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Director Engineering Execution Projects
Job Description
Where You Will Work Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support global operations in finance, human resources, information technology, planning and more from the main office, satellite offices or online. As a Hybrid employee, you'll engage in virtual collaboration as well as attend in-person meetings at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix or at one of our site locations. The Collaboration Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration. In-person attendance may vary based on the position and department requirements. Phoenix is the capital of the Grand Canyon State and enjoys mostly bright skies throughout the year. It is the perfect place if you enjoy the outdoors, love sports, concerts and other big city amenities or technology. There are great neighborhoods around Phoenix, with easy access to a major city, nature, the arts and many more amenities. What You Will Do Accountable for the successful delivery of engineering services across the capital project portfolio, ensuring engineering scope, schedule, cost, quality, and resource requirements are fully integrated into project execution plans and budgets. Provides leadership, governance, and oversight to drive alignment between engineering activities and overall project objectives. Establishes engineering execution strategies, performance metrics, reporting frameworks, and change management processes that support predictable and successful project outcomes. Partners closely with Project Directors, Project Managers, Engineering Managers, EPCM partners, and technical teams to ensure engineering deliverables are completed in accordance with approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements. Also oversees field engineering and commissioning support through project startup and final handover. Provide strategic direction, leadership, and governance for engineering execution across assigned capital projects and portfolios, ensuring alignment with project objectives, stage-gate requirements, corporate standards, and business priorities. Oversee the development and integration of engineering execution plans, staffing forecasts, budgets, schedules, deliverable registers, and key milestones to ensure alignment with overall project plans and performance forecasts. Establish and maintain engineering performance management frameworks, including reporting systems, key performance indicators, productivity measures, progress tracking methodologies, and forecasting processes that provide clear visibility into engineering performance and project status. Lead the implementation and governance of engineering change management processes, ensuring design changes, technical deviations, scope modifications, and engineering-driven impacts are properly assessed, documented, approved, and incorporated into project cost and schedule projections. Partner with Engineering Managers to proactively identify project risks, constraints, and performance challenges, developing and executing mitigation and recovery strategies to safeguard engineering deliverables and critical project milestones. Provide leadership and accountability for field engineering activities, technical issue resolution, design clarification processes, commissioning engineering support, startup readiness, operational handover, and the promotion of a strong safety culture. Champion engineering standardization, the application of lessons learned, best practice adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project execution and performance across the capital project portfolio. Foster effective collaboration and communication among project teams, operating sites, functional departments, EPCM partners, and external service providers to support timely decision-making, issue resolution, and project success. Perform other duties as required. Experience working with EPC, EPCM, Owner's Engineer, or hybrid project delivery models. Expertise in engineering execution planning, progress measurement, productivity analysis, forecasting, and reporting. Ability to lead large technical organizations and influence outcomes in a complex, matrixed environment. Professional Engineer registration or equivalent professional accreditation. Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related discipline. Experience in copper mining, mineral processing, hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical, or other large-scale industrial processing facilities. Experience leading engineering execution across multiple concurrent projects or a major capital project portfolio. Working knowledge of field engineering, commissioning, startup, operational readiness, and asset handover processes. Familiarity with digital engineering tools, engineering data management systems, model-based design, and project delivery technologies. Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and up to 35% internationally to support business and operational needs.