AECOM is seeking an experienced and talented Mining Program Management Specialist for employment in Santiago de Chile.
The responsibilities include but are not limited to
- Establish and implement integrated Program Execution Plans, governance frameworks, and standardized reporting mechanisms across multi-project mining capital portfolios.
- Define and roll out program-wide processes for change management, risk mitigation, document control, procurement packaging, and quality assurance.
- Act as a senior advisory link between client executive steering committees, AECOM leadership, and individual project/EPCM delivery teams.
- Oversee cross-project interface management to eliminate schedule conflicts, resource competition, and operational friction between concurrent project work fronts.
- Coordinate portfolio-level long-lead procurement strategies and global logistics, leveraging economies of scale across multiple construction packages.
- Align engineering, environmental/permitting, community engagement, and site construction activities across all sub-projects within the program portfolio.
- Implement centralized program control systems to aggregate performance data (cost, schedule, earned value, risk) across all sub-projects into unified executive dashboards.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mining, Civil, Mechanical, Metallurgical, or Structural), Construction Management, or Project/Program Management from an accredited university.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in capital project and program management, with a strong focus on the mining and heavy industrial infrastructure sectors.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-project capital programs ($500M+ total portfolio value) under EPCM, EPC, PMC, or integrated owner's team delivery models.
- English/Spanish proficiency
Preferred Qualifications & Attributes
- 10+ years of related experience
- PgMP (Program Management Professional), PMP, P.Eng, PE, or CEng certification highly desirable.
- In-depth understanding of mining value chains, process plant infrastructure, bulk materials handling, and tailings management.
- Advanced expertise in Program Management Information Systems (PMIS), scheduling tools (P6), and integrated cost control frameworks.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder negotiation, and executive communication skills with a proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary, multi-contractor teams.
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