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Senior Mine Cost Analyst

Juneau, AK · On-site

$88K - $112K/yr

Coeur Alaska's Kensington mine comprises an underground, hard-rock gold mine, associated milling ... Reporting to the Sr. Director of FP&A, the Senior Mine Cost Analyst drives cost visibility ...

Coeur Rochester is a world-class open-pit, heap-leach silver and gold operation and home to Coeur ... This position will report to the SR Planning Engineer. The successful candidate will be expected to ...

Coeur Rochester is a world-class open-pit, heap-leach silver and gold operation and home to Coeur ... Support cybersecurity initiatives including patch management, endpoint protection, account security ...

Senior Project Engineer

Lead, SD · On-site

$95K - $124K/yr

Coeur Wharf is an open-pit, heap-leach gold operation and the only gold mine operating in South ... About the Job: The Senior Project Engineer is responsible for leading and delivering capital ...

Coeur Alaska's Kensington mine comprises an underground, hard-rock gold mine, associated milling ... The Senior Exploration Geologist will report to the Exploration Manager and is responsible for ...

First Majestic acquired the Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine from Sprott Mining Inc. on April 30, 2021. In ... The Opportunity The Senior Mining Engineer plays a key technical leadership role in supporting ...

Sr. Mine Engineer

Brawley, CA

$111K - $153K/yr

Equinox Gold is a growth-focused gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia ... Benefit from a company-matched program designed to support your long-term financial security

Mine Geologist

Delta Junction, AK · On-site

$100 - $110/hr

NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with three Tier-1 world-class projects located in ... The Mine Geologist reports to the Senior Mine Geologist, and the primary role is to collect primary ...

$100 - $110/hr

NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with three Tier-1 world-class projects located in ... The Mine Geologist reports to the Senior Mine Geologist, and the primary role is to collect primary ...

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The mine site is located in the Tetlin Hills, approximately 250 miles southeast of Fort Knox and 10 ... Kinross is a Canadian-based global senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the ...

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How much do senior gold mine security jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 27, 2026, the average yearly pay for senior gold mine security in the United States is $80,287.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $41,500.00 and $103,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a senior gold mine security?

Senior Gold Mine Security personnel are professionals responsible for overseeing and managing the security operations at gold mining sites. Their main duties include protecting employees, assets, and facilities from theft, vandalism, and other security threats. They typically supervise security teams, develop and enforce security protocols, investigate security incidents, and coordinate with local law enforcement. Senior Gold Mine Security officers play a vital role in ensuring the safety and integrity of the mining operation. Their expertise helps minimize risks and ensure compliance with industry regulations.

What are some common challenges faced by senior gold mine security personnel, and how can they be addressed?

Senior Gold Mine Security professionals often encounter challenges such as managing large, remote sites, ensuring compliance with strict safety and environmental regulations, and coordinating responses to potential security threats like theft or unauthorized access. Effective communication with operational teams and local authorities is crucial, as is continuous training of security staff to handle evolving risks. Leveraging technology, such as surveillance systems and access controls, and fostering a culture of vigilance among all employees can significantly enhance site security and address these challenges.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a senior gold mine security, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Senior Gold Mine Security professional, you need a solid background in security management, risk assessment, and often a relevant diploma or degree in security or law enforcement. Familiarity with surveillance systems, access control technologies, incident reporting software, and certifications such as Certified Protection Professional (CPP) are commonly required. Leadership, keen attention to detail, and strong decision-making abilities set top candidates apart in this role. These skills and qualities are critical for safeguarding valuable assets, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining a safe environment for personnel and operations.

What is the difference between Senior Gold Mine Security vs Gold Mine Security Guard?

AspectSenior Gold Mine SecurityGold Mine Security Guard
CertificationsSecurity certifications, possibly advancedBasic security certifications
Work EnvironmentSupervisory roles, site oversightPatrols, access control, basic site security
ResponsibilitiesManaging security teams, risk assessmentMonitoring premises, reporting incidents
ExperienceSeveral years in security, industry knowledgeEntry-level or less experience

Senior Gold Mine Security roles involve overseeing security teams, conducting risk assessments, and managing site safety protocols. In contrast, Gold Mine Security Guards focus on patrols, access control, and basic security duties. The senior role requires more experience and certifications, while the guard position is more operational. Both roles are essential for maintaining safety in gold mining environments, but they differ significantly in scope and responsibilities.

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Infographic showing various Senior Gold Mine Security job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 90% Full Time, and 10% Contract. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution, with an average salary of $80,287 per year, or $38.6 per hour.

Mine Engineering Superintendent

Lovelock, NV • On-site


Coeur Mining
Coal, Metals and Minerals Mining • 1 - 5K employees

8.9

Company rating: 8.9 out of 10

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Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement

Posted 2 days ago

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Job description

We Pursue a Higher Standard

Coeur Mining is a U.S.-based, well-diversified, growing precious metals producer with seven wholly-owned operations: the New Afton gold-copper mine in British Columbia, Canada, the Rainy River gold-silver mine in Ontario, Canada, the Las Chiapas silver-gold mine in Sonora, Mexico, the Palmarejo gold-silver mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada, the Kensington gold mine in Alaska and the Wharf gold mine in South Dakota. In addition, the Company wholly owns the Silvertip polymetallic critical minerals exploration project in British Columbia, Canada.

Coeur Rochester is a world-class open-pit, heap-leach silver and gold operation and home to Coeur Mining’s largest expansion project in its 95-year history. Following commercial production in 2024, the mine is ramping up toward tripling historical production rates and holds the largest silver reserve in the United States.

For more than 40 years, Coeur Rochester has been a proud community partner, supporting local culture, education, and wellness initiatives. With a team of approximately 500+ employees, we foster a safe, collaborative environment focused on career growth and development. Join us and build your future with a team committed to excellence.


About the Job: 

The Mine Engineering Superintendent leads the mine engineering function and holds accountability for the integrity of the mine plan, from long-range life-of-mine sequencing through to the weekly plans the operating crews execute. The role owns the technical standards that govern planning, drill and blast design, ground control, and survey, and is responsible for ensuring those standards translate into safe, achievable, and cost-effective plans.

This is a leadership position rather than a senior individual contributor role. Success is measured by the performance of the department and the credibility of the engineering group across the site: whether the plan is issued on time and executed as designed, whether reconciliation is understood and acted on, whether costs are forecast accurately, and whether the next generation of engineers is being developed. The Superintendent is expected to spend meaningful time in the field and be hands on in the development of the engineering team as well as be the senior technical voice in operational decisions where ground conditions, sequencing, or equipment constraints put the plan at risk.


Reporting Relationships: 

The Mine Engineering Superintendent reports to the Technical Services Manager and serves as a member of the site leadership team. Direct reports typically include Senior Mine Engineers, Drill and Blast Engineers, and Projects Engineers. The position works in close partnership with the Mine Operations Superintendents, Maintenance, Geology, Environmental, and Finance, and interfaces with corporate technical services on standards, studies, and reserve reporting.


Responsibilities: 

Safety, Health, and Regulatory Compliance
  • Exercise stop-work authority for any safety concern and hold the engineering team to that same standard in every design, review, and field inspection.
  • Ensure engineering designs and work plans comply with federal and state mining regulations and with company safety standards before they are released to operations.
  • Own the technical standards and safe operating procedures governing ground control and blasting and ensure they are reviewed and updated as conditions change.
  • Participate in incident investigations where design, sequencing, or ground conditions are contributing factors, and drive the resulting corrective actions to closure.
Mine Planning and Technical Design
  • Own the integrity and accuracy of the mine plan across all horizons: life-of-mine, annual budget, quarterly forecast, and the short-range plans that drive daily execution.
  • Approve designs, drill and blast packages, pit development sequencing, and ancillary/project designs prepared by the engineering team.
  • Provide technical oversight of stockpile and waste dump management.
  • Ensure the design basis for every plan is documented and defensible, including assumptions on dilution, recovery, cycle times, and equipment productivity.
  • Direct the reconciliation program, comparing planned to actual tonnage, grade, dilution, and cycle time, and ensure findings feed forward into subsequent plans.
  • Establish and maintain the standards, templates, and modeling conventions used across the group so that work is consistent, auditable, and transferable between engineers.
Operations Integration and Plan Execution
  • Partner with the Mine Operations Superintendents to ensure the plan reflects real operational constraints — equipment availability, crew capability, and spatial conflicts — before it is issued to the field.
  • Attend the weekly planning meetings, ensuring conflicts are identified and resolved, or that contingency plans are in place, before the plan is committed.
  • Coordinate with Maintenance to align equipment availability and major component schedules with the mining sequence.
  • Maintain a visible field presence, conducting regular inspections with operations leadership to confirm that work is being executed to design and to standard.
  • Serve as the senior technical escalation point when ground conditions, equipment failures, or grade variability require the plan to be reworked in cycle.
Reserves, Budget, and Capital Projects
  • Lead the mine engineering contribution to the annual reserve and resource statement, including mine design, cut-off grade application, and mineable shape definition.
  • Own the mining portion of the annual operating and capital budget, including plan development, consumables, and unit cost assumptions.
  • Track performance against budget through the year and provide variance analysis and forecast revisions to site and corporate management.
  • Evaluate alternative mining methods, equipment fleets, and sequencing options through trade-off studies, and present recommendations with supporting economics.
Leadership and Talent Development
  • Lead, coach, and develop the mine engineering team, setting clear expectations and holding people accountable for the quality and timeliness of their work.
  • Build the technical team through structured mentoring, deliberate rotation across planning, drill and blast, and active succession planning for key roles.
  • Conduct performance reviews, set development goals, and address performance concerns directly and fairly.
  • Manage departmental resourcing, including workload balancing, recruitment, and the appropriate use of consultants and contract engineering support.
  • Represent the engineering function to site leadership, corporate technical services, auditors, and external consultants, and present technical work clearly to non-technical audiences.
Business Improvement, Reporting, and Systems
  • Identify and lead business improvement initiatives that reduce mining cost per tonne, improve productivity, or reduce operational risk, and quantify the results delivered.
  • Own the mine engineering reporting suite, including plan compliance, development and production performance, reconciliation, and unit cost indicators, and ensure reporting is accurate and issued on schedule.
  • Ensure mine planning and design software, survey systems, and data management practices are current, well governed, and applied consistently across the team.
  • Critique the cost and operating practice of each mining area and translate accepted improvements into updated standards and safe operating procedures.
  • Contribute to site strategic planning and technical studies, including expansion, mine life extension, and closure planning inputs.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from an accredited institution.
  • A minimum of ten years of progressive mine engineering experience, including at least three years supervising technical staff.
  • Professional Engineer registration or an equivalent professional designation.
  • Prepare, review, and sign off on technical reports, feasibility studies, and mineral resource/reserve estimations as a certified Qualified Person.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a mine plan at multiple horizons, from short-range planning through annual budget.
  • Working knowledge of open pit mine planning and sequencing, ground control, drill and blast design, and reconciliation.
  • Experience contributing to reserve estimation and annual budget preparation.
  • Proficiency with mine planning and design software such as Deswik, Vulcan, or Maptek, and with the Microsoft Office suite.
  • Working knowledge of federal and state mining and safety legislation and regulations.
  • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and train technical professionals.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical recommendations to senior management.
  • Ability to work safely and to promote safe behavior in others.
  • Sets high standards for self and others, builds trust, and takes accountability; approachable, reliable, and team oriented.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

  • Experience across surface mining operations.
  • Prior accountability for a departmental operating and capital budget.
  • Experience leading or contributing to technical studies such as prefeasibility, feasibility, or expansion studies.
  • Experience implementing or upgrading mine planning software, scheduling systems, or engineering data management platforms.
  • Formal leadership or people management training.
Core Competencies

The competencies below distinguish this role from the senior engineering positions that report into it. Candidates are assessed against all six.

Competency

What it looks like in this role

Safety Leadership

Designs and sequences with risk in mind and is visible in the field confirming that the plan is being executed safely.

Technical Judgment

Knows which assumptions matter, challenges numbers that do not reconcile, and can defend the design basis under scrutiny.

Planning Discipline

Holds the planning cycle to its dates and its standards, so operations receive a plan it can trust and execute.

Cross-Functional Influence

Earns credibility with operations, maintenance, and geology so the plan is owned by the site rather than issued to it.

People Development

Grows engineers deliberately, delegates real accountability, and builds a bench capable of stepping up.

Commercial Awareness

Understands the cost and value consequences of technical decisions and presents options with the economics attached.

Measures of Success in the First Year
  • Registration as a certified Qualified Person.
  • The mine plan is issued on schedule at every horizon, and plan compliance is measured, reported, and trending upward.
  • Reconciliation between plan and actual is routine and well understood and is used to improve the next plan rather than to explain the last one.
  • Operations, maintenance, and geology describe the engineering group as a partner in execution rather than a source of drawings.

Additional Information: 

  • Relocation available 
  • Competitive AIP (Annual Incentive Plan)
  • Full benefits on day 1 (medical, vision, dental, employee assistance program, Teladoc service)
  • 6% dollar-for-dollar employer match to 401k or Roth, immediate vesting
  • Flexible schedule
  • Bus service from Lovelock, Fallon, and Winnemucca
  • Travel pay for those outside of bus service
  • Complimentary health clinic in Lovelock for benefit-enrolled employees and their dependents, providing convenient access to quality care at no additional cost




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