Vice President Projects

Job Title: Vice President Projects

Department: Projects

Industry: Mine and Mineral Processing industry

Reporting To: CEO

- 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 solid 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

Take the next step in your leadership career with an organization that values innovation, ownership, and excellence.

Kirti Purohit

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Email - [email protected]

📌 Vice President - Projects (Hyderabad)
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