Senior Project Manager

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood currently is recruiting a Senior Project Manager for the Minerals & Metals line of service. The position is based on site and in Santiago, Chile and will be instrumental in creating delivery excellence across assigned project, provide certainty and confidence to the client/project sponsor, and will have robust control of project scope, schedule, cost and risk.

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The Role

A Senior Project Manager oversees project proposals, plans, and execution, ensuring timely delivery and resource allocation. They hold P&L responsibility, manage budgets, forecasts, and financial performance, and negotiate scope changes with clients. They lead risk mitigation, HSSE initiatives, and team competency, while fostering innovation and performance improvement. Regular progress reporting and assurance activities are also key aspects of their role.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

From feasibility study to execution, Wood's Minerals & Metals business has helped design and deliver mining projects globally for over 60 years. Our world calls for advanced, scalable processing of key minerals and metals to meet rising demand across all commodities. At Wood, we play our part by supporting our global clients with advanced facilities and predictable, safe and fast delivery of projects worldwide as we strive for net zero.

What we can offer

Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry of energy, minerals and metals.

Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice

Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle

Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests

Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

Typical responsibilities

Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and plan to determine timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Contributes to setting project evaluation parameters.

P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection

Negotiates changes to project scope or specification with the client.

Follows Change Management process to identify and approve scope, budget specification and schedule modifications

Establishes project procedures and prepares project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register etc.

Identify, pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalization and technology use, work share and high value engineering centers, to bring value to Wood and customer

Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the client.

Responsible for delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage

Leads ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution

Participate in assurance activities and peer reviews