Mine Manager

About the Role

Reporting to the General Manager, the Mine Manager will lead and manage the safe and efficient operation of all mine-related activities to deliver production targets within cost and operational constraints.

Responsibilities

Mine Leadership

• Provide balanced, strategic leadership in all functions and activities of the Mining Department to maximize productivity at the most reasonable cost, including mining operations, equipment maintenance, budgeting, and cost controls.
• Support the development, execution, and ongoing optimization of operational and asset management strategies.
• Ensure best practice methods and continuous improvement systems are developed and maintained for the Mine Department and benchmarked against other operations.
• Seek opportunities to grow inter-departmental partnerships to promote teamwork and deliver optimized results.
• Maintain and drive continuous improvement in mining operations, maintenance, forecasting, budgeting, cost controls, and reporting.
• Liaise with internal corporate and functional leadership to drive alignment.

General Leadership

• Demonstrate an unwavering focus on safety and environmental stewardship.
• Participate as a member of the Site Leadership Team to develop strategic organizational initiatives for the improvement of site-wide performance objectives.
• Provide safety and environmental leadership by setting the example, inspiring the safety vision, challenging processes, empowering the workforce, and celebrating successes.
• Develop and implement annual financial operating and capital budgets and forecasts that ensure compliance with organizational and strategic expenditure requirements.
• Develop, exemplify, and maintain positive and effective leadership and skills within the mine department at all levels.
• Develop and maintain positive and effective professional working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Provide balanced strategic leadership both short-term and long-term through 12 to 18 months with strategic planning initiatives.
• Lead staff members in daily operations by providing administrative and technical direction in accordance with procedures to achieve safe, efficient, and effective results.
• Hold self, direct reports, and department members accountable to safe and productive work practices as outlined within guidelines and procedures.
• Attract and grow a strong team aligned to deliver the site strategy.
• Set team priorities in the context of the site and department goals to best utilize the skills of the team.
• Establish and maintain continuous improvement work practices that align with the safety culture and strategic business plan initiatives.
• Have a strong field presence by driving meaningful safety interactions and condition inspections.

Requirements

• Ability to read, comprehend, interpret, and learn mining literature, technical data, and manuals and use the information to improve operations, prevent loss, or minimize risk.
• Excellent people skills in the areas of coaching and mentoring, data organization, and evaluation skills.
• Decisive with the ability to influence direction and manage organizational change.
• Ability to set up, administer, and audit systems for compliance, action planning, and control.
• Presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills appropriate to all organizational levels.
• Self-starter with excellent team-building and motivational skills.
• Ability to build commitment and alignment in teams and individuals.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of MSHA regulations relating to mining practices.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mining Engineering or equivalent related degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in the mining industry with proven experience leading safe operations in an Open Pit environment.
• 5+ years of overall progressive supervision experience. Relevant experience in open pit operations preferred.
• Experience impacting and influencing employee motivation.
• Prior experience in effective change management techniques and application.
• Relevant experience leading programs for monitoring compliance, action planning, and verification of controls preferred.