Exploration Operations Supervisor

Who Are We?

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with five producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.

SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!

Job Description

Reporting directly to the Exploration Manager, the Exploration Operations Supervisor is a pivotal role responsible for the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of all field-based greenfields and brownfields exploration activities within the company’s exploration portfolio. This position oversees drilling programs, field logistics operations, contractor management, procurement, health & safety compliance, and SAP-based financial and operational reporting.

The Day To Day Drilling Operations & Supervision

- Plan, schedule, and supervise diamond, RC, and RAB drilling programs from mobilization to demobilization.

- Optimize drill performance (meters/day, cost/meter, core recovery, downtime).

- Manage multiple drill rigs and crews across concurrent projects.

- Ensure rigorous QA/QC protocols for sampling, core logging, and down-hole surveys.

- Review daily drill reports and contractor invoices for accuracy.

Field Logistics and Core Shed Management

- Oversee establishment, operation, and closure of remote exploration projects.

- Manage surface transport, fuel supply, water, waste, and communications.

Contractor Management & Procurement

- Select, negotiate, and manage drilling, geophysical, earthworks, and service contractors.

- Vendor on-boarding and compliance.

- Draft, tender, and administer contracts (LOIs, master service agreements, rate schedules).

- Monitor contractor performance against KPIs and ensure compliance with company standards.

- Drive continuous cost and efficiency improvements.

- Proactively identify innovative tools, emerging technologies, and methods to improve field operations.

Health, Safety, Environment & Community (HSEC)

- Ensure SSR policies and processes are followed in all work programs while leading by example.

- Ability to recognize and stop any exploration activity deemed to be unsafe or likely to have an environmental impact due to inadequate management.

- Implement SSR safety management systems and tools to manage safety risk.

- Ensure legal duty of care associated with exploration is well understood for projects under your management, and that the wider team understands requirements.

- Coach and influence SSR employees, partners and contractors on safety and health procedures.

- Work with team members to ensure practical and proactive solutions are achieved for safety risks identified and ensure identified actions are implemented and closed out.

- Ensure environmental management requirements are imbedded in all exploration programs and assist in implementing programs to manage environmental compliance.

- As appropriate and required, complete basic stakeholder engagement (e.g local community liaison) while maintaining strong relationships with local communities and regulatory bodies.

- Lead risk assessments, emergency response planning, and incident investigations.

- Implement and audit field-level permitting, inductions, journey management, and safe-work procedures.

SAP & Financial Management

- Directly work with corporate accounts to process purchase orders and service entries.

- Provide accurate monthly cost reports, variance analysis, and cash-flow forecasts.

- Ensure expense of costs complies with corporate policy.

Team Leadership & Development

- Foster a high-performance, collaborative field team culture.

- Coordinate with corporate geology, permitting, and finance teams.

- Coordinate with operations and sites while working within brownfields exploration.

Is this You?

- 10+ years of progressive experience in mineral exploration field operations, with at least 5 years managing large-scale RC and Diamond drilling programs.

- Bachelor’s degree in business management, engineering, geology, mining, or applicable discipline is advantageous but not required.

- Strong contractor negotiation and contract administration skills.

- User of SAP advantageous but not required

- Formal health & safety training (OHS diploma, ICAM lead investigator, etc.).

- Valid driver’s license and ability to pass remote-site medicals

- Enthusiasm, drive and proactive team leadership skills

- Ability to work both independently and within a team, in a rapidly changing environment

- Ability and willingness to travel to and work at SSR Mining’s exploration properties for extended periods of time (3 to 4 weeks duration)

- GIS skills in industry standard software (ArcGIS etc)

SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.