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Albemarle

Area Project Manager – Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI)

Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America · Senior · Contract

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Project ManagementForecastingProcurementLeadershipGeotechnical EngineeringPrimavera P6OSHA

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About the role

  • Albemarle is hiring for an Area Project Manager.
  • The Area Project Manager - Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI) is a senior capital project leadership role within Albemarle's Kings Mountain lithium mine project-one of the most strategically significant critical mineral developments in the United States.
  • NPI scope includes high-voltage power and substations

Responsibilities

  • Own scope, schedule, budget, and risk for all NPI projects supporting the Mine, Concentrator, and Tailings areas across FEL2-IFC, construction, commissioning, and handover.
  • Develop execution plans, WBS, and integrated schedules aligned to the overall Kings Mountain master schedule and critical path.
  • Maintain risk and issue registers, drive timely resolution/escalation, and lead NPI stage-gate readiness reviews to ensure FEL maturity before sanction and execution.
  • Lead greenfield hard-rock mining infrastructure delivery: access/haul roads, earthworks, ROM pad interfaces, and overburden/stockpile enabling works.
  • Translate concentrator needs (crushing, grinding, separation/flotation, dewatering) into coordinated NPI scope: power, water, compressed air, reagent/utility areas, and building envelope.
  • Manage mine-to-plant and plant interface points with process, OEMs, and EPCM: equipment pads/foundations, utility tie-ins, corridors, constructability, and commissioning utility readiness.
  • Engineering & Design Oversight
  • Ensure all designs incorporate safety-in-design principles and satisfy requirements identified through HAZID, HAZOP, and constructability reviews. Ensure all open action items are formally closed prior to IFC issuance.
  • A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

Requirements

  • Working knowledge of concentrator equipment installation interfaces (crushing, grinding, flotation/separation, thickening/filtration, conveying) and associated utility/sequencing impacts.
  • Education
  • PMP a plus.
  • Experience
  • 15+ years capital project leadership, primarily in mining, mineral processing, or heavy industrial environments.
  • Proven delivery of infrastructure for at least one greenfield/brownfield mine development or major concentrator project
  • EPCM/owner-side delivery experience highly valued.
  • Demonstrated NPI delivery in a mining context (earthworks/roads, HV power, water/stormwater, buildings, multi-utility distribution) within a stage-gate framework (FEL1-FEL3 / Class 5-2 estimates).

Nice to have

  • B.S. in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering (Mechanical/Civil preferred for mining and concentrator infrastructure scope).
  • PE strongly preferred
  • Experience executing government-funded or incentive-supported capital projects (e.g., federal/state grants, DOE programs), including compliance, reporting, and audit readiness preferred but not required.
  • Experience in the lithium, borates, potash, or other specialty minerals industry is a plus given the Kings Mountain project's critical mineral mandate.

Skills

  • Knowledge of MSHA requirements and strong proficiency with schedule/cost tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent).
  • Leadership & Interpersonal
  • Communicate complex project status and risk clearly
  • operates with an owner's mindset to protect schedule, cost, quality, and operability.
  • Specific Interface Responsibilities
  • Permitting: maintain real-time permit status for NPI construction
  • ensure sequencing complies with conditions and avoids violations.
  • Benefits of Joining Albemarle
  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits package

Compensation

  • Competitive compensation

Company info

  • Be an essential element to a brighter future.
  • We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health.
  • Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people and planet in mind.
  • Our core values are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, our customers and the planet.
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