Freelance Consultant – SME, Underground Infrastructure, Electrical, Construction Specialist – Metals & Mining

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dss+

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1001 - 5000 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

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Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Logistics

dss+ is a global consulting firm that specializes in delivering safety, risk management, and operational efficiency solutions across various industries. The company focuses on transforming culture, maximizing sustainability, enabling digital transformation, and building capabilities through training. dss+ works with sectors such as agriculture, food and beverage, chemicals, petrochemicals, electronics, and more to improve safety performance and risk value protection. They aim to help clients adapt to dynamic times by developing customized strategies that enhance operations, integrate ESG considerations, and drive performance improvements. Their approach includes diagnostics, continuous improvement, enterprise risk management, and digitalization using their dss⁺ MIRA™ technologies.

📋 Description

• Review and evaluate procedures associated with underground infrastructure and utility systems • Assess procedures covering medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution systems • Review underground substations, electrical installations, and equipment commissioning procedures • Evaluate isolation, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), energization, and de-energization procedures • Assess underground pumping, dewatering, compressed air, water distribution, and utility systems • Review underground communications infrastructure and material-handling procedures • Evaluate lifting, rigging, hot work, and construction-related activities • Assess testing, commissioning, and Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) requirements • Review Management of Change (MoC) processes and construction-to-operations handover requirements • Identify gaps between engineering requirements, construction activities, and operational execution • Facilitate workshops with engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, safety, and contractor teams • Provide recommendations to strengthen operational and safety risk controls • Translate engineering requirements, operational conditions, Critical Controls, commissioning activities, and construction-to-operations interfaces into practical procedures

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in mining projects, mine construction, infrastructure development, or mining operations • Minimum 5 years of experience supporting underground mine infrastructure, construction, or development activities • Experience in the construction, expansion, development, or commissioning of underground mining operations • Experience working with contractors during underground construction and installation activities • Practical experience with commissioning, energization, and operational readiness activities • Previous involvement in developing, reviewing, or implementing operational procedures, standards, or management systems • Experience conducting technical reviews, audits, operational assessments, or risk evaluations • Ability to review engineering requirements and convert them into executable operational procedures • Ability to assess temporary and permanent underground installations • Ability to identify interfaces and risks involving construction, commissioning, maintenance, and operations • Ability to define safe systems for isolation, testing, energization, commissioning, and handover activities • Ability to establish operational hold points, verification requirements, and authorization criteria • Ability to incorporate PSSR and MoC requirements into operational procedures • Ability to conduct field inspections and engage effectively with contractors and owner teams • Ability to facilitate technical workshops involving engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, commissioning, and safety stakeholders • Ability to define clear roles and responsibilities across contractor and owner organizations • Strong technical writing skills in English • Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation capabilities • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering • Mining Engineering professionals with significant underground infrastructure experience will also be considered • Professional Engineering registration or equivalent certification, where applicable • Fluency in English required • Portuguese and/or Spanish highly advantageous

🏖️ Benefits

• Values-led organization focused on improving safety performance and strengthening risk management • Opportunity to work alongside experienced technical and operational leaders • Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of industry specialists • Opportunity to influence operational performance and safety outcomes beyond project completion • Freelance, project-based advisory engagement