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Copper Quail

Project Manager Mining

Copper Quail City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Staffing and Recruiting · 11-50 employees

Sep 16
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time South Africa
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About the role

The Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering multidisciplinary engineering and mining projects from initiation to close-out. They must manage scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality while ensuring effective communication between stakeholders and technical teams.

What they look for

Project Management Engineering Mining Multidisciplinary Coordination Budgeting Risk Management Stakeholder Management Procurement Technical Standards Project Governance MS Project AutoCAD Leadership Scheduling Quality Control

Requirements

Candidates must hold a BSc or BEng in Engineering and have at least 5 years of project management experience in mining or engineering environments. Professional Engineer registration or eligibility is required, along with strong planning and leadership capabilities.

Full description

Project Manager - Engineering & Mining Projects

Project Delivery | Engineering | Mining | Multidisciplinary Coordination

Role Overview

An experienced Project Manager is required to plan, execute and deliver multidisciplinary engineering and mining projects from initiation through close-out. The role carries accountability for scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, technical coordination and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities

· Develop integrated project plans, schedules, budgets and delivery strategies.

· Coordinate engineering, procurement, operations, contractors and other project disciplines.

· Monitor project progress against scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality requirements.

· Lead project governance, stakeholder communication and structured reporting.

· Manage project risks, changes, dependencies and corrective actions throughout the project lifecycle.

· Ensure engineering deliverables meet applicable technical standards and recognised practices.

· Drive effective communication between internal teams, contractors, suppliers and client stakeholders.

· Support project close-out, handover and lessons-learned processes.

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What Will Make You Successful

· Strong planner with disciplined control of scope, schedule and risk.

· Confident leader who can coordinate technical and operational stakeholders.

· Accountable, detail-oriented and effective under deadline pressure.

Requirements

Experience & Requirements

· BSc or BEng in Engineering or a related technical field.

· Professional Engineer registration or eligibility for registration with a recognised engineering body such as ECSA.

· Minimum 5 years of project-management experience in engineering, mining or drilling environments.

· Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary projects from initiation through completion.

· Advanced knowledge of project-management principles, tools and methodologies.

· Valid medical certificate / fitness and Code 08 driver's licence.

Advantageous

· PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project-management certification.

· MS Project or comparable project-planning software.

· AutoCAD or similar engineering-design exposure.

· Formal leadership training.

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