Team Lead, Surface Projects
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Introduction
Brunel is currently seeking an experienced Team Lead, Surface Projects to support the planning and execution of sustaining capital and operational improvement projects within a large-scale industrial environment.
This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary project activities across mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, instrumentation, and operational workstreams. The successful candidate will provide day-to-day leadership to project teams, contractors, and key stakeholders, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with established project governance requirements.
The position requires a strong field presence, with a minimum of three days per week spent on site supporting execution teams and working closely with operations and maintenance personnel.
Responsibilities
- Lead surface capital and sustaining capital projects from initiation through construction, commissioning, and final handover.
- Provide leadership and coordination across mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, instrumentation, and operational disciplines.
- Serve as a key point of contact between operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, and project teams.
- Support project planning, scope development, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management.
- Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions related to safety, cost, schedule, quality, or execution concerns.
- Conduct regular site walks and field inspections to confirm work is progressing safely and efficiently.
- Lead project meetings, look-ahead planning sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
- Manage contractor performance and ensure compliance with site standards, project requirements, and safety expectations.
- Support procurement activities, equipment coordination, and construction-readiness planning.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks, opportunities, scope changes, and change requests.
- Prepare regular project updates and reports, providing clear information and decision support to project and operational leadership.
- Maintain a visible presence in the field and actively promote a strong safety culture.
- Build effective working relationships with operational, maintenance, engineering, construction, and contractor personnel.
- Support the successful transition of completed work into operations and maintenance.
Requirements
- Minimum of five years of experience leading and delivering capital projects within mining, industrial, energy, or other heavy industrial environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary project teams through the full project lifecycle.
- Strong understanding of surface operations and brownfield project environments.
- Experience managing contractors, construction activities, and field execution.
- Proven ability to manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership, and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, and corporate project teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project controls tools.
- Valid driver’s licence and the ability to access active industrial and construction sites.
- Engineering degree, engineering technology diploma, or an equivalent technical background is preferred.
- PMP designation or another recognized project management certification is considered an asset.
- Experience supporting mining, potash, mineral processing, or other large industrial operations is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of SAP, Primavera P6, Power BI, or comparable project and reporting systems is considered an asset.
- Ability to maintain a regular on-site presence of at least three days per week
What We Offer
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About Us
Brunel has a reputation for working with some of the best in the business. That’s what we continually strive for. Brunel provides the global recruitment and workforce services you need to lead your industry. With 45 years of market experience in Renewable Energy, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Mining and Infrastructure, we help you finish major projects safely, compliantly, on-time, within budget and at the highest quality, so you can keep growing – anywhere in the world.
