Project Manager, Autonomous Haulage Implementation

Job Overview

The Autonomous Haulage (AHS) Implementation Project Manager is responsible for helping regional teams and Komatsu distributors globally with the implementation of mining automation technology in their territories. As such, this project manager’s main purpose is to ensure that regional teams as well as end customers understand and execute the full range of activities that are required to achieve successful adoption of autonomous systems in mining environments. Beyond active projects, the project manager contributes to the continuous improvement of documentation supporting the AHS implementation program.

When working with new organizations in first-time implementations, the AHS Implementation Project Manager is deeply involved with the project management aspect, serving as trusted advisor for local teams and leading by example where necessary. With more established regions on the other hand, the focus lies on the roll-out of new and/or additional technologies, periodical follow-up and PDCA.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Enable Komatsu Distributors: Act as Subject Matter Expert for the implementation of commercial autonomous systems. Liaise between regional teams and the Autonomous Systems team based in Tucson.
• Advocate for project management discipline, the importance of governance and change management.
• Convey a holistic view on implementation projects.
• Drive adoption of the AHS implementation program and contribute towards global standardization through PDCA of this program.
• Track progress of projects globally, through periodical follow-up with established regional project (management) teams.
• An individual project scope can vary from an upgrade at an existing customer’s site (< 2 months) to a first-time implementation in a region where none of the local business partners have experience with automation technology (> 18 months). Flexibility regarding working time might be required periodically, depending on the global location and time zone of active projects.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Min. 5 years of customer-facing project management experience, demonstrated project management discipline
• Very strong communicative and interpersonal skills, especially in multi-cultural and international environments
• Managing multiple projects in parallel
• Influencing business partners
• Problem-solving and working independently
• Understanding of the mining & mining equipment industries
• Willingness to travel ~25% (Domestic & international/intercontinental)

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Certification or similar credentials
• Proficiency in commonly used project management tools (Asana, Microsoft Project, Wrike, Smartsheet, Monday…)
• Relevant work experience in a mining environment (operating, supporting or deploying digital technologies); understanding how a mining organization operates internally.
• Relevant work experience within a distributorship of a mining equipment OEM (aftersales, product support, projects, data analyst, application engineer, customer trainer…)
• Proficiency in Spanish