Redpath USA Corporation a premier full-service underground mining contractor is in search of a Project Engineer-Cost and Schedule to join our team.

Job Description:

Project:  Kennecott Copper

Location: Salt Lake City

Compensation:   Redpath USA Corporation offers competitive and comprehensive wages and benefits.  

Conditions of Employment: Acceptable results relating to mandatory drug test, background check, medical physical and compliance with Redpath health and safety requirements.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be responsible for the planning and performance monitoring of assigned projects, including providing guidance to operational managers through the implementation of project controls processes, procedures and contracts. The incumbent will track performance daily, weekly and monthly, and incorporate quantitative and qualitative analysis, to define both the physical and the economic performance of the projects and recommend action to be taken should deviations from the optimal performance be highlighted.

You will work to ensure that the business objectives of Redpath USA Corporation are consistently achieved by developing, implementing and maintaining the project baseline and project execution plans and estimates, inclusive of setting up all project administrative aspects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Compile and define the controls baselines for projects, including the development of project execution plans and project controls procedures.
2. Administrative set up of new projects, including timekeeping, reporting, chart of accounts and document management.
3. Ensure that the Management of Change process is being maintained and integrated with Redpath's policies, procedures, contracts and financial system.
4. Participate in compiling, updating and tracking project costs and schedules (InEight [HD], Primavera and/or MS Projects, SharePoint and JD Edwards).
5. Implement proper controls to monitor project budget performance, re‐allocation of costs and to ensure that monthly costs, cash and resource requirements are forecasted to project completion.
6. Implement and maintain earned value management on assigned projects.
7. Report on project key performance indicators, daily, weekly and monthly.
8. Monitor trends to identify issues potentially impacting on policies, procedures, schedule, costs, project scope, risks and/or safety related issues.
9. Prepare and finalize the close‐out reports.

Education and Experience:

1. Required: Bachelor degree in a related scientific, business or engineering field.
   • Preferred concentration in (business or engineering) in quantity surveying, cost estimating or mining. Additional qualifications and/or certification(s) in project management, contract administration and key performance indicator measurement will be considered an asset.
2. 5 + years of field and/or office based project accounting, estimating or controls experience related to underground construction projects or operational mining environment, with knowledge of project management, construction contracts, reporting and data manipulation.

Knowledge Required:

• Good understanding of general business interfaces and/or processes as they related to human resources, procurement, engineering, construction operations, accounting and administration departments
• Comprehensive computer skills including Microsoft Office, scheduling Software (MS Projects or Primavera) and measurement and estimating software.
• Good conceptual skills in understanding relationships between projects, the overall organization and its environment, and how change in one part of the project affects the whole project.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to facilitate team commitment.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.