Lead Mining Operations Specialist
industrial_energy_operations › Mining Operations · S5 — S5 — Principal Support Specialist · Support
Senior individual-contributor expert providing high-level technical and strategic analysis to support executive leadership of the mining business line.
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$60,631 USD
▲ +62.4% vs S1 on this ladder
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Senior individual-contributor expert providing high-level technical and strategic analysis to support executive leadership of the mining business line. At the Principal Support Specialist (S5) level, the role owns function-wide support practice, program-level and systemic support problems, and drives support strategy across the function. Subject-matter authority; shapes the practice.
What this level does
- Serves as the site's specialist for a defined area (e.g., geological survey data, equipment-inspection protocols, or compliance-reporting workflows), resolving the most complex procedural issues others cannot
- Contributes to the creation and standardization of new survey, inspection, maintenance or data-reporting procedures and templates adopted across the operation
- Develops techniques for validating and integrating field and fleet-management-system data to improve accuracy of production and compliance metrics
- Acts as working lead and technical authority, facilitating peer execution and training technicians on adapted or newly created procedures
- Advises operations leadership on procedural best practice, feasibility and data-driven risk indicators drawn from accumulated field and inspection knowledge
- Knowledge applied
- Highly skilled specialist in a defined mining-operations support area; contributes to the creation of new procedures, techniques and data-integration methods.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Develops concepts and techniques and resolves the most complex procedural and data-integrity issues; acts independently.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Acts as working lead and technical authority, facilitating peer execution, training staff and advising leadership.
- Typical experience
- 6+ years; expert in the mining-operations support specialty.
Skills at this level
- Field Survey & Geological Data Collection
- — Conducts field surveys and gathers geological data at defined points using survey instruments and standard log sheets to support mining operations and plans.
- Mining Equipment Inspection & Preventive Maintenance
- — Performs routine inspections and preventive maintenance of mining equipment against safety checklists, identifying wear or faults and escalating servicing needs.
- Production & Operations Reporting
- — Documents daily mining operations and production metrics, compiling and checking figures into operations logs and shift reports for management review.
- Environmental & Safety Compliance Monitoring
- — Carries out site inspection and monitoring rounds to verify compliance with environmental regulations and safety protocols, logging deviations and incidents.
- Mine Plan & Schedule Support
- — Assists in implementing mining plans and schedules by sequencing survey, inspection and field tasks to meet stated deadlines and shift priorities.
- Fleet-Management System Data Handling
- — Enters, validates and reconciles production and equipment data within mining fleet-management systems such as Wenco and Modular Mining to keep operational metrics accurate.
- Mining Methods & Extraction Knowledge
- — Applies knowledge of mining methods and extraction techniques to support efficient and safe recovery of minerals during field and production tasks.
- Safety Protocol Adherence
- — Follows and confirms established mine safety protocols before and during each task, protecting worker safety across drilling, blasting and heavy-equipment activities.
- Operational Data & Technical Tools
- — Uses operating systems, database systems (e.g., Oracle) and basic scripting to capture, query and organize field and production data for mining operations.
- Procedure Adaptation & Development
- — Adapts existing survey, inspection and reporting procedures to unprecedented site conditions and contributes to creating standardized new procedures and templates.
- Field Team Coordination
- — Coordinates the sequencing and outputs of technicians on survey, inspection or maintenance assignments and guides less-experienced staff as a working lead.
- Operations Communication
- — Collaborates with team members, conveys safety protocols and reports mining progress and findings clearly to peers and senior operations staff.
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