Glencore is one of the world’s largest diversified natural resource companies and a leading producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that make everyday life possible. Through a network of assets, customers, and suppliers spanning the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market, and distribute the raw materials that enable decarbonization while meeting today’s energy needs. With around 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong presence in more than 35 countries—across both established and emerging resource regions—our industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices.
Principal – Human Capital, Projects
Location: Santiago, Chile
Business Unit: Glencore Servicios Corporativos SpA. Chile
Reports To: Human Capital Manager, Argentina
Department: Human Capital – Major Projects
Travel Requirements: Regular travel to project sites across Chile, Argentina and Peru, as required.
POSITION PURPOSE
- The Principal – Human Capital, Projects is a senior Human Capital specialist responsible for shaping and integrating workforce strategy, organisational planning and people readiness across major mining projects in Chile, Argentina and Peru.
- Working at the interface between Human Capital, Projects and Operations, the role will provide senior-level expertise to translate project strategies, schedules and operating philosophies into robust workforce, organisational and capability plans.
- The Principal will act as a trusted adviser to Human Capital and project leadership, providing challenge, insight and practical solutions to ensure workforce requirements, critical capabilities and people-related risks are understood and addressed throughout the project lifecycle.
OPERATING CONTEXT
- The role operates across a portfolio of major growth and development projects in Chile, Argentina and Peru, supporting projects at different stages of maturity and execution.
- Based in Santiago, the position will work across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams and requires extensive travel and regular engagement at project sites.
- The Principal will support projects from early development and feasibility through detailed planning, construction, commissioning, ramp-up and transition to operations. The role will provide continuity between project planning and future operating requirements, ensuring Human Capital considerations are embedded sufficiently early in project decision-making.
- Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Principal will be expected to influence senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions and establish disciplined, consistent and scalable Human Capital approaches across the project portfolio.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Lead the development of integrated workforce strategies and long-range manpower plans aligned with project schedules, execution strategies and future operating models.
- Translate project development and execution plans into detailed workforce requirements by function, discipline, capability, location and project phase.
- Provide senior Human Capital expertise into project studies, planning processes, execution strategies and Operational Readiness activities.
- Develop workforce ramp-up and mobilisation strategies covering recruitment, onboarding, capability development, deployment and transition to operations.
- Lead the workforce and organisational components of Operational Readiness, ensuring people-related milestones are integrated into overall project readiness plans.
- Advise project and Human Capital leadership on future operating structures, organisational capability requirements and workforce deployment models.
- Identify critical roles, scarce capabilities, workforce constraints and emerging people risks sufficiently early to enable effective mitigation.
- Develop scenarios and recommendations addressing alternative project schedules, labour-market constraints, execution models and operating strategies.
- Integrate labour-market intelligence, talent availability and regional workforce dynamics across Chile, Argentina and Peru into project workforce strategies.
- Provide strategic input into sourcing, recruitment and talent pipeline strategies for critical and high-volume project requirements.
- Establish and continuously improve consistent Human Capital planning methodologies, governance, standards and tools across the Major Projects portfolio.
- Review and challenge workforce assumptions, manpower forecasts and organisational plans developed by project teams, contractors and external partners.
- Partner closely with Project Controls to ensure workforce plans remain aligned with project schedules, sequencing, cost assumptions and execution milestones.
- Maintain strong engagement with project teams and regular site presence to ensure workforce strategies remain practical and responsive to evolving project requirements.
- Provide senior leadership with clear visibility of workforce readiness, critical capability gaps, emerging risks and required interventions.
- Facilitate alignment across Human Capital, Projects, Operations and functional stakeholders where workforce requirements span multiple projects or jurisdictions.
- Provide specialist coaching, guidance and technical leadership to Human Capital colleagues involved in project workforce planning and readiness activities.
- Capture and transfer lessons learned across projects to strengthen organisational capability and improve future project execution.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
- Human Capital Leadership
- Project Directors and Project Leadership Teams
- Portfolio Projects Leadership
- Human Capital Business Partners
- Talent Acquisition
- Project Controls
- Engineering and Construction
- Commissioning and Operational Readiness
- Operations Leadership
- Learning & Development
- Organisational Design
- Reward and Mobility
External
- EPCM partners and engineering companies
- Mining and construction contractors
- Specialist workforce and Operational Readiness consultants
- Recruitment and workforce solution providers
- Training institutions and capability-development partners
- Relevant labour-market and industry stakeholders
SUCCESS MEASURES
- Integrated workforce strategies that support project schedules, execution plans and future operating requirements.
- Workforce and organisational considerations embedded early and effectively within project planning and decision-making.
- Accurate and credible manpower forecasts and workforce ramp-up plans.
- Early identification and effective mitigation of critical workforce, capability and labour-market risks.
- Demonstrated readiness of the workforce for construction, commissioning, ramp-up and transition to operations.
- Strong alignment between Human Capital, Projects and Operations.
- Consistent and scalable workforce planning and Operational Readiness methodologies across the project portfolio.
- High-quality workforce insights and recommendations that support senior leadership decision-making.
- Effective transfer of workforce planning knowledge and lessons learned across projects.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Core Experience
- Extensive senior-level experience in Human Capital, workforce strategy, workforce planning and/or Operational Readiness within mining, resources or major capital projects.
- Demonstrated experience developing and challenging complex workforce strategies, manpower forecasts and mobilisation plans for large-scale projects.
- Strong understanding of workforce requirements across the complete project lifecycle, including development, feasibility, construction, commissioning, ramp-up and operations.
- Proven experience operating as a senior adviser to Project Directors, Human Capital leaders and other senior stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of the relationship between project schedules, execution strategies, organisational design, workforce requirements and Operational Readiness.
- Experience working closely with Project Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Operations teams.
- Experience supporting large-scale greenfield and/or brownfield projects.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex workforce information and translate it into clear strategic recommendations and practical interventions.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge established assumptions constructively.
- Experience working across multidisciplinary, multicultural and geographically dispersed environments.
- Ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity and provide leadership through expertise and influence rather than formal authority.
- Willingness and ability to undertake extensive travel and maintain regular presence at project sites.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting major mining or capital projects in South America.
- Experience across multiple stages of major project development and execution.
- Experience within EPCM and contractor-intensive project environments.
- Strong knowledge of mining labour markets and workforce dynamics across Chile, Argentina and/or Peru.
- Experience establishing workforce planning or Operational Readiness methodologies across multiple projects.
- Experience supporting organisational design and transition from project organisations into operating structures.
Education and Professional Qualifications
- Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Engineering or a related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources, Business, Project Management or a related discipline would be advantageous.
Languages
- Fluent Spanish and English required.
COMPETENCIES
- Strategic Thinking
- Professional Expertise
- Decision Making
- Change Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- People Leadership
At Glencore Copper SAOP, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that enables the active and full participation of everyone in our organization, in line with fair employment practices.
- In Chile, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 21.015.
- In Peru, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 29.973.
- In Argentina, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 22.431.