Director of Project Controls

Ivanhoe Electric•Casa Grande, AZ

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Project Controls is accountable for implementing and leading the integrated project controls system for the Santa Cruz Copper Project, ensuring the project is fully prepared for healthy, safe, predictable, and measurable construction execution. This role owns the integrity of cost, schedule, risk, change, and progress measurement across early works and underground development scopes. The Director provides control intelligence to the General Manager - Construction and ensures the project is structurally ready for construction scale-up and execution. The Director holds functional authority over project performance measurement standards and baseline integrity across engineering and construction. The role supports a hybrid integrated project team (IPT) delivery model where Project Controls owns measurement methodology, baseline governance, forecasting, and performance assurance, while construction leadership owns means, methods, and field execution. The Director operates as the owner’s independent performance authority, not as the field execution lead. Ivanhoe Electric Inc. is a United States-domiciled minerals exploration company focused on developing mines from mineral deposits principally located in the United States. They aim to support American supply chain independence by finding and delivering copper and other critical metals vital to advanced manufacturing, infrastructure development, technology, and national security. The company utilizes its Typhoon™ geophysical surveying system and advanced data analytics from its 94.3% owned subsidiary, Computational Geosciences Inc. (CGI), to accelerate and de-risk mineral exploration. Their exploration efforts focus on copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements, gold, and silver, with the Santa Cruz Copper Project in Arizona being a key initiative. They also operate a 50/50 joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Company ("Maaden") and an exploration alliance with BHP Mineral Resources Inc. (“BHP”).

Requirements

Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
10 years of construction and capital project experience.
Significant underground or heavy civil construction exposure.
Experience in establishing project controls systems from the early project phase.
Demonstrated owner-side or Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) major project experience.
Significant Primavera P6 experience.
Experience implementing cost control systems.
Experience with multi-contractor delivery environments.

Nice To Haves

Professional designation preferred (PE, PMP, AACE, or equivalent).
Project set-up from pre-construction preferred.

Responsibilities

Implement and lead the integrated project controls system for the Santa Cruz Copper Project.
Ensure the project is fully prepared for healthy, safe, predictable, and measurable construction execution.
Own the integrity of cost, schedule, risk, change, and progress measurement across early works and underground development scopes.
Provide control intelligence to the General Manager - Construction.
Ensure the project is structurally ready for construction scale-up and execution.
Hold functional authority over project performance measurement standards and baseline integrity across engineering and construction.
Own measurement methodology, baseline governance, forecasting, and performance assurance to support the hybrid integrated project team (IPT) delivery model.
Operate as the owner’s independent performance authority.
Uphold and demonstrate the importance of the use and maintenance of Ivanhoe Electric’s cloud-based, digitized, and centralized health and safety systems.
Work in a healthy and safe manner at all times and set an example for others.
Participate in the review and use of appropriate health and safety policies, protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and job hazard assessments (JHAs).
Maintain work areas and equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), in a neat and tidy condition and in good working order.
Wear PPE appropriate for the nature of work being performed at all times.
Attend daily toolbox meetings, health and safety, and operational planning sessions with site management.
Support appropriate health and safety personnel in the development of policies and procedures.
Act as a representative of the company as necessary or appropriate for any relevant agency inspections and interactions.
Establish the project controls framework and confirm readiness before major construction spend.
Govern alignment of WBS, budgets, schedules, progress measurement, and reporting structures.
Provide formal readiness assessments and identify structural gaps to executive leadership.
Govern integrated cost, schedule, risk, change, progress, and document control systems.
Establish performance measurement standards, KPIs, and assurance routines across owners and contractors.
Ensure consistent, auditable reporting that supports executive decision‑making.
Own the integrated master schedule, cost baseline, and forecasting discipline.
Govern risk management and formal change control to ensure early warning and baseline integrity.
Provide executive insight into critical path, cost exposure, contingency, and emerging risks.
Define and enforce contractor controls requirements and baseline approval processes.
Integrate procurement, contracting, and logistics into cost, schedule, and risk baselines.
Provide independent assurance of contractor data quality, delivery risk, and reporting discipline.
Build and lead the project controls organization with clear roles, standards, and accountability.
Govern document management and quality systems to ensure auditable, compliant project records.
Ensure quality, inspection, and turnover data are fully integrated into performance reporting.