Natural Resources Manager

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

Summary

This exempt position functions with a high degree of autonomy and reports directly to the VP of Natural Resources, within the Corporate Operations function. This Natural Resource Manager will manage Compass Minerals real estate, mineral resources & reserves, mineral leases, entitlements and collaborate with cross-functional teams at the operating sites and in corporate.

Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

- Collaborates with sites to develop and or maintain updated near and long-term Site Mining Plans

- Liaise with regulators, environmental / conservation stakeholders, community leaders, policy makers and legislators to ensure CMP is viewed as a positive member of the community, aware of opportunities and threats, and to ensure CMP is operating in a manner that lends itself to maintaining its ‘social license to operate’.

- Collaborates with corporate engineering to review data acquisition from drilling campaigns or other exploratory efforts to confirm, define or expand mineral resources profile

- Assist sites in developing strategies and managing matters that require engagement with external stakeholders or regulators as it pertains to mineral extraction or operating license entitlements

- Support Environment and Sustainability initiatives and management of data in the Natural Resource Information Management (NRIMs) database

- Develop basic financial models to support decision-making regarding land, water resources, water rights and mineral management strategy

- Collaborate with legal, finance and environmental functions to creatively manage opportunities or threats to NR assets identified in internal audits or assessments in a manner that is ethical, balances protection of the environment while being protective of CMP’s NR assets, as well as cost effective and prudent

- Maintain records of property documents, lease agreements, governmental obligations in Compass Minerals NRIMs database

- Perform other duties as required

Qualifications

- Bachelors Degree, Geology, Geography / GIS, Natural Sciences or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

- Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office, MS Project, ArcGIS or Similar

- 5-7 years of mining or mineral extraction-based project experience, private sector environmental consulting in focused on siting and planning for new industrial facilities.

- Individual should have a functional understanding and comprehension of geology, mineral extraction methodologies and logic, geophysical techniques and applications, transportation and logistics, and land/mineral entitlement processes.

- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and assemble into an effective presentation format. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

- This individual should be very determined, yet patient in pursuing longer-term objectives. The ability to influence behavior, build consensus and influence priorities in a corporate organization requires a “win-win” philosophy, good interpersonal skills

- This individual must be sensitive to the past, but make recommendations based on current best practices and corporate code of ethics. The individual will provide insight, sound judgment and practical guidance for solving current problems

- Willingness to travel 50%-75% of the time.

Why Join Us?

- Opportunity to influence strategic decisions for large-scale mining projects at multiple assets.

- Work in a corporate environment with exposure to executive decision-making.

- Assist in shaping the long-term strategy for a global mining portfolio.

- Work with cutting-edge planning technologies and tools.

- Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov. Jan 2026