Executive Vice President, Americas

Sedgman • United States,

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About The Position

Sedgman is expanding its global presence across the Americas, focusing on minerals processing, critical minerals, and complex project delivery. As the Executive Vice President, Americas, you will hold a senior executive leadership position responsible for shaping Sedgman’s growth, market position, and delivery capabilities throughout North and South America. This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead a strategically vital region during a significant expansion phase. Reporting to the Managing Director and as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will provide commercial, operational, and strategic leadership for the Americas business, with accountability for regional growth, client engagement, delivery governance, P&L performance, team capability, and sustainable business outcomes. The Americas present substantial opportunities in mining, minerals processing, critical minerals, and energy transition markets. You will be instrumental in reinforcing Sedgman’s regional presence, cultivating strategic client and partner relationships, and transforming opportunities into high-quality, commercially viable projects.

Requirements

• A degree-qualified engineering or technically aligned leader with extensive experience across minerals processing, mining, engineering, EPC/EPCM, operations, or major project delivery.
• Senior executive experience leading regional businesses, complex project environments, or multidisciplinary technical teams within the resources sector or adjacent industrial markets.
• Proven commercial leadership, including P&L accountability, contracts, negotiation, risk, governance, pursuit strategy, and performance management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead business development, client engagement, and market growth across complex technical environments.
• Strong relationships and networks across the North American and South American mining sector, ideally from an engineering, EPCM, or service provider perspective.
• Experience operating across regions, cultures, and matrixed stakeholder groups, with the ability to build alignment across diverse teams and operating models.
• Commercially astute, outcome-focused, and confident in translating strategy into execution.
• Collaborative, decisive, and adaptable, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and bring teams along through growth, integration, and change.
• A strong commitment to safety, integrity, accountability, inclusion, and a high-performance team culture.
• Willingness to travel extensively across North and South America.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to communicate in Spanish is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead Sedgman’s Americas business strategy, providing executive leadership across growth, delivery, commercial performance, and operational execution.
• Develop and convert a strong regional opportunity pipeline across North America and South America, focusing on sustainable order book growth, client relationships, commercial quality, and risk management.
• Strengthen Sedgman’s market position across the Americas, with an emphasis on minerals processing for critical minerals (including copper, lithium, and rare earths) and complex EPCM project delivery.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, including executive-level relationships across Tier 1, mid-tier, and emerging mining organizations.
• Provide leadership across studies, engineering delivery, project delivery support, tenders, proposals, pre-contracts, and submission governance to support disciplined growth and delivery predictability.
• Own regional P&L performance, ensuring profitability, cash flow discipline, cost control, and compliance with corporate and governance requirements.
• Identify and pursue acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances that support long-term market penetration and regional capability.
• Build, mentor, and empower senior leadership teams across the United States, Canada, and select South American countries, strengthening succession, capability, and cultural alignment.
• Champion collaboration across Sedgman and ACS Group, leveraging broader capabilities to create differentiated client solutions.
• Ensure regional delivery aligns with Sedgman governance, delegation of authority, commercial, risk, HSE, and ESG requirements.
• Champion innovation, digital delivery, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and a high-performance culture across the region.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive