Mine Operations Leader — Copper Restart & Ramp-Up

Cyprium Metals

Western Australia

On-site

AUD 240,000 - 340,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Cyprium Metals is seeking an experienced Mine Manager to lead mining operations at the Nifty Copper Complex during restart and ramp-up. The role focuses on safe, efficient, commercially disciplined delivery through mining contractors, aligning with oxide restart priorities and heap leach feed requirements while contributing to future sulphide and concentrator planning.

You will collaborate with technical services, processing, maintenance, safety, environment and commercial teams to ensure

Qualifications

  • Open pit mining leadership experience in a production, restart or ramp-up environment.
  • Strong contractor management capability across safety, cost and productivity.
  • Knowledge of mine safety systems, statutory obligations and operational risk controls.
  • Strong understanding of mining productivity drivers and operational performance metrics.

Responsibilities

  • Lead mining activities with a strong focus on safe execution and risk management.
  • Provide day-to-day owner-side oversight of mining contractor performance and ensure targets are met.
  • Translate mine plans into executable daily, weekly and monthly mining activities and monitor key metrics.
  • Lead mining readiness activities to support heap leach feed delivery and copper production.
  • Partner with senior site leaders to align mining with processing and technical services, and contribute to future growth planning.

Skills

Open pit leadership
Contractor management
Safety systems
Operational risk controls
Stakeholder communication

Education

Tertiary qualifications in mining or related field

Job description

Cyprium Metals is seeking an experienced Mine Manager to lead mining operations at the Nifty Copper Complex during restart and ramp-up. The role focuses on safe, efficient, commercially disciplined delivery through mining contractors, aligning with oxide restart priorities and heap leach feed requirements while contributing to future sulphide and concentrator planning.

You will collaborate with technical services, processing, maintenance, safety, environment and commercial teams to ensure

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