements and methods to achieve productivity improvements and Operational Excellence Goals.
• Leverage recent investments to increase sustainable production rates by implementing engineering solutions to improve process effectiveness.

 

 
Engineering and Risk Management

• Lead engineering support for mine ESH goals
• Ensure mine plans and rock mechanics plans support productivity, ground control, and ventilation objectives
• Ensure project compliance with all statutory requirements.
• Ensure site infrastructure is maintained through design and monitoring and Management of Change.

 

• Support site in the research, design and installation of new ESH Control Devices.

 

Maintenance and Reliability

• Respond to both Mine Operations Manager and Maintenance Superintendent requests to implement process and safety improvements.

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiencies/reliability in facility equipment.
• Work closely with Maintenance Department to support Reliable Asset Management objectives.
• Lead Site Team to set standards for equipment purchases.

 

Purchasing

• Insures Engineering compliance with CMP policies.
• Works closely with purchasing to ensure “arms length" bidding and negotiation standards are achieved.
• Works with purchasing to help to develop contracts with outside equipment suppliers, engineering consultants and construction contractors.

ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS

 

The Engineering Manager will function with a high degree of autonomy and report directly to the Mine Manager.  The Engineering Manager will directly oversee the engineering team.  The incumbent Engineering Manager will serve as a member of the Mine leadership team.

 Requirements

Computer Skills:  

• Complete proficiency with Microsoft Office programs is required. 
• Experience with AutoCAD, MS Project, CMMS systems is required

Education and Experience:

• An accredited degree in Mining Engineering is preferred.
• Other engineering degrees may be considered with strong background in mining or other heavy industrial environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in mining environment leading mining engineering capital projects, process engineering, facility engineering, etc. preferred
• Similar experience in other heavy industrial industry may be considered
• Other mining related software experience a plus.

 

 

 

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Please reference Job Code ML-ENGMGRLA when responding to this position.  Please send your resume as an attached document in Word form. You may also visit our website at www.midlandconsultants.com

Country: USA, State: Louisiana, City: Lafayette, Company: Midland Consultants.