Project Manager - Sustainability, Technology & Innovation

Project Manager - Sustainability, Technology & Innovation

• Lead enterprise-wide transformation – Own and shape the technology and innovation strategy across multiple sites, driving real impact on productivity, safety, and performance.
• High-impact, strategic role – Influence major investment decisions and lead a portfolio of digital, automation, and AI initiatives with clear accountability for value delivery.
• Drive innovation at scale – Partner with industry leaders, OEMs, and emerging tech providers to pilot, scale, and embed cutting-edge solutions across the business.

About the Business

Welcome to Yancoal. For 20 years, we have been supporting the prosperity of Australia. With over 4,500 people working across our operations, our team is made up of experts in their field. From engineers to operators, business and environmental professionals, surveyors, tradespeople, accountants, marketers and beyond – we are proud of our people and everything we achieve together as One Yancoal. Yancoal Australia now owns, operates, or participates in nine producing coal mines across NSW, Queensland, and Western Australia. To learn more about what it's like to work at Yancoal check out our LinkedIn page.

Job Tasks and Responsibilities

Partner with the Manager – Sustainability to deliver sustainability initiatives under the Chief Officer’s leadership. Provide group-wide leadership in technology, digital and applied innovation to deliver Yancoal’s sustainability, productivity and long-term development objectives. The role bridges strategy and site execution, turning innovation into operational outcomes in partnership with Sustainability, Asset Management, Operations and Procurement.

The role converts strategy into delivery by:

• Leading and executing the enterprise technology and innovation strategy, aligning initiatives to business objectives, productivity, safety, and long-term competitiveness.
• Fostering a high-performance, innovation-driven culture that supports disciplined experimentation, continuous learning, and scalable outcomes.
• Establishing and overseeing enterprise-wide investment governance frameworks, ensuring capital is prioritised toward high-value, high-impact initiatives.
• Driving accountability for value realisation by partnering with business leaders to define, track, and deliver measurable benefits from technology investments.
• Building and uplifting technology and innovation capability across sites and corporate functions, including talent development, frameworks, and communities of practice.
• Developing and managing strategic external partnerships with OEMs, vendors, universities, startups, and industry bodies to accelerate innovation outcomes.
• Integrating digital, data, and automation strategies across the asset lifecycle—from design and acquisition through to operations, maintenance, and retirement.
• Partnering with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Procurement to embed technology into core operating models, improving reliability, efficiency, and performance.
• Leading the enterprise digital transformation agenda, including data, analytics, automation, AI, and operational technology across all sites and functions.
• Sponsoring and governing major digital platforms and systems, ensuring successful delivery, adoption, and realisation of business value.
• Driving the development and scaling of advanced analytics and AI use cases, improving decision-making across maintenance, production, planning, safety, and capital allocation.
• Ensuring technology solutions are user-centric and operationally embedded, delivering tangible improvements in productivity, reliability, and risk reduction.

Skills and Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Technology, Data/Analytics, or related discipline; or equivalent experience.
• Postgraduate qualification (e.g., MBA) desirable.
• Maintenance and Asset Management Certificate desirable
• Practicing Certificate of Mechanical Engineering Manager desirable
• Demonstrated leadership in enterprise technology, digital transformation and/or applied innovation in industrial or resources environments.
• Strong governance and commercial discipline: portfolio prioritisation, business cases, benefits tracking.
• Proven ability to work across sites and functions and embed solutions operationally.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with site teams and external partners (OEMs, vendors, universities).

Benefits

Yancoal provides a range of benefits to appeal to the diverse needs of our employees. The following benefits are available to eligible employees:

• Salary continuance and life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Subsidised private health insurance
• Study assistance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to financial education and banking discounts
• Salary packaging including novated leasing and remote area benefits
• Service recognition rewards
• Discounts program including major department stores, cinemas, restaurants

Yancoal values diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people that identify as LGBTQIA+.

If this is sounding like what you might be looking for in your next role apply today to start an exciting new journey with us.

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