Study Manager

Study Manager

Our client is searching for a highly motivated and committed individual for our Study Manager position. Reporting to the President & General Manager, the Study Manager leads and coordinates multidisciplinary technical studies, from scoping through prefeasibility and feasibility phases, for major mining projects focused on copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum group metals (PGMs). This role ensures integrated delivery of technical, economic, risk, and regulatory outcomes that support sound investment decisions and progression toward development.

The Study Manager collaborates with engineering, geology, geotechnical, environmental, water, land, and commercial teams to deliver high-quality study deliverables on schedule and within budget, while ensuring alignment between project design, permitting considerations, and overall project strategy.

Responsibilities

• Ensure study activities adhere to health, safety, environmental, and community standards throughout multidisciplinary engagements.
• Develop, recommend, and implement study execution strategies aligned with project goals.
• Lead definition of study scope, schedules, budget estimates, and resource requirements across all study phases from Scoping to Feasibility.
• Identify key study milestones, deliverables, decision gates, and technical risk triggers.
• Establish study governance, reporting frameworks, and performance measurement systems.
• Ensure study scope and execution strategy incorporate environmental, permitting, and land considerations from early stages.
• Coordinate internal teams, external consultants, and contractors to deliver integrated study outcomes within technical, economic, and regulatory parameters.
• Facilitate technical integration across mining, process, infrastructure, geotechnical, environmental, hydrogeological, and other specialist scopes.
• Lead development of study documentation, including NI 43-101 or comparable reporting deliverables, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and coherence.
• Ensure alignment between engineering design, environmental requirements, and permitting strategy.
• Identify technical, commercial, and schedule risks throughout the study lifecycle and lead development of risk mitigation strategies.
• Implement structured change management practices to ensure study modifications are documented, approved, and incorporated efficiently.
• Support value engineering, trade-off analysis, and options evaluation to enhance the robustness and certainty of study outcomes.
• Serve as the primary Study lead for internal project leadership, joint venture partners, and key stakeholders.
• Prepare and present study progress reports, status updates, and technical briefings to senior leadership.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with regulators, community representatives, and external review bodies where applicable.
• Monitor and manage study expenditures against budget forecasts.
• Track progress against schedule and deliverable commitments, recommending corrective actions when needed.
• Ensure quality control of study outputs and enforce project standards for documentation and technical integrity.
• Support handover planning and knowledge transfer processes to project execution teams.
• Ensure study outputs are structured to inform development planning, permitting, financing, and detailed engineering phases.
• Participate in design reviews, risk workshops, and independent peer reviews as required.
• Ensure study outputs provide a robust basis for future permitting and regulatory submissions.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned to meet operational needs.

This job description is intended to provide a summary of the typical functions of the job and is not a comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. Client reserves the right to modify or assign other duties as necessary to meet operational needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mining, Metallurgical, Mechanical, Chemical), Geology, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in mining technical studies or project development, with demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary study programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing study contracts, consultants, and specialist inputs.
• Previous experience delivering studies on base metals or critical minerals projects (copper, nickel, cobalt, PGMs) is a strong asset.
• Understanding of industry standards and comprehensive familiarity with mining study processes and reporting frameworks.
• Experience integrating environmental, permitting, and regulatory considerations into project studies is strongly preferred.
• Valid drivers license with a satisfactory driving record.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to coordinate complex, multidisciplinary workstreams.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and documentation skills, including preparation of technical reporting and study deliverables.
• Excellent analytical and risk-based decision-making skills, with the ability to synthesize technical and commercial information for executive audiences.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across technical, operational, and leadership teams.
• Proficiency in project scheduling, budgeting, change management, and study governance practices.
• Strong understanding of how study outcomes interface with permitting, regulatory processes, and project development strategy.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving project environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.