Director of Mining Operations
industrial_energy_operations › Mining Operations · M5 — M5 — Senior Director · Management
Senior leader overseeing all extraction, processing, and site support operations across a mine or multiple mine sites.
Median pay · United States · annual
$188,371 USD
▲ +120% vs M1 on this ladder
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pay@2 · 2026-07
What this role is
Senior leader overseeing all extraction, processing, and site support operations across a mine or multiple mine sites. At the Senior Director (M5) level, the role owns multiple functions or a large department, org-level trade-offs and investment, and drives multi-function results. Leads directors and managers.
What this level does
- Direct overall mining operations for a site or region through subordinate managers, with accountability for production, cost, and regulatory compliance
- Define operating methods and standards that shape division-wide production planning, equipment strategy, and rehabilitation programs
- Manage the operation's P&L and regional business operations, setting annual production and cost targets
- Oversee staffing, project plans, goals, and deadlines across the operation, evaluating manager performance and building the leadership bench
- Influence executives, regulators, and major contractors on permitting, safety performance, and key operational decisions
- Knowledge applied
- Applies division-wide operational expertise to direct a site or region through managers, defining methods that impact overall operations and P&L.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Tackles complex, operation-wide issues — capacity, cost structure, compliance strategy — defining new methods and standards.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Influences executives, regulators, and major contractors on key operational and permitting issues.
- Typical experience
- 10–12+ years including second-level management and strategy work.
Skills at this level
- Heavy equipment operation and maintenance
- — Directs and evaluates the operation and maintenance of heavy mining equipment — drills, loaders, scoops, shovels, and conveyors — including hydraulics, drives, and preventive maintenance scheduling.
- Mechanical/electrical troubleshooting
- — Diagnoses and resolves defects in mining equipment — motors, sheaves, drives, line-bore and welding repairs — to restore field availability with minimum downtime.
- Production planning and optimization
- — Plans and optimizes open-pit and underground production, sequencing drilling, blasting, excavation, and haulage against schedule, cost, and grade targets.
- Safety and environmental compliance
- — Enforces mining safety and environmental regulations on the face, investigates incidents, and drives corrective actions to keep operations compliant.
- Mine ventilation, drainage and rehabilitation
- — Plans and implements ventilation, air-quality management, drainage, and site rehabilitation as part of safe and lawful mining operations.
- Leadership and people management
- — Supervises crews, mentors technicians, and manages large field workforces of 50–60+ personnel across shifts and sites.
- Technical documentation and software literacy
- — Reads and interprets technical SOPs and production spreadsheets, and uses fleet monitoring and mining software to track and analyze operational performance.
- Geology and mining techniques
- — Applies knowledge of geology and extraction methods to inform mining plans, ground control, and production decisions in the field.
- Blasting and drilling operations
- — Oversees drilling and blasting programs across specialized crews, coordinating blast design, sequencing, and safety controls.
- P&L and financial management
- — Manages P&L performance, operating budgets, and regional business operations for mining sites, allocating cost across fleets and projects.
- Stakeholder and regulatory engagement
- — Engages regulators, government bodies, contractors, and communities on permitting, compliance, and major operational decisions.
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