21 oct
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Endeavour Silver
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Durango
21 oct
Endeavour Silver
Durango
Director of Operations
Reports to COO
Location: Durango, Mexico
Company Summary
Established in 2004, Endeavour Silver Corp is a mining company, focused on discovering and mining silver, with projects and operations in four countries: Mexico, Perú, Chile, and the United States. Our purpose is to be a leading silver producer that creates value for our stakeholders by discovering,
developing, and operating our mines in a sustainable way.
Job Purpose
Oversee all aspects of the company’s mining operations, and responsible for policies, objectives,
initiatives, and related operations support functions.
Support Corporate business objectives throughout the Mine Operations
Communicate with the Corporate executive management regarding the Company’s operations,
including production in relation to established targets, budgeting, business challenges, and potential risks.
Use extensive mining operations experience, leadership skills, critical-thinking and creative problem-
solving ability, and sound business judgment to develop, implement, and execute the Company’s strategic business goals.
Effectively collaborate with the COO to ensure cohesive execution of the Company’s business objectives for its operations.
Main Responsibilities
- Assume a strong leadership role in fostering and supporting company-wide ‘Safety First’
environment.
- Responsible for recruitment/selections/retention of key regional and mine site operational
staff, including mining and milling operations.
- Ensure proper training and development of leadership to ensure top quartile performance at
all sites.
- Effectively create a culture of commitment, cooperation and communication and mine
management philosophy aimed at ongoing performance improvement.
- Responsible for achieving all capital/operating plans and budgets while ensuring costs and
expenditures are effectively managed and maintained within budgeted cost constraints.
- Demonstrate knowledge, experience and expertise in a wide variety of mining concepts,
practices, and procedures.
- Plan and direct operations personnel in strategies aimed at improving production, maintaining
strong revenues and achieving high return on Company investment.
- Evaluate current and proposed systems and procedures and recommend changes when
necessary to improve operational performance.
- Assume leadership role in developing and implementing physical asset management
strategies throughout the operations sites (includes both fixed and mobile equipment assets)
- Oversee implementation of and support for key maintenance systems and budgeting tools
related to physical asset management.
Requirements
Experience
- Minimum 8 years in senior leadership roles
Education
- Sc. in Mining Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering or other related discipline
Skills & Special Knowledge
- Minimum 15 years mine and/or mill experience primarily in underground operations.
- Goal driven leader and self-starter able to maintain a productive operations climate and
confidently motivate, mobilize and coach employees to meet high-performance standards.
- Proven record of effective team development and ability to provide leadership and motivation
in achieving company objectives.
- Exceptional oral and written communications skills.
- Strong presentation skills including the ability to present ideas to corporate executive
management and Directors, contribute within a group, and influence others.
- Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and competency in the area of strategic business
planning as it relates to operational performance and improvement.
- Highly regarded: strong understanding and demonstrable experience in reliability
improvement methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered
Maintenance (RCM)
- Ability to identify anticipate situations that could impact operations and recommend pre-
emptive solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to efficiently develop, implement, and manage projects.
Language
- Spanish and English; must be able to read, write and speak both languages clearly
Physical Requirements
- Able to work on remote locations
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