Project Development Manager, Calista Brice Mine Services

JOB SUMMARY

The Project Development Manager serves as a key member of the Calista Brice Mine Services team supporting the Donlin Gold Project. Reporting to the Program Manager, this position coordinates preconstruction planning, estimating support, project controls, commercial administration, procurement, proposal development, business planning, and project execution activities. The role works closely with Donlin Gold representatives, engineering consultants, subcontractors, internal operating companies, and other stakeholders to promote project readiness, cost and schedule discipline, effective communication, and successful delivery of strategic project objectives.

This position will also help establish the subsidiary's operating processes, reporting standards, systems, templates, and administrative infrastructure to support long‑term growth and successful project delivery.

• Assist the Program Manager with planning, coordination, and execution of Donlin Gold project initiatives and assigned work packages.
• Coordinate preconstruction activities, including scope development, constructability reviews, work planning, scheduling, and project readiness assessments.
• Support development of project execution strategies for major earthworks, infrastructure, and mine-related construction activities.
• Coordinate the transition of project information from estimating and proposal development into project startup and execution.
• Monitor project milestones, action items, deliverables, and critical dates; elevate risks and unresolved issues to the Program Manager.
• Coordinate preparation and review of conceptual, budgetary, and detailed construction cost estimates.
• Assist with quantity takeoffs, pricing reviews, labor and equipment assumptions, subcontractor quotations, and estimate reconciliation.
• Maintain estimating data, historical cost information, labor rates, equipment rates, and project assumptions.
• Coordinate bid documentation, estimate reviews, risk identification, and commercial readiness activities.
• Support development of project budgets, cash flow projections, cost forecasts, and executive‑level financial summaries.
• Assist in evaluating alternate means, methods, and delivery strategies to improve cost, schedule, constructability, and project value.
• Help establish and maintain project controls processes for cost, schedule, productivity, commitments, change management, and forecasting.
• Prepare and distribute weekly, monthly, and ad hoc project reports, dashboards, and executive updates.
• Track expenditures, commitments, quantities, productivity, and forecast‑to‑complete information.
• Coordinate schedule updates and support development of near‑term and long‑range project plans.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, decision logs, action registers, and performance metrics.
• Support earned value, trend analysis, and variance reporting when required by the Program Manager or client.
• Coordinate procurement planning with project stakeholders, vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Assist with preparation of bid packages, scopes of work, instructions to bidders, commercial exhibits, and procurement schedules.
• Solicit, organize, and evaluate subcontractor and supplier pricing and qualifications.
• Support subcontract negotiations, award recommendations, and documentation of commercial decisions.
• Track contract deliverables, submittals, insurance requirements, schedule obligations, and other commercial commitments.
• Maintain complete and organized procurement, contract, and project files.
• Support development of technical proposals, qualifications packages, capability statements, client presentations, and other pursuit materials related to the Donlin Gold Project and future mine services opportunities.
• Analyze solicitation requirements and prepare compliance matrices, proposal schedules, data calls, and content assignments.
• Coordinate technical, estimating, operations, and executive input into proposal and presentation materials.
• Maintain project descriptions, staff resumes, experience data, past performance information, and reusable proposal content.
• Assist with client intelligence, capture planning, interview…