Manager, Process & Water Operations Yanacocha
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
To manage the reliable operation of the processing operation through the preparation and implementation of optimised mining operational plans, ensuring safety, productivity, and an inclusive workforce.
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.
- Align the strategic vision of the site into actionable processing operational plans that deliver safe, socially responsible, and optimized production. Ensure clarity of the plan. Ensure integration of the plan with mining and technical services. Understand the value drivers and trade offs decisions based on the operational and business context. Understand the context of product sales, metals accounting, and the impact of the processing operations on this.
- Lead processing operations according to the operational plan, ensuring safety, cost, production, sustainability, and schedule are prioritized and delivered against. Identify and diagnose operational, technical, and safety challenges and initiate plans to manage them. Conduct risk assessments, develop management systems to manage identified risks, and verify that the associated actions are being completed. Appropriately manage resources (human resources, funding, and equipment) against the plan.
- Identify and develop plans for continuous improvement and optimization. Responsible for optimum performance in processing - actively seek to ensure opportunities for meaningful improvement are implemented, and best practices are put in place. Apply both new technologies and standard methodologies in processing to enhance operational efficiency and delivery.
- Manage sustainable tailings deposit - (to be added)
- Lead a team of operators, technicians, and supervisors to achieve production goals in Processing. Articulate, role model, and drive a culture of health and safety across all areas of Processing Operations. Act as a leader, coach, and mentor in all areas of technical processing expertise, safety, people leadership, and expected behaviors. Build current and future capability through training, talent management, and development pathways.
- Interface with other department heads and functions to ensure appropriate support and service is delivered to processing. Collaborate with support and service teams to achieve overall site objectives, understanding the context, value levers, and best trade off decisions within the context.
- Monitor all key performance indicators, including safety, community, environment, production, and operational costs, reporting on all key metrics, risks, and corrective measures. Manage the overall operational budget. Investigate reports and data in mining to diagnose trends and take action where appropriate.
- 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.
- Oversee water operations, including collection, treatment, and discharge of contact water, ensuring operational efficiency and compliance with environmental regulations.
Prerequisites for your success in this role
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Processing discipline, Engineering (Environmental, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Mining, Water Resources, or related field).
- Experience in processing operations, with a progression through roles of increasing responsibility.
- A master’s degree in Environmental Management, metallurgy, Water Resources, or Business Administration is an asset.
- Fluent English required; additional languages are an advantage.
Experience & Technical Knowledge
- Strong knowledge of water management systems, including water collection, storage, pumping, treatment, distribution, and discharge.
- Experience with water treatment processes and continuous optimization of treatment plant performance.
- Understanding of environmental regulations and water compliance requirements.
- Familiarity with water balance management, surface and groundwater systems, and contact water management.
- Experience with maintenance planning and asset management systems such as SAP, Maximo, or similar.
- Knowledge of water modeling and process simulation tools is desirable.
Leadership & Competencies
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to manage, develop, and motivate teams.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Environmental, and Engineering teams.
- Experience managing contractors and outsourced service providers.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work effectively in remote industrial or mining environments.
Your work environment
Where you will be located!
The position will require travel to appropriate locations (Mostly Cajamarca/Site and Lima) to support the operation
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.
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