Senior Manager - Mineral Economics / Advisory

AECOM • Denver, CO

8h • $180,000 - $210,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Senior Manager – Mineral Economics / Advisory to join our West Region and support the financial and strategic evaluation of mining projects across the full project lifecycle. This role combines strong analytical capability with commercial insight to help clients make informed investment, development, and operational decisions. The position offers the opportunity to work on complex, multidisciplinary mining engagements, partnering closely with technical teams to translate project concepts into robust financial outcomes that support value creation and risk management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related discipline and 10+ years of relevant mining economics, financial analysis, or advisory experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Nice To Haves

• 20+ years of experience supporting mineral economics, mining advisory, or project evaluation assignments within a consulting or mining environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in advanced financial modeling for mining projects across multiple commodities and development stages.
• Experience supporting feasibility studies, due diligence, or transaction-related engagements.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex financial concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary project teams within a consulting or professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and maintain detailed financial models to evaluate mining projects, including cash flow forecasts, NPV, IRR, and other investment metrics.
• Conduct market assessments, commodity pricing analysis, operating and capital cost benchmarking, and economic trend evaluations.
• Perform sensitivity, scenario, and risk analyses to assess project robustness and identify key value drivers.
• Evaluate project economics across different development options, production scenarios, and strategic alternatives.
• Support the preparation of economic sections of technical studies, reports, and investment memoranda.
• Work closely with mining engineering, geology, processing, environmental, and infrastructure teams to integrate technical inputs into financial models.
• Support economic evaluations for scoping studies, prefeasibility studies, feasibility studies, and life-of-mine assessments.
• Contribute to technical and commercial due diligence assignments, independent reviews, and transaction support engagements.
• Ensure consistency, transparency, and defensibility of assumptions used across technical and financial workstreams.
• Assist with project planning, schedules, and deliverables to meet client expectations and quality standards.
• Present financial and strategic findings to clients, lenders, investors, and internal stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Support clients with investment decision-making, development planning, and strategic evaluations.
• Contribute to proposal development, including technical approaches, scopes of work, and commercial inputs.
• Build trusted client relationships through high-quality advisory support and responsive service delivery.
• Support knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives within the advisory team.
• Provide day‑to‑day leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to junior and mid‑level mineral economics and advisory staff.
• Oversee workload planning, task assignments, and prioritization to ensure project commitments are met efficiently and to a high standard of quality.
• Review and approve financial models, analyses, and deliverables prepared by team members to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with project objectives.
• Support performance management activities, including coaching, professional development, and contribution to performance reviews.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive team environment that encourages knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and alignment with AECOM’s values and business goals.

Benefits

• AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

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