Process Manager

The Process Manager will lead and manage the safe and efficient operation of all process related activities to deliver production targets within cost and operational constraints. The Process Manager leads the team to operate a heap leach gold recovery facility including process plant, refinery, assay lab and metallurgical lab.

Responsibilities:

•          Provide balanced, strategic leadership in all functions and activities of the Process Department to maximize productivity at the most reasonable cost. This includes operations, maintenance, metallurgy, and assay lab activities.

•          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 Process Department to achieve optimal gold recovery at the most reasonable cost.

•          Seek opportunities to grow inter-departmental partnerships to promote teamwork and deliver optimized results.

•          Identify, recommend, and execute opportunities to automate process functions to improve safety and cost efficiency.

•          Maintain and drive continuous improvement in metallurgical accounting, forecasting, and reporting.

•          Maintain and optimize a process department reporting system.

•          Lead and actively seek opportunities to improve gold security.

•          Serve as the primary process activities resource for the mine site.

•          Actively participate and provide technical guidance for large site projects executed by the Projects Manager

•          Liaise with internal corporate functional leadership to drive alignment.

Health and Safety:

•          Demonstrate leadership in Health, Safety and Environment through personal behaviors and conversations, and reports all Health, Safety and Environment incidents.

•          Participate in Health, Safety and Environment initiatives, reviews, and investigations.

•          Always establishes and promotes a respectful and healthy work environment, ensuring safety and health procedures are in compliance.

People Management

•          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 process department, at all levels.

•          Develop and maintain positive and effective professional working relationships with vendors and co-workers.

•          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 to achieve safe, efficient, and effective results.

Education and Accreditation:

·       B.S. in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent Process related degree.

·       A valid Nevada driver license.

Knowledge:

·       Ability to read, comprehend, interpret, and learn metallurgical literature, technical data and manuals and use the information to improve process, prevent loss or minimize risk.

·       Ability to set up, administer and audit systems for compliance, action planning and control.

Skills/Competencies:

·       Presentation, interpersonal and communication skills appropriate to all organizational levels.

·       Self-starter with excellent team building and motivational skills.

·       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.