Dir, Project Management - Lithium

BHE Renewables is seeking a Director of Project Management for Lithium in Imperial, CA. This senior-level role involves leading a project team for lithium mineral development, ensuring safety and compliance, managing resources, and developing strategic relationships. Responsibilities include project planning, scheduling, due diligence, and stakeholder communication. Candidates should have a relevant degree and extensive project management experience, along with strong communication and leadership skills.
Job Description

The Director of Project Management, Lithium, is a senior-level position that leads the Mineral Development project team to complete projects to support the safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective lithium projects through the implementation of human performance improvement tools and engineering practices and principles. This position will be supporting operations at the BHE Renewables direct lithium extraction (DLE) plant in Calipatria, CA. The position will develop and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders necessary for the project’s success. Directly responsible for project management including due diligence activities, planning, scheduling, and completion of internal and contracted work tasks needed to meet project deadlines for all stages of lithium and mineral development activities while ensuring the project is free of safety, environmental and regulatory violations.

Responsibilities
• Manage internal and external resources for the timely completion of projects related to mineral development. This includes planning, scheduling and completion of required work tasks with a Target Zero mindset
• Leads the acquisition and/or completion of all necessary permits, regulatory approvals, landowner surface and mineral rights, and environmental compliance activities
• Performs and/or provides leadership on due diligence activities to validate and verify assumptions and designs for mineral development projects including but not limited to supply; processes for recovery and conversion of mineral compounds; risk management and mitigation; and quality assurance/quality control
• Responsible for working with colleagues inside BHE Renewables to develop Project Execution Plans (PEP), including focus on work task identification and scoping; full team project mobilization to take advantage of lessons learned; performance goals; quality assurance/quality control and environmental compliance programs; risk management and mitigation; stakeholder communication; and other project-specific development activities as needed
• Performs research and analysis for use in development of business strategies for opportunities pertaining to mineral development
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested or assigned
• Evaluate present practices and implement processes, concepts, training and tools to prevent, detect and correct human errors that may adversely impact safe, reliable operation

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (chemical or mechanical) or related field. (Typically six years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor’s degree)
• Ten or more years of directly related experience including three years supervisory or management experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills and leadership abilities.
• Effective analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Project management skills; ability to prioritize and handle multiple issues and projects concurrently.
• The ability to work effectively with people of different backgrounds.
• The ability to work with Microsoft Project.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

About Us

BHE Renewables owns interests in several independent power projects in the U.S. BHE Renewables owns solar, wind, geothermal, hydro and natural gas projects that largely sell their output to regulated utilities. The company’s portfolio includes projects and assets in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York and Texas. BHE Renewables is building a first-of-its-kind solar-powered microgrid that will be the start of an aerospace manufacturing hub in West Virginia.

About The Team

At BHE Renewables, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. BHE Renewables is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.