Director, Electrical Systems - Projects

Coeur Mining is a U.S.-based, well-diversified, growing, precious metals producer with five wholly-owned operations: the Las Chispas silver-gold mine in Sonora, the Palmarejo gold-silver complex in Mexico, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada, the Kensington gold mine in Alaska and the Wharf gold mine in South Dakota. In addition, the Company wholly-owns the Silvertip silver-zinc-lead exploration project in British Columbia.

Coeur is the only mining company with headquarters in Chicago. The office is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Chicago, near public transportation. Coeur offers a flexible, hybrid work model and a culture that prioritizes health and safety, teamwork, career development, and growth. We are a growing business with various opportunities in accounting, IT, engineering, technical services, HR, and other corporate functions. If you want to grow your career in a progressive, team-oriented environment, apply today.

Responsible for providing direction and on-site leadership related to electrical systems engineering including execution strategy for assigned projects, leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams. May be called upon to support the business development team through merger and acquisition due diligence. The Sr. Director Projects will have strong technical knowledge, superior relationship building skills and the ability to deliver mining projects on time and on budget.

Responsibilities

• On-site management of projects through all stages of the project life cycle from initiation through to project close out
• Manage internal and external project stakeholder relationships to move the projects through various development stages, implementation and handover
• Develop and maintain a consistent application of project management methodology and guidelines for assigned projects
• Develop and implement a series of key project deliverables through the use of KPI’s, scorecards and dashboards that will be reported to Executive Management
• Ensure and oversee that health and safety principles are incorporated into project management scope to reduce/eliminate control risks.
• Manage contractor and vendor RFP selection and approval process
• Support the development of expansionary and project management planning and controls
• Work closely with business development and operations to identify opportunities to enhance Coeur’s strategic portfolio as needed
• Manage and contribute to due diligence studies by supporting technical and economic evaluations of new business opportunities as needed
• Assist in the standardization and development of high voltage programs across business units and apply these standards to electrical infrastructure and distribution systems within the corporate project portfolio.
• Assist and implement programs within the corporate project portfolio for standardized testing for power distribution assets.
• Develop and implement standard approach to electrical distribution and instrumentation pre-commissioning and commissioning plans for all electrical assets as it relates to corporate projects.
• Develop and implement programs to ensure new electrical assets within the corporate project portfolio support redundancy for operations, are not subject to obsolescence and future-proof the business needs.
• Development and implementation of electrical safety policy(s) and standards to align with improvements in delivery of the corporate project portfolio.
• Develop and apply standards for implementation of business unit automation and controls systems for all corporate projects.
• Assist in business unit electrical system troubleshooting, support and failure analysis as required.
• Maintain and develop relationships with key industry partners/vendors/suppliers for assessment of new technology opportunities and support for existing business unit electrical infrastructure.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Sciences, Business required. MBA preferred but not required
• Approximately 10-15 years of capital project management, electrical systems and engineering design and construction management experience in the mining, oil and gas, chemicals, heavy industrial industries required
• Strong operational experience along with advanced technical analysis skills including the ability to understand engineering design, metallurgical test work and operational data
• Strong leadership experience included the ability to mentor and coach required
  
  

The salary range offered for this role is USD $195,000-$200,000 range. The salary range is a good-faith estimate. The salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, training, and/or experience. The salary offer will not be based on a candidate’s salary history at other jobs, and by law, Coeur Mining will not seek information about salary history, and candidates should not share such information with Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits, health benefits, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Coeur Mining also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.