Area Project Manager – Non-Process Infrastructure; NPI

Position: Area Project Manager – Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI)
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** Job Description
** Albemarle is hiring for an Area Project Manager. This position is hybrid and located in Kings Mountain, NC and full-time on-site presence is required during active construction phases.

The Area Project Manager - Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI) is a senior capital project leadership role within Albemarle's Kings Mountain lithium mine project - one of the most strategically significant critical mineral developments in the United States. This role owns end-to-end delivery of non-process infrastructure that enables safe, on-schedule construction and start-up of the Mine, Concentrator, and Tailings areas.

NPI scope includes high-voltage power and substations; mine haul/access roads and site earthworks; raw and process water supply, storage, and treatment; stormwater and environmental containment; site buildings (maintenance, warehouse, dry/admin); telecoms/controls backbone; geotechnical and surveying programs; and third-party utility coordination.

The successful candidate brings hands-on experience delivering infrastructure for greenfield or brownfield mining and mineral processing facilities, with strong understanding of hard-rock concentrator sequencing and interfaces. This role requires an EPCM-caliber project manager with an owner's mindset to protect schedule, capital, and operability through design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
** What You Will Do
**** Project Leadership & Execution
*** Own scope, schedule, budget, and risk for all NPI projects supporting the Mine, Concentrator, and Tailings areas across FEL2-IFC, construction, commissioning, and handover.
* Develop execution plans, WBS, and integrated schedules aligned to the overall Kings Mountain master schedule and critical path.
* Control cost and change (Class 3 through completion): estimates, commitments, contingency, change orders, and monthly performance reporting.
* Maintain risk and issue registers, drive timely resolution/escalation, and lead NPI stage-gate readiness reviews to ensure FEL maturity before sanction and execution.
** Mining & Concentrator Infrastructure Expertise
*** Lead greenfield hard-rock mining infrastructure delivery: access/haul roads, earthworks, ROM pad interfaces, and overburden/stockpile enabling works.
* Translate concentrator needs (crushing, grinding, separation/flotation, dewatering) into coordinated NPI scope: power, water, compressed air, reagent/utility areas, and building envelope.
* Manage mine-to-plant and plant interface points with process, OEMs, and EPCM: equipment pads/foundations, utility tie-ins, corridors, constructability, and commissioning utility readiness.
* Coordinate tailings infrastructure interfaces (ancillary works, return water, decant/pumping, access) with geotechnical and environmental teams.
** Engineering & Design Oversight
*** Direct EPCM and specialty consultants across civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, I&C, and architectural disciplines for NPI scope.
* Review/approve key deliverables (site layout, grading, foundations/structures, electrical single-lines, underground utilities) and guide routing decisions to ensure constructability and operability.
* Ensure all designs incorporate safety-in-design principles and satisfy requirements identified through HAZID, HAZOP, and constructability reviews. Ensure all open action items are formally closed prior to IFC issuance.
* Participate in or lead value engineering exercises to optimize NPI capital cost without compromising operability, maintainability, or regulatory compliance.
** Contractor & Supplier Coordination
*** Manage interfaces with NPI contractors/utility providers and internal stakeholders; ensure scopes, RFPs, contracts, and changes capture technical and schedule requirements.
* Ensure commercial documents - RFPs, scopes of work, contracts, and change orders - fully capture NPI technical requirements and are aligned with the contracting & procurement team's standards.
* Integrate OEM/vendor requirements into NPI execution (foundations, heavy-haul access/laydown, pre-install utilities, and commissioning readiness) and drive timely receipt of vendor data.
** Permitting, Land & Regulatory
*** Maintain NPI permitting and land tracker (land disturbance, building, encroachments, utility agreements, environmental authorizations) and align construction sequencing to permit conditions.
* Oversee surveying/easements/right-of-way and geotechnical investigations to support design, manage subsurface risk, and enable construction.
** Reporting & Controls
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