Manager - Water Management Solutions
Vacancy Number: PR-259891
USA, Phoenix
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week
Experience: > 10 Years
Education Level: Academic Bachelor
Mining
Closing: August 20, 2025
Introduction
Brunel is currently searching for a Manager - Water Management Solutions for direct hire with our mining client located in Phoenix, Arizona. This role will be a hybrid position requiring time spent in the Phoenix office as well as travel to site locations.
What are you going to do
In this role you will work to provide strategic planning, definition, implementation in supporting operations with projects that will achieve short, medium and long-term goals in Water Management Solutions. These projects will focus on reducing dependency on fresh water by enhancing water reuse and recycling and reducing environmental impacts. You will collaborate with subject matter experts across multiple platforms to select, scope and seek financial approval on opportunities for treatment improvements.
Duties include:* Lead strategic planning and hands-on execution of water management projects to meet short-, mid-, and long-term goals, leveraging data from subject matter experts and site operators to identify and prioritize water reuse, treatment, and conservation opportunities.
* Scope and oversee projects-or collaborate with project managers-to design, plan, and construct new water systems or optimize existing ones, ensuring strong operational involvement, effective change management, and reliable performance.* Support the implementation of new solutions and troubleshoot existing systems, driving performance improvements, standardization, and documentation of best practices.
* Mentor and guide multidisciplinary engineering teams, acting as the internal expert for water solutions and engaging with external specialists and vendors to drive innovation and best-in-class practices.* Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to align practical, fit-for-purpose solutions; deliver project updates to sponsors and external partners.
* Build strong business cases, incorporating lifecycle and operational cost analysis; lead funding approval processes and secure stakeholder buy-in.* Stay ahead of emerging technologies and innovations to improve water efficiency, recovery, and safety performance.
* Contribute to strategic plans and manage budgets related to engineering services, consulting, and vendor contracts.* Support additional responsibilities as assigned.
Why Join?* Purpose with impact - cut fresh water draw, capture value from "waste" streams, and set new ESG benchmarks for one of the largest copper portfolios on the planet.
* Resources & runway - lead large-scale innovation budget with executive backing.* Career scale - global projects, complex problems, visible results.
Ready to engineer water solutions that matter? Let's talk.
Essential skills and knowledge
Requirements:* B.S. (M.S. preferred) in Civil, Chemical, Mechanical or related Engineering.
* ~10 yrs progressing responsibility in mine water balance, treatment design, Hydromet, or large industrial water projects.* Track record taking multi disciplinary projects from desktop study through funding and execution.
* Comfortable with water models, mass balance, cost / NPV analysis and life cycle economics.* Influential communicator-able to lead through persuasion across cultures and functions.
* Strong leadership capabilities with a positive, professional image.* Willing to travel globally ~20 % (about 5 weeks/quarter).
* Preferred: PMP / MBA, PE license, Six Sigma, SX/EW or Hydromet experience, Spanish or Bahasa skills.* MUST BE eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.
* Excellent English communication skills.
What we offer
Offer: Base + annual bonus + long term incentives, world-class medical / dental / vision, 401(k) matching, tuition aid, generous PTO, and more.
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