Technical Services Manager

Company Description

OceanaGold is a multinational gold producer committed to the highest standards of technical, environmental and social performance. We are committed to excellence in our industry by delivering sustainable environmental and social outcomes for our communities, and strong returns for our shareholders. Our global exploration, development, and operating experience has created a strong pipeline of organic growth opportunities and a portfolio of established operating assets including the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America, Didipio Mine in the Philippines, and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand.

**Job Description**:
OceanaGold are seeking a suitably experienced and motivated **Technical Services Manager **to deliver specialist technical support to mine operations spanning mine engineering, business improvement, long-term mine planning, short-term mine planning as well as geology/geotechnical/hydrology and survey whilst ensuring adherence to the highest standards of health, safety, environmental and social performance. A strong background in operational excellence, executing innovative solutions and continually improving underground technical performance will ensure your success in this challenging and highly rewarding senior site-based appointment.

This is a great opportunity to leverage from your extensive operational experience in underground international hard rock mining to lead technical mine improvement initiatives that will improve safety and maximize value and in doing so have a material impact on our flagship Didipio operations.

**About the role**
- Provide leadership and guidance to a specialist team of Mining, Geotechnical, Geological, Hydrogeological and Survey professionals.
- Advising and assisting the management team in the development of strategies, priorities and schedules, including annual budgets, monthly forecasts, short-term mine planning and Life of Mine (LOM) planning.
- Developing, maintaining and ensuring leading practices (operational and technical) are incorporated into studies, projects and operations.
- Provide senior technical leadership, coaching and mentoring of professionals to develop individual and team capabilities.
- Lead and/or actively contribute to underground mining improvement and innovation initiatives (including identification, development and implementation)
- Provision of leadership and guidance that ensures the operation delivers to plan in respect of production, mine development, cost per ounce/cash flow while maintaining regulatory compliance.
- Ensuring timely, accurate reporting to the General Manager Philippines and other internal and external parties.

**Qualifications**:

- Behavior consistent with OceanaGold Corp. Values and the OceanaGold Way
- Degree qualification in mining engineering or relevant discipline.
- Sound technical and operational understanding of highly mechanized long-hole open stoping with paste backfill mine operating practices and the impact of the mining operations on value chain outcomes.
- Minimum of 20 years of experience in mining technical and operational roles
- Demonstrated successful relationship and stakeholder engagement and project management capabilities as well as the ability to lead technical and/or operational teams to execute challenging projects autonomously.
- Well-developed technical writing and presentation skills for capturing and communicating project improvement initiatives.
- In-depth understanding of engineering and a track record of generating practical and innovative solutions to multi-faceted technical challenges.
- Competency with CAD and mine scheduling packages (preferably Deswik)
- High levels of enthusiasm for the work with high-performance goals for self and team
- Commercial acumen relevant to the role and strong demonstrated abilities to lead and work effectively within culturally diverse workforce settings
- Qualified Person (QP) status for Mineral Reserve reporting under NI 43-101 highly desirable

Additional Information
- Highly ethical mid-cap multinational miner
- Established and coveted underground operations with enviably low AISC
- FIFO 20 days on / 10 days off roster with travel in company time - Philippines

**OGC VALUES**: CARE | RESPECT | INTEGRITY | PERFORMANCE | TEAMWORK

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.