Job Description
Workplace Type: Onsite
Newmont Peru SRL was founded in 1983 as an exploration mining company whose main objective is obtain new gold reserves. Headquartered in Lima, Peru this is the home base for Regional Operations. Our work culture embraces diversity, engages employees, fosters innovation, rewards high performance and develops great leaders.
We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunities and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont great company to work.
- People: Our goal is to maximize the competitive advantage we realize through our people.
- Health & Safety : Our goal is to achieve zero harm.
- Operational Excellence: Our goal is to create a culture of continuous improvement.
- Growth: Our goal is to deliver profitable production gains.
- Sustainability and External Relations: Our goal is to gain access to land, resources, approvals and capital
Your Impact
Ensure that all operational assets are utilized efficiently, maintained reliably, and managed cost-effectively, contributing to the overall productivity, safety, sustainability, and profitability of the mine operations.
As part of our team you will
In this role, the individual will:
- Lead the operation in safety. Clearly demonstrate and execute safety leadership that prioritizes employee safety and creates a culture of safety within the operation. Conduct regular safety audits, ensure compliance with industry standards, and address any safety issues.
- Enhance asset performance, analyze usage patterns, and plan/develop/implement strategies to optimize asset utilization. Align the strategic vision of the site into actionable operational plans that deliver safe, socially responsible, and sustained availability. Ensure clarity of the plan. Ensure integration of the plan with mining, processing, and technical services.
- Full asset integrity accountability - maintain Life of Asset plans for all assets and equipment. Develop and oversee comprehensive maintenance programs, including preventive and predictive maintenance schedules. Increase production, availability, and efficiency of the area through optimal asset management, ensuring availability of the equipment and/or plant in order to achieve planned, sustained availability in a safe and cost effective manner.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on asset performance - use trends to identify best practices and best performance approaches, and drive continuous improvement within asset management.
- Act as a leader in maintenance practices, standards, new equipment, and tools. Effectively own and manage contractor relationships, internal and external maintenance services, and lead the best approach to delivering asset management services to the site.
- Analyze maintenance and operating costs and implement cost-saving measures. Provide input into the capital planning process.
- Lead a team of operators, technicians, contractors, and supervisors to achieve maintenance goals. Articulate, role model, and drive a culture of health and safety across maintenance and Asset Management. Act as a leader, coach, and mentor in all areas of asset management, safety, people leadership, and expected behaviors. Build current and future capability through training, talent management, and development pathways.
- Conduct risk assessments, develop management systems to manage identified risks, and verify that the associated actions are being completed.
- Ensure all regulatory requirements or public commitments associated with asset management activities are met.
- Form part of the site leadership team, actively contributing to overall site leadership, culture, and site delivery, with focus and responsibility for the mining portfolio, production, safety, and teams.
Prerequisites for your success in this role
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field. Advanced degrees (e.g., Master’s or PhD) may be preferred. Several years of experience in Asset Management, with a progression through roles of increasing responsibility. Advanced experience in leading and developing teams.
- Advanced ability to interact, influence, and resolve conflict with various stakeholders, including employees, contractors, regulators, and the community.
- Advanced understanding of asset lifecycle management, including acquisition, operation, maintenance, and disposal. Advanced knowledge in preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance. Advanced knowledge of mining/processing. Advanced knowledge of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for asset performance.
- Advanced skills in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with asset operation and management. Competent understanding of the latest technologies and innovations in Asset Management. Advanced knowledge of health, safety, environment, and sustainability regulations and practices.
- Competent understanding of cost management and financial principles in mining. Advanced skills in strategic and long-term planning. Advanced English and Spanish.
Your work environment
The position will require travel to appropriate locations (Mostly Cajamarca/Site and Lima).
The position will require periodic living in the Yanacocha camp.
The person must be in good health and physical condition to work in the field in various climatic conditions and at altitudes of up to 4,000 meters above sea level.
The incumbent may be required to travel and assist other sites nationally and internationally.
We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!
Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that fosters leaders and allows every person to thrive, contribute, and grow. We are committed to selecting and developing our employees, and to establishing a work environment where everyone can take an active part in reaching our strategic goals while feeling a sense of pride in working at Newmont.
Newmont seeks to recruit, hire, place and promote qualified applicants, meaning applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the position, without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnic, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
NOTE: Newmont does not ask for or require job applicants to pay money to apply or be considered for employment with the Company. In addition, Newmont does not ask potential job candidates to provide sensitive personal data without first submitting a job application through our secure, online portal, and only as requested for legitimate business purposes. If you are asked to provide money or sensitive personal data through any other means, do not respond and please report this immediately to [email protected].