Newmont Goldcorp Corporation Recruitment for Senior Project Controls Engineer

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Newmont Goldcorp Corporation Recruitment for Senior Project Controls Engineer.

Newmont Goldcorp Corporation, based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA, is an American mining company that traces its roots to the diversified holding company William Boyce Thompson established in 1916. Incorporated in 1921, it has active gold mines in Nevada, Australia, Ghana, Peru, and Suriname.

Job Description

  • Company: Newmont Goldcorp Corporation
  • Location: Ghana
  • State: Koforidua
  • Job type: Full-Time

Purpose

Lead Project Controller for a specific project and support other regional Development and Sustaining Capital projects as needed. Provide cost estimates, cost controlling, planning and scheduling, cost and scheduling analysis, and project reporting across all Project Stages. Maintaining close coordination with internal stakeholders as well as EPC (M) Contractor(s) and/or Owner led Contractor(s). Rapidly identify deviations to cost or schedule to allow proper decision making by Project Management.

Essential Duties

  1. Follow regional and corporate approved Guidance to support project management
  2. Work requires coordination and integration of information provided by multiple stakeholders – suppliers, contractors, and owner’s functions – into summary reports representing the overall project as defined in the owner’s Authorization for Expenditure (AFE).
  3. Provide project controls input and coordinate overall development and QC of documentation to advance projects through Investment System and Stage-Gate Process.
  4. Act as Owner’s primary liaison and primary interface with Project Accounting.
  5. Provide controls input and analysis for monthly reports as well as project and contract closeout reports.
  6. Prior to award, review agreements for work to be performed by suppliers, consultants, and contractors, to ensure that project controls requirements are clearly stated and are appropriate to level of contract risk.  During project execution, audit third-party reports ensuring adherence to these requirements.
  7. Participate in the annual business planning cycle. Ensure that project controls systems can generate reports relative to either annual or life-of-project budgets.
  8. Actively participate in key project planning sessions: opportunity framing, interactive planning, risk analysis, formal forecast updates, and project reviews conducted by corporate and third party benchmarking consultants.
  9. Maintain an active risk register and communicate gaps and corrective action identified to the Project Director and Regional Project Controls Manager and implement corrective action as agreed with project stakeholders

Training & Experience

  • B.S. degree in Engineering and/ Accounting, Project Management or equivalent experience. Alternatively, an equivalent combination of training and experience are necessary.
  • Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the engineering and construction management with at least 3-year experience in project controls including successful completion of a project assignment.
  • Project management training.
  • An understanding of construction techniques, methods, productivity, and costs.
  • Practical experience with SAP.
  • Knowledge of Newmont’s stage-gate procedures
  • Intermediate to advanced level of software applications and tools for scheduling and cost management
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Effective communication skills (in English).
  • Effective interpersonal skills.
  • A flexible attitude and a willingness to learn.

Working Conditions

  • Position is located at Ahafo & Akyem Project Sites.
  • The work will be in a shared field project office subject to changing conditions.
  • Position will be required to travel to other locations and project offices in Ghana and also visit construction and mining sites and must be fit enough to traverse rough ground, climb ladders, and walk for 15 minutes without tiring.

How to Apply

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should Click here to apply.

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