Manager - Water Management Solutions

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.