Process Manager

Reporting to the General 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.

Key Areas of Responsibilities & Duties:

Process Leadership

• 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 and benchmarked against other processing operations 
• 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 efficiencies
• 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 and optimal gold recovery

General Leadership

• 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 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 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 in accordance to policy and procedure 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 policies
• 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

Required Skills:

• 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
• 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 process practices

Required Experience:

• B.S. in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or equivalent Process related degree preferred
• 8+ years of experience in the mining industry with proven experience leading safe operations in a heap leach gold processing facility
• 5+ years of overall supervision experience. Relevant experience in a process related field is preferable
• Experience impacting and influencing employee motivation
• Prior experience in effective change management techniques and application
• Relevant experience leading programs to prevent losses incidents people, equipment, material, and the environment