Project Manager - Mining

Do you like to solve problems in an engaging, collaborative, team environment?  Are you excited about discovery, technical innovation, and achievement?  Does working in a flexible culture with professional growth opportunities, a family friendly vibe, and smart, caring colleagues make for a great day?  If so, consider an employment opportunity at Foth and join these members who enjoy their employment experience.
The scientists and engineers of Foth Environment Solutions take on complex projects across many markets, including manufacturing, mining, solid waste, utilities, and coastal infrastructure. Informed by decades of experience and today’s best practices, we solve critical problems and add value in each of the markets we serve.
Foth Environment Solutions has a long track record of exceptional results. Whether the goal is asset realization, navigating regulations, ensuring safety, reducing costs, or gaining a competitive edge, we are ready for the challenge.
Foth is currently seeking a team-focused, innovative, and results-oriented Project Manager - Mining, who has a desire to contribute to our clients' success and is looking for new learning experiences and opportunities for career growth.  This position will be working out of one of our Midwest locations, ideally Green Bay, Minneapolis, Duluth, or Madison.  Solving complex environmental challenges that make a difference in communities throughout the U.S. – that is what the talented engineers, scientists and professionals at Foth do each and every day.  We blend creativity, technology, and ingenuity to provide leading edge solutions to our valued clients in the Industrial, Public, and Mining market spaces.  Since 1938, our firm has prospered in a dynamic and demanding marketplace by delivering personalized, client-centered service resulting in highly successful project outcomes.  

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage manufacturing and mining clients, including multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists, in the completion of environmental projects
• Manage the planning, development, and execution of projects keeping in mind budget, schedule, quality, and contractual commitments 
• Lead federal, state, and local permitting efforts
• Assemble project teams and monitor project performance while mentoring and coaching team members
• Negotiate scope change orders with clients and subcontractors
• Assist client leaders with creating proposals and cultivating client relationships
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science, or applicable technical discipline
• 10 years of project management experience working with complex projects of varying size and scope

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience working in the consulting engineering industry
• 5 years of experience managing mining projects, which may include: mine planning, mine optimization, milling, tailings management, reclamation, preparation of scoping and trade-off studies, feasibility studies, permitting, and natural resource assessments
• Professional registration or certification in project management
• Previous experience developing project business opportunities
• Prior experience with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and documentation
• Previous experience with mine permitting in the Upper-Midwest and Great Lakes region (Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin)

All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. All locations are tobacco-free. About FothFoth, the largest engineering and science consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, employs more than 650 members and operates in 28 locations to provide our national and international clients with convenient, personal services.  Our dynamic science and engineering teams at Foth are organized into business units – Environment Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, and Production Solutions – each comprised of extraordinary talent embodying decades of knowledge and specialized expertise. We bring our 85 year history of success and interdisciplinary knowledge to every client we serve, understanding their business, providing trusted advice, and developing customized, innovative solutions with remarkable energy and ingenuity. Foth provides engineers, scientists, and other talented professionals an award-winning employment experience, including flexibility to balance work and life. We take on our clients’ toughest challenges which provides meaningful project assignments working alongside cre