Principal Operational Readiness - Underground Operations & Shaft

Principal Operational Readiness - Underground Operations & Shaft

Company: South
32 Group Operations Pty. Ltd.

Hermosa, located approximately 75 miles south‑east of Tucson, Arizona, is the only advanced mining project in the United States as of 2023 that could produce two federally designated critical minerals—manganese and zinc—as well as silver and lead. The project has the potential to help power the nation’s clean energy future, strengthen the domestic supply chain of critical minerals, grow the local economy, and improve lives in Santa Cruz County and the surrounding community for generations to come.

What South
32 offers

• Annual short‑term incentive bonus that recognizes both your individual performance and the overall success of the business.
• When you choose to contribute more into your retirement savings, South
  32 will match it up to a certain percentage.
• South
  32 provides you with 4 weeks paid time off.
• 12 weeks full‑paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks full‑paid parental leave for secondary carers.

About the role

As Principal Operational Readiness – Underground Operations and Shaft you will be responsible for ensuring optimal readiness for all people, processes and plant to enable Hermosa to deliver on its mine plan. You will work closely with the Technical Services team to understand the mine design and develop plans to integrate into future operations. You will also integrate deeply with the Engineering, Commissioning and Construction teams as the mine is being designed and constructed to ensure alignment on accountabilities, technology, systems and anything else required.

You will ensure all underground positions are well understood and interconnected to optimally support the business objectives, keeping everyone safe, empowering decisions to the lowest possible organizational level to ensure all aspects of the mine are well understood.

• Underground Design to Operations:
  Accountable to develop and deliver a plan which embeds the mine design into operations and establishes all People, Process and Plant around this to deliver the ramp‑up and all related performance expectations of the Underground.
• Commissioning:
  Partnering with the Commissioning team, ensure all assets meet requirements to operate and deliver the mine plan (ventilation, mining equipment, shafts, etc.).
• Operational Processes & Systems:
  Support the documenting of all practices needed for every underground, Centro and other role and ensure this is clear to everyone using significant change management and in‑person training.
• People, Plant and Processes:
  Ensure all aspects required to have our people ready to execute work safe and efficiently, ensure all plant is setup to deliver reliability and ensure processes to support every aspect of the mine are in place and the interfaces are all extremely well planned out to enable efficient world class mining outcomes.
• Innovation:
  Partner with Operational Readiness Innovation to test and enable the leading‑edge options which can deliver on opportunities to set Hermosa apart on productivity from any mine in the world.
• Exceptional Culture Builder:
  Support and partner with the GMO to establish a culture that is like no other with positive, enabled, and effective workforce. This cultural setup should be a differentiator for Hermosa to be the best place to work in Southern Arizona.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10 years underground mining experience including at least 5 years leading mining teams.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance in mining operations.
• Global Mining company and SAP experience.
• Strong ability to integrate leading edge technology with in‑field processes and to establish simple and effective outcomes.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to interact with employees at all levels within the organization.
• Proven leadership skills.

South
32 is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.