Lead Mineral Processing & Operations Manager

Verrus, LLC; California; On-site; USD 155,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Advancement Opportunities

Competitive Compensation

401(k) Retirement Plan

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Verrus, LLC is seeking a Process Manager to join its site leadership team in California. The role focuses on safe, efficient ore processing, delivering production targets and cost performance with hands-on guidance to the processing team.

Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, planning, staffing, and reporting, while driving continuous improvements and ensuring strong safety and environmental practices across the heap-leach operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering preferred or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years in mining or precious metals processing.
• Strong knowledge of heap-leach gold processing and ADR operations.
• Proven experience in production forecasting, process modeling, and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Serve as site SME in mineral processing and best practices.
• Maintain field presence to ensure operating systems, controls and risk management.
• Lead processing operations to maximize production efficiency, safety and cost effectiveness.
• Develop and deliver daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports.
• Identify and implement short- and long-term improvements to processing efficiency and costs.
• Drive continuous improvement by optimizing processes and equipment performance.
• Coordinate maintenance planning with production requirements and downtime.
• Utilize SAP and MS Office for reporting, analysis and data-driven decisions.
• Perform additional duties to support operations and objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Budget management

Safety culture

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Verrus, LLC is seeking a Process Manager to join its site leadership team in California. The role focuses on safe, efficient ore processing, delivering production targets and cost performance with hands-on guidance to the processing team.

Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, planning, staffing, and reporting, while driving continuous improvements and ensuring strong safety and environmental practices across the heap-leach operation.