Vice President - Projects - Mineral Processing

About the Role:

- The Vice President - Projects will be responsible to drive total project execution from concept to commissioning while ensuring adherence to quality, safety, cost, and schedule objectives.

- Responsible for overall planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of projects milestones related to Raw Material Handling Systems (RMHS) and Mineral Processing facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership:

- With visionary leadership, will represent entire project to Management, Senior management, consultants, government authorities, customers, and contractors.

- Lead entire execution, erection of Quartz mineral processing plant- Quartz Grit Plant (QGP) projects from concept through commissioning and commercial production.

- Lead entire team of Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil domains.

- Present project status, risks, and mitigation plans to the leadership team.

- Develop project execution strategies, milestones, and implementation plans.

- Ensure timely completion of projects milestones as per project schedules, within approved budgets and quality standards.

- Provide strategic direction to multidisciplinary engineering and project teams.

- Lead procurement support, equipment inspection, erection, installation, commissioning, and performance guarantee tests.

- Resolve technical and commercial issues during execution.

- Ensure successful plant stabilization after commissioning.

- Ability for decision-making under pressures.

Engineering & Design:

- Review and approve engineering deliverables, layouts, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment selection, and technical specifications.

- Coordinate with engineering consultants, EPC contractors, and OEMs.

- Ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards and statutory regulations.

Process control and efficiency improvement:

- Monitor and control engineering / design flow chart w.r.t equipment: Crushers (Jaw / Cone), Conveyors (Belt), Screens, Vertical Roller Mills (VRM), Vertical Shaft Grinding (VSG), Ball Mills, Color Optical Sorters, Pumps/Compressors, Dust Collection Systems, Bucket Elevators, Silos & Hoppers, Material Handling Equipment, Substation.

- Optimize process parameters to improve quality of production materials/ recovery and reduce wastages.

- Analytical and problem solving.

Budget & Cost Control:

- Prepare and control project budgets and capital expenditure (CAPEX).

- Monitor project cash flow and resource utilization.

- Identify value engineering and cost optimization opportunities.

- Holds strong commercial acumen.

Contract & Vendor Management:

- Ability to finalize and mobilize contractors.

- Excellent skills to evaluate performance of EPC, PMC, and contractors.

- Review and negotiate major project contracts.

- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and technical specifications.

Team Leadership:

- Lead multidisciplinary teams comprising Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Process, Instrumentation, and Project Controls professionals.

- Build high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.

- Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Safety & Compliance:

- Ensure implementation of HSE policies and statutory compliance across all project activities.

- Promote a Zero Harm safety culture.

- Conduct regular project reviews, audits, and risk assessments.

Preferred Qualification:

- B.Tech Mechanical / Mineral Processing, / Metallurgical Engineering, / Mining Engineering.

- M.E./M.Tech or MBA (Project Management/Operations) will be an added advantage.

Experience:

- 25-30+ years of relevant experience, with at least 5 years in senior project leadership role.

- Results-oriented with strong execution, commissioning capabilities.

- Proven experience in delivering Greenfield Projects from concept to commercial production.

- Strong exposure to RMHS and Mineral processing projects.

- Experience managing large CAPEX projects, EPC contractors, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

- Preferred Industry Experience: RMHS, Mineral processing industry, Cement, Mining, Steel.

Technical Skills:

- RMHS projects in Greenfield / Brownfield expansion projects.

- Project Planning & Scheduling.

- CAPEX Management.

- Bulk Material Handling Systems.

- Engineering Design Review.

- Procurement & Contract Management.

- Mechanical, Civil, Electrical & Instrumentation Coordination.

- SAP PM / ERP Systems.

- Primavera P6 / Microsoft Project.

- Safety Culture and Risk Management.

- Cost Estimation & Budget Control, Variation analysis.

- Commissioning & Plant Stabilization.

Contact: Kirti Purohit, [phone removed]