Care & Maintenance Director

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Care & Maintenance Director to join our team! In this role you will get to oversee a northern active and abandoned mine remediation operations including maintenance of water treatment plants conveying water through all seasons, and managing maintenance and inventory operations.

This position will work on a rotational fly-in, fly-out basis for candidates not local to Faro, YT.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Responsible for all Care and Maintenance requirements and activities as required to facilitate the delivery of the Faro Mine Remediation Project (FMRP)
• Responsible to comply with EH&S at the Mine Site as per the Mine Health & Safety Act and Yukon Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
• Ensures environmental awareness and compliance with federal and territorial regulations and guidelines
• Oversees Care and Maintenance staff
• Maintains Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) systems, inspections, and audits
• Supports the Project Socio-Economic Strategy
• Reviews and analyze SOPs
• Work constructively to ensure a collaborative and cooperative team approach with knowledgeable and timely input and contribution. Supports the objectives and responsibilities of all other management and leadership staff;
• Manages site staff to implement and carry out work that helps the project and organization achieve its desired outcomes by providing Basic supervision; Technical direction; Motivation; Career progression; Performance feedback
• Determining, planning for and prioritizing the Work
• Ensuring that the necessary resources are identified, made available and brought to bear in a timely manner
• Managing within the work within budget so as to ensure maximum value for expenditures
• Monitoring team performance

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• At least 10 years’ cumulative demonstrated work experience related to the execution, planning, and scheduling of a site or facility wide maintenance program in an industrial or mining setting, demonstrating either 10 years in a senior role or progressively more senior roles across the duration of the duration of the resource’s experience;
• At least 5 years in the last 10 years prior to the closing date of the solicitation demonstrating the resource’s experience as a team lead / as a supervisor; and
• At least three (3) projects or three (3) years’ combined experience, in the last 5 years prior to the closing date of the solicitation demonstrating the resource’s experience in water treatment, asset maintenance and inventory management.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• 15 years or more of demonstrated work experience related to the execution, planning, and scheduling of site wide maintenance program in an industrial or mining setting
• Valid Journeyperson’s ticket, related technical diploma, or engineering degree;
• Demonstrated experience in managing contaminated water treatment systems;
• Demonstrated experience in managing water pumping and conveyance systems;
• Demonstrated experience in the management of tailings dams and/or facilities; and
• Demonstrated experience in managing work in the context of safety and environmental regulations.
• Demonstrated project management experience involving facility upgrades, replacement of assets
• Demonstrated experience working with regulatory and other government officials
• Has at least three (3) years’ experience working in a northern climate, overseeing a rotational multi-disciplined workforce in a remote worksite setting

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions-and to help them see what's next!

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!

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