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Albemarle

Global producer of lithium, bromine, catalysts

Area Project Manager - Non-Process Infrastructure, NPI

Construction ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKings Mountain, NC, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A B.S. in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering is required; Mechanical or Civil Engineering is preferred for mining and concentrator infrastructure scope.
  • At least 15 years of capital project leadership, primarily in mining, mineral processing, or heavy industrial environments.
  • Proven delivery of infrastructure for at least one greenfield or brownfield mine development or major concentrator project; EPCM or owner-side delivery experience is highly valued.
  • Demonstrated mining-context non-process infrastructure delivery, including earthworks and roads, high-voltage power, water and stormwater, buildings, and multi-utility distribution, within a stage-gate framework.
  • Working knowledge of concentrator equipment installation interfaces, including crushing, grinding, flotation or separation, thickening or filtration, and conveying, and their utility and sequencing impacts.
  • Ability to interpret and challenge P&IDs, layouts, grading plans, electrical single-line diagrams, structural drawings, and I&C drawings.
  • Knowledge of MSHA requirements and proficiency with schedule and cost tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent.
  • Ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary teams in greenfield mining construction environments.
  • Ability to communicate project status and risk clearly and protect schedule, cost, quality, and operability.
  • A Professional Engineer (PE) license is strongly preferred; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own scope, schedule, budget, and risk for all non-process infrastructure projects supporting Mine, Concentrator, and Tailings areas across FEL2–IFC, construction, commissioning, and handover.
  • Develop execution plans, work breakdown structures, and integrated schedules aligned to the Kings Mountain master schedule and critical path.
  • Control cost and change from Class 3 through completion, including estimates, commitments, contingency, change orders, and monthly performance reporting.
  • Maintain risk and issue registers, drive timely resolution and escalation, and lead non-process infrastructure stage-gate readiness reviews to ensure FEL maturity before sanction and execution.
  • Lead greenfield hard-rock mining infrastructure delivery, including access and haul roads, earthworks, ROM pad interfaces, and overburden and stockpile enabling works.
  • Translate concentrator needs into coordinated non-process infrastructure scope, including power, water, compressed air, reagent and utility areas, and building envelope.
  • Manage mine-to-plant and plant interface points with process teams, original equipment manufacturers, and EPCM, including equipment pads and foundations, utility tie-ins, corridors, constructability, and commissioning utility readiness.
  • Coordinate tailings infrastructure interfaces, including ancillary works, return water, decant and pumping, and access, with geotechnical and environmental teams.
  • Direct EPCM and specialty consultants across civil and structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and architectural disciplines for non-process infrastructure scope.
  • Review and approve key deliverables, including site layout, grading, foundations and structures, electrical single-line diagrams, and underground utilities; guide routing decisions for constructability and operability.
  • Ensure designs incorporate safety-in-design principles and meet requirements from HAZID, HAZOP, and constructability reviews; ensure all open action items are formally closed before IFC issuance.
  • Participate in or lead value-engineering exercises to optimize non-process infrastructure capital cost without compromising operability, maintainability, or regulatory compliance.
  • Manage interfaces with non-process infrastructure contractors, utility providers, and internal stakeholders; ensure scopes, RFPs, contracts, and changes capture technical and schedule requirements.
  • Ensure RFPs, scopes of work, contracts, and change orders capture non-process infrastructure technical requirements and align with contracting and procurement standards.
  • Integrate original equipment manufacturer and vendor requirements into execution, including foundations, heavy-haul access and laydown, pre-installation utilities, and commissioning readiness; drive timely receipt of vendor data.
  • Maintain the non-process infrastructure permitting and land tracker, covering land disturbance, building, encroachments, utility agreements, and environmental authorizations, and align construction sequencing with permit conditions.
  • Oversee surveying, easements, rights-of-way, and geotechnical investigations to support design, manage subsurface risk, and enable construction.
  • Implement project controls for non-process infrastructure scope, including baseline, progress, forecasting, and change; communicate status, risks, and milestones to project leadership and key stakeholders.
  • Champion safety-first execution, embed safety-in-design, and ensure contractor plans meet site requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with MSHA and OSHA requirements and track closure of hazard review and PHA action items before construction.
  • Coordinate electric power provider interconnection agreements, substation and design reviews, metering, and energization schedules.
  • Maintain real-time permit status for non-process infrastructure construction and ensure sequencing complies with permit conditions and avoids violations.
  • Coordinate survey control and as-builts, boundaries and easements, and subsurface investigations to support roads, earthworks, and foundations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience executing government-funded or incentive-supported capital projects, such as federal or state grants or DOE programs, including compliance, reporting, and audit readiness.
  • Experience in the lithium, borates, potash, or other specialty minerals industry.

About the Company

Albemarle

Global producer of lithium, bromine, catalysts

Albemarle is a global specialty chemicals company focusing on lithium, bromine, and catalysts. It mines and processes lithium from brine and hard rock to make battery materials for EVs and energy storage, and also supplies bromine for fire safety and chemical synthesis, plus catalysts for chemical manufacturing. The company differentiates itself with end-to-end lithium mining and processing and a broad, global portfolio, including being a US lithium producer. Its goal is to provide essential materials that support mobility, energy storage, and connectivity across industries.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
Founded
1887

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