Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness

Sr. Manager Operational Readiness & Metallurgy

Full-Time, Regular

Hudbay (TSX, NYSE: HBM) is a copper-focused mining company with three long-life operations and a world-class pipeline of copper growth projects in tier-one mining-friendly jurisdictions of Canada, Peru, and the United States.

Hudbay's operating portfolio includes the Constancia mine in Cusco (Peru), the Snow Lake operations in Manitoba (Canada) and the Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia (Canada). Copper is the primary metal produced by the Company, which is complemented by meaningful gold production and by-product zinc, silver and molybdenum. Hudbay's growth pipeline includes the Copper World project in Arizona (United States), the Cactus project in Arizona (United States), the Mason project in Nevada (United States), the Llaguen project in La Libertad (Peru) and several expansion and exploration opportunities near its existing operations.

The value Hudbay creates and the impact it has is embodied in its purpose statement: “We care about our people, our communities, and our planet. Hudbay provides the metals the world needs. We work sustainably, transform lives, and create better futures for communities.” Hudbay’s mission is to create sustainable value and strong returns by leveraging its core strengths in community relations, focused exploration, mine development and efficient operations.

The Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness role is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Operational Readiness Execution Plan (OREP), tracking and reporting on the Plan over the course of the project, and supporting the development of systems and structures necessary for operational readiness in all aspects of the mine site. The individual helps identify risks to the successful execution of the OREP as well as identifies opportunities for improvement in quality of deliverables or efficiencies in the schedule.

This role also performs integration analysis of the systems, processes, and workflows to identify areas for improvement and highlight potential incompatibilities between integrated processes.

The position plays a key role in identifying readiness gaps early, supporting resolution of such gaps, and ensuring that the execution plan achieves the quality and schedule required for successful start of full-scale operations.

• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and readiness dashboards for stakeholders.
• Track progress of the Operational Readiness Execution Plan with respect to the baseline schedule, capturing any shifts in schedule and the cause of those shifts.
• Identify risk and opportunities within the execution plan and schedule.
• Support the readiness of mine site systems such as Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Process Control Systems (PCS), and Integrated Operations Centers (IOC).
• Support maintenance, operational, and technical readiness prior to Operations and through the Ramp-Up and Handover phases.
• Ensure existing and new systems integrate efficiently, preventing information loss and operating inefficiency.
• Support integration among and between work groups to promote an integrated operating model.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial, chemical, metallurgical, mining engineering or a related field.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 6 years of work experience in the mining industry, preferably milling.
  • Experience with systems and processes used in the mining industry (CMMS, PCS, SAP, document control, etc.).
  • Experience or familiarity with mining and milling operations, maintenance, and technical practices.
• Technical Knowledge:
  • Strong organizational and tracking skills.
  • Communication and coordination skills.
  • Ability to support multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
  • Familiarity with operations, maintenance, and technical aspects of mining and milling.
  • Ability to analyze complex systems and consider the impacts of those systems on future Operation.
  • Attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to manage multiple deliverables.
  • Ability to track milestones, dependencies, and readiness progress.
  • Ability to consolidate and report Operational Readiness status.
  • Understanding of project scheduling concepts (milestones, critical path, dependencies).

• Experience supporting commissioning or start-up phases is an asset
• Commissioning and startup experience

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