Director of Construction

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

Department: Site Management

Location: Saskatoon

Description

The Director of Construction is accountable for the overall accountability, planning, budgeting, organization, direction, health & safety and execution of all NexGen construction activities to the highest safety and quality levels and delivery in accordance with objectives, timelines, and budgets. The scope of Construction includes all surface and underground facilities, including site development, temporary work, mining, processing and associated infrastructure.

The Director of Construction leads the development of constructability, construction strategy, construction execution planning, and overseeing the organization, scheduling and execution.

This position will be based in the Saskatoon office, with travel to the project site as required when construction activities are being conducted.

Position Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Managing an Integrated Project Team of construction managers and construction personnel.
• Provide leadership to ensure an elite standard across all aspects of constructability and construction execution planning and implementation during detailed engineering, procurement, construction, and pre-commissioning phases of the Project.
• Ensuring ownership and integration of Health & Safety and Quality Assurance into all aspects of construction.
• Development of construction strategy and plans, schedules, and developing cost estimates and risk assessments for the Project, including definition of Construction Work Packages to guide engineering activities.
• Preparing and coordinating the required construction-related reporting and key performance indicators.
• In-depth review and approval of engineering and construction deliverables.
• Establishing and managing oversight of self-performed work and integrating those services into the overall construction execution plan including management of site services during the project.
• Interfacing with the NexGen Integrated Management System (IMS) Team to establish field and construction procedures and objectives in line with organizational policies and programs.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project and construction risks.
• Interfacing with NexGen Project Leadership, HR, and the Community, participating in the labour studies, labour sourcing exercises, and ensuring that community involvement strategies are implemented for construction-related activities.
• Participating in industrial relations activities and maintaining rapport with labour unions.
• Developing site organization and staffing plans required to execute construction activities in line with the Project schedule and budget.
• Ensuring that Project Leadership is informed of construction issues and concerns in a timely manner as they may arise.
• Coordinating the preparation, issuance, and implementation of the Construction Execution Plan.
• Facilitating turnover of completed facilities to the pre-commissioning team.
• Interfacing with the NexGen Environment, Permitting, and Licensing teams, to ensure the necessary permits and licenses are identified and obtained prior to the start of construction activities on site, and that compliance is maintained thereafter.

Education and Experience

• Engineering degree or equivalent combination of formal education, training and experience.
• Minimum of 20 years of leadership and construction management experience in the design/constructability, development, and management of construction sites in the mining industry.
• Demonstrated health and safety management focus in the construction phase of project delivery, and extensive knowledge of health and safety management procedures, safe work practices, and applicable legislation.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Efficient and skilled in planning, organization, leadership, management, and administrative processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships and communicate directly with the Project Leadership on key issues in a timely, efficient, and trustworthy manner.
• Complete knowledge of complex projects with engineering, procurement, construction, jobsite management, and other project related activities, their interfaces, and interdependencies.
• Experience in both surface and underground construction, including process facilities, surface infrastructure, underground infrastructure, shaft sinking, ground protection and lateral development.
• Demonstrated experience in design and development of large, remote, EPCM-led projects in the resource sector.
• Ability to mentor senior level project staff and provide construction leadership.

Core Competencies

Communication

• Communicates with impact to inform, enroll, coach and inspire. Effectively builds rapport and appropriately delivers information in a timely, well organized, thoughtful and engaging manner so it is understood using speech or in writing. Communicates in an open, candid and consistent manner.

Team Effectiveness

• Works collaboratively across functional teams that embraces unique talents and diverse perspectives to achieve common goals. Actively participates as a prepared team member, demonstrating flexibility and respect for different workstyles. Pro-active approach to building relationships.

Work Management

• Plans, manages, and follows through to ensure the flow and timely completion of activities that deliver successful work results. Maintains quality and safety standards to ensure work is completed according to standards. Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.

Personal Accountability

• Takes responsibility for own actions and outcomes. Maintains effective work behavior in the face of setbacks or pressure; remains calm, stable, and in control of emotions; and demonstrates resilience in the face of adversity.

Analytical/Critical Thinking

• Identifies underlying issues in complex situations. Able to easily explain complex ideas. Provides clear and useful explanations. Provides information required to make effective decisions in line with company objectives. Builds a logical approach to problem solving and anticipates possible consequences of decisions. Uses creative, conceptual, and/or inductive reasoning.

Functional & Technical Skills

• Applies specialized knowledge in own area of expertise and openly shares information, knowledge and expertise with others.