Study Manager - Mining

About Mventech Group

Mventech Group is a dynamic and growing mining and resources consulting firm headquartered in Centurion, Gauteng. We partner with clients across project sites to deliver innovative, design-led, and technically rigorous consulting solutions. Our culture is built on expertise, integrity, and a commitment to developing the next generation of industry professionals. At Mventech, we live our tagline: Innovate · Design · Consult.

The Opportunity

The Study Manager is responsible for the successful planning, coordination and delivery of multidisciplinary mining and mineral processing studies from Concept through Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS). The role provides overall leadership to the study team, ensuring technical excellence, commercial performance, governance and client satisfaction while delivering studies safely, on schedule and within budget.

The Study Manager serves as the primary interface between the client and the multidisciplinary engineering team, integrating technical, commercial and strategic inputs into a robust investment-ready study.

Key Responsibilities

Study Leadership

• Lead multidisciplinary study teams throughout the study lifecycle.
• Develop and implement the Study Execution Plan.
• Define study objectives, scope and deliverables.
• Establish governance and reporting structures.
• Ensure studies comply with company methodologies and industry best practice.
• Drive collaboration across all engineering disciplines.

Project Delivery

• Develop and manage study schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate engineering activities across all disciplines.
• Monitor progress against key milestones.
• Manage study risks and opportunities.
• Resolve technical and commercial issues impacting delivery.
• Ensure quality and consistency of all study deliverables.

Client Management

• Act as the primary client representative throughout the study.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Facilitate workshops, review meetings and Steering Committees.
• Manage client expectations and communication.
• Present study outcomes and recommendations.

Commercial Management

• Manage study budgets and profitability.
• Monitor resource utilisation.
• Manage scope changes and study variations.
• Support proposal preparation and business development activities.
• Identify opportunities for follow-on work.

Technical Governance

• Lead technical reviews and design integration.
• Ensure study assumptions are aligned across all disciplines.
• Challenge engineering solutions to maximise value.
• Facilitate engineering trade-off studies.
• Ensure technical risks are appropriately managed.

Team Leadership

• Mentor Project Managers and Project Engineers.
• Coach junior engineers.
• Promote collaboration and accountability.
• Foster a high-performance team culture.
• Support recruitment and resource planning.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

• BEng or BSc Engineering.
• Postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Project Management or Business Management will be advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years' experience in mining, mineral processing or engineering consulting.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary Concept, Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Studies.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong client-facing experience.
• Commercial and project delivery experience.

Technical Skills

• Microsoft 365.
• Microsoft Project.
• Primavera (advantageous).
• Power BI (advantageous).
• SharePoint.
• Familiarity with study governance frameworks and project management methodologies.

Why Join Mventech Group?

Mventech offers a rare combination: the technical ambition of a firm punching above its weight, and the agility of a consultancy where senior professionals have genuine influence over how work is done and how the business grows. As our Study Manager, you will not be managing process on behalf of someone else’s methodology. You will be setting the standard, building the practice, and delivering studies that directly shape investment decisions in the mining sector.

You will work alongside a team of capable, motivated professionals who take quality seriously, and with clients who value depth of expertise over volume of headcount. Our Centurion base places you at the centre of South Africa’s mining and resources consulting landscape, while our growing project portfolio includes work that spans commodity types, study stages, and geographic environments.

If you are a technically accomplished mining professional who is ready to lead at the highest level of study delivery, and who wants to do it within a firm that genuinely lives its tagline, Innovate, Design, Consult, we would like to hear from you.