In this role, you will lead, direct, and continuously improve all surface mining activities to deliver safe, productive, and cost-effective operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead a Zero Harm culture, ensuring safe work practices, hazard awareness, and full compliance with MSHA and Orla Mining standards.
- Direct the execution of all loading, hauling, drilling, blasting, dozing, road maintenance, and pit support activities.
- Achieve daily, weekly, and monthly production targets while managing ore/waste movement, minimizing dilution, and optimizing cost per ton.
- Review and align short-range (shift to 13-week) plans with long-range strategies and mine engineering inputs.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Geology, Maintenance, Processing, and EH&S to ensure seamless operational readiness and execution.
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performance operations workforce, including supervisors, drill & blast teams, and training personnel.
- Foster a culture of accountability, capability growth, and operational excellence.
- Drive improvements in haulage efficiency, drill-blast fragmentation, rehandle reduction, and mining cycle times.
- Develop, execute, and manage the Mine Operations operating budget, including labor, consumables, drill & blast, equipment utilization, and contractor services, ensuring cost performance aligns with mine plans and production targets.
- Track, analyze, and report daily, weekly, and monthly mine operations performance, including production volumes, fleet productivity, unit costs, and key operational variances, using FMS and operational data.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mine Engineering or a related field preferred.
- Minimum fifteen years of experience in open-pit hard-rock mining operations, including production, drill and blast, loading, hauling, and ore control.
- Minimum ten years of senior operational leadership experience supervising crews, executing mine plans, and managing daily performance in a large-scale open-pit mining environment.
- Strong knowledge of truck/shovel operations, drill and blast, ore control, pit compliance, and fleet management systems.
- Practical experience with Fleet Management Systems (FMS).
- Demonstrated success in operational improvement initiatives and cost optimization.
- Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (intermediate level or higher).
- Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
- Must possess a valid driver's license.
