Technical Operations Manager Jobs in Saskatchewan

Who Are We?

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with four producing assets located in the USA, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.

SSR's commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!

Job Description:

Reporting to the General Manager, the Mill Operations 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 Mill Operations Manager leads a team that operates a Grinding, Gravimetric Concentration and Carbon Input Pulp (CIP) gold processing plant (approximately 60,000 - 100,000 ounces per year) including recovery, refinery, assay lab and metallurgical lab.

The Day-To-Day:

Mill Operations Leadership

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

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

• Maintain and optimize process / mill department reporting

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

• 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 Seabee 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 Mill Operations 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 Seabee Gold Operations 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 Seabee Gold Operations 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 Seabee Gold Operations safety culture and strategic business plan initiatives

• Have a strong field presence by driving meaningful safety interactions and condition inspections

Is This You?

• 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 International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC) regulations relating to process practices.

Education and 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 gold processing facilities

• 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

SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Employment Equity:

At SSR Mining - Seabee Gold Operation, we are dedicated to developing a talented and diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we operate. We actively promote employment equity and invite applicants to voluntarily indicate if they belong to a designated group during the hiring process. Employment equity is not about quotas or hiring individuals who are not qualified. Rather, it aims to broaden the pool of qualified candidates - including women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, and individuals with disabilities - and to eliminate barriers that may hinder their full participation in the workforce.

Women:

This describes a person who self identifies a woman. The definition recognizes that gender is a self-identification that does not necessarily match the sex of an individual.

Aboriginal People:

As per the definition contained in theCanadian Employment Equity Act, Aboriginal Peoples, refers to persons who are Indian, Inuit or Metis.

Persons with Disabilities:

Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Blindness or visual impairment (unable to see or having difficulty seeing, glaucoma; however, this does not include persons who can see well with glasses or contact lenses)

• Co-ordination or dexterity impairment (difficulty using hands or arms, for example, grasping or handling tools or using a keyboard)

• Deafness or hearing impairment (unable to hear or having difficulty hearing)

• Mobility impairment (difficulty moving around, walking long distances or difficulty moving using stairs)

• Speech impairment (unable to speak or difficulty speaking and being understood)

• Other disabilities (e.g., learning disabilities, developmental disabilities and all other types of disabilities)

Members of Visible Minorities:

Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Non-white Latin American (including Indigenous people from Central and South America)

• Black

• East Asian (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean)

• South Asian/East Indian (e.g., Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or East Indian from Guyana, Trinidad or East Africa)

• Southeast Asian (e.g., Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese)

• Non-white West Asian, North African or Arab (e.g., Iranian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Libyan)

• People of mixed origin (e.g. with one parent member of a visible minority group)

The information you are asked to provide is essential for Seabee Gold Operation to comply with the requirements of the Federal Contractors Legislation, and in helping Seabee Gold Operation identify and address workplace barriers by developing employment equity programs and policies. Although participation in completing this survey is voluntary, it is important for us to obtain the most accurate representation of our current workforce.

The information you provide will be kept CONFIDENTIAL and will be used to compile an overview of Seabee Gold Operation's workforce for government compliance purposes. In addition, the summarized results will be used to determine the distribution of designated group members in our workforce, analyze the current results, and track future progress in achieving a representative workforce. This information will not be placed in your employee files.