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Manager, Geology Operational Readiness
Job Purpose
The Manager, Geology Operational Readiness is responsible for building and implementing a structured readiness and handover model across BMNM geology operations. The role ensures that both new projects and existing operations have the systems, field capability, leadership discipline, and operating standards required to deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality geology support to mining and processing.
The position is not limited to start-up readiness. It is also responsible for lifting current site geology teams toward a world-class level of operational performance by improving field execution, strengthening geology–mining interaction, clarifying accountability, and embedding standardized operating practices across the business.
This role requires a strong operational mining background and practical field credibility. The successful candidate may come from geology, mining engineering, or a related mining discipline, but must be capable of leading site-based performance improvement, readiness assessments, capability building, and transition of ownership from corporate oversight to site execution.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the implementation of a structured operational readiness and handover framework across BMNM operations and growth projects.
- Define readiness stages, maturity criteria, and handover requirements for site geology functions.
- Ensure sites progress through a disciplined readiness pathway from corporate support to full operational ownership.
- Assess existing site geology teams, systems, and routines against required operating standards.
- Identify capability gaps in field execution, supervision, grade control, reconciliation, and data quality.
- Drive targeted improvement plans to strengthen site operational performance and readiness.
- Establish and reinforce clear field expectations for drilling supervision, geological mapping, sampling standards, dig polygon definition, ore/waste boundaries, and dilution control.
- Ensure geology teams operate with strong field presence and practical understanding of mining priorities.
- Promote disciplined routines and consistency in operational geology delivery across all sites.
- Strengthen the working interface between geology, mine operations, mine planning, and processing teams.
- Ensure geology systems and decisions are aligned with mining realities, operational constraints, blending requirements, and plant feed performance.
- Support sites in improving practical mine-to-geology interaction and day-to-day execution quality.
- Implement a readiness KPI and dashboard framework to track site maturity, handover progress, training completion, reconciliation performance, and operational discipline.
- Monitor site readiness through defined metrics such as reconciliation accuracy, GC vs MRE variance, audit scores, training coverage, and succession readiness.
- Use performance dashboards to drive action, accountability, and follow-up across sites.
- Ensure site geology workflows, SOPs, reporting templates, sampling standards, and reconciliation processes are fit for purpose and consistently applied.
- Standardize critical operational geology processes across BMNM while allowing practical adaptation to site conditions.
- Support readiness reviews, audits, and formal handover sign-off processes.
- Coach site superintendents and operational geology leaders on field leadership, operational accountability, and performance management.
- Support succession planning and readiness of site leadership teams.
- Help define the standard of leadership and execution expected from operational geology teams.
- Drive improvement initiatives focused on dilution, selectivity, blending, sampling quality, field discipline, and reconciliation performance.
- Capture lessons learned from site reviews, project start-ups, and operational issues and convert them into improved practice.
- Benchmark BMNM site geology readiness and operational performance against world-class mining standards.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering, Geology, or related mining discipline
- Postgraduate qualifications in mining, operations, project delivery, or operational leadership are advantageous
12+ years in mining operations, grade control, or operational geology with strong field exposure.
Ma’aden High Performance Competencies:
- Safety Leadership
- Operational Discipline
- Accountability & Ownership
- Results Orientation
- Collaboration & Influence
- Continuous Improvement
- Capability Building
- Strong operational mining mindset with field credibility
- Deep understanding of grade control, dilution, ore loss, selectivity, reconciliation, and mining-geology interaction
- Ability to assess site capability and convert findings into practical readiness actions
- Strong leadership and coaching capability with site-based teams
- Strong knowledge of KPI-driven management systems and performance dashboards
- Practical understanding of start-up, ramp-up, handover, and transition environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder management across technical and operational teams
- Ability to translate technical requirements into practical field routines and site standards.
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