Senior Study Manager

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. Were bridging two worlds moving towards more sustainable energy sources while helping to provide the energy chemicals and resources needed now.

Location: Lima Peru
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Study Manager to lead front-end studies for mining and mineral processing projects with a strong foundation in process engineering and broad multidisciplinary experience. This role is suited to a senior professional capable of managing studies as investment decision tools not merely technical exercises.

The Study Manager will lead multi-discipline studies from concept through Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility acting as the single point of accountability and primary interface with the client. The role carries full responsibility for schedule cost scope and change management ensuring that study outcomes are integrated credible and decision-ready.

This position plays a key role in shaping the long-term processing strategy and capital investment roadmap for future mineral processing facilities.

Key Responsibilities

Study Leadership & Delivery

• Lead and manage mining and mineral processing studies from Scoping through PFS/FS ensuring safety quality schedule and cost objectives are met.
• Act as the single point of contact with the client and overall authority for study execution.
• Define study strategies manage critical path schedules and ensure timely delivery of decision-ready outputs.
• Lead regular reviews of study progress budgets resources risks and interfaces addressing issues proactively.

Schedule Cost Scope & Change Control

• Own the study schedule and cost control ensuring alignment between scope definition level of maturity and estimating accuracy.
• Work closely with project controls to manage schedule logic critical path cost trending and forecasting.
• Act as the manager of all disciplines ensuring clear scope definition roles responsibilities and interfaces across engineering mining process infrastructure environment permitting and economics.
• Maintain strict scope control preventing unmanaged scope growth and ensuring alignment with study objectives.
• Lead change management assessing the technical schedule cost and business case impacts of changes and supporting informed decision-making with the client.
• Ensure all approved changes are documented and reflected in study deliverables estimates and schedules.

Technical Integration & Process Oversight

• Provide senior oversight of process engineering and metallurgical inputs ensuring assumptions are realistic consistent and appropriate for study maturity.
• Integrate process design with mining infrastructure tailings water environmental and permitting inputs.
• Coordinate internal subject matter experts and external specialists or technology providers.
• Ensure study solutions are constructible operable and executable with early consideration of brownfield constraints tie-ins staging and ramp-up.

Business Case Economics & Investment Strategy

• Lead integration of technical outputs into CAPEX OPEX and economic models.
• Evaluate alternative development options and trade-offs to maximize project value.
• Ensure studies clearly articulate value drivers risks sensitivities and capital phasing to support informed investment decisions.

Procurement Contracting & Execution Input

• Provide strategic input to procurement and contracting strategies at study level including packaging options long-lead items and interfaces with OEMs and technology providers.
• Ensure alignment between process design decisions procurement strategy execution approach and overall schedule and cost.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain a strong client focus understanding objectives and ensuring study outcomes meet expectations.
• Lead technical workshops option selection sessions and study reviews with clients and internal leadership.
• Act as a trusted advisor capable of clearly communicating complex technical and commercial topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support business development activities in a sellerdoer capacity including proposal preparation and client engagement.

Governance Risk & Assurance

• Ensure study risks assumptions and uncertainties are clearly identified managed and communicated.
• Comply with internal quality health safety and environmental management systems.
• Support internal and external reviews audits and assurance processes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Metallurgical Engineering Mineral Processing Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 1525 years of experience in mining and mineral processing projects with a strong background in process engineering.
• Demonstrated experience leading Scoping PFS and FS studies within an engineering consulting or owner environment.
• Proven ability to manage complex multi-discipline teams and deliver decision-focused study outcomes.
• Strong understanding of mineral processing circuits; experience with gravity-dominated or specialty minerals is an advantage.
• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of proficiency in report writing presentations and study documentation.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Desirable Attributes

• Experience in tin processing projects or plants.
• Experience working with external technology providers or licensors.
• Bilingual Spanish / English (required).

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Moving forward together

Were committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong can bring themselves and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age race creed color religion sex national origin ancestry disability status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information marital status citizenship status or any other basis as protected by law.

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging connection and innovation.

And were not just talking about it; were doing it. Were reskilling our people leveraging transferable skills and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in todays low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition theres a path for you here. And theres no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons explore diverse opportunities and be part of delivering sustainable change.