Key Areas of Responsibilities & Duties:

Mine Leadership

• Provide balanced, strategic leadership in all functions and activities of the Mining Department to maximize productivity at the most reasonable cost. This includes 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

• Unwavering focus on safety and environmental stewardship
• Participate as a member of the company Leadership Team to develop strategic organizational initiatives for the improvement of site-wide performance objectives
• Provide safety and environmental leadership by always setting the example, inspiring our safety vision, challenging the processes, empowering the workforce, and celebrating our 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 to 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 company 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 safety culture and strategic business plan initiatives
• Have a strong field presence by driving meaningful safety interactions and condition inspections

Required Skills:

• 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 in individuals
• Strong time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Strong understanding of MSHA regulations relating to mining practices

Required Experience:

• 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