Exploration Early Stage Special Projects, Manager
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About the Role
Maaden seeks an Exploration Manager to lead mineral discovery across district-scale camps. The role requires 15+ years in mining geology, expertise in advanced exploration techniques, and proven leadership to drive discovery aligned with Maaden's 2040 strategy.
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Responsibilities
- Promote a 'Safety First' culture and implement EHSS management system
- Ensure excellence in exploration executions
- Develop, manage, and optimize exploration budgets
- Oversee application of advanced exploration techniques and technologies
- Build workforce capability by mentoring and developing talent
- Assess exploration programs based on potential reward, risk, and cost
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities in high potential geological areas
Requirements
- Bachelor's and MSc Degree (or PhD preferable) in relevant Geoscience discipline
- 15 years of experience in geology within the mining industry
- >5 years of experience across management roles
- Exceptional skills in target generation, grassroots exploration and project execution
- Proven success on mineral exploration and discovery cycle
- Extensive field experience across diverse geological settings and mineralization styles
- Full range of exploration methods and processes known
- Strong passion for discovery
- Commercial acumen
- Proven leadership capabilities
- Strategic and operational expertise
- Innovative thinking
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About Maaden
- Maaden, established in 1997, is one of the fastest growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East.
Job Purpose
- The Exploration Manager plays a pivotal role in driving discovery by enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of exploration activities across single or multiple district scale camps.
Key Accountabilities
- Promote a 'Safety First' culture in exploration operations team and implement EHSS management system.
- Ensure and aim for excellence in exploration executions.
- Strategic Planning & Budgeting: Develop, manage, and optimize exploration budgets.
- Technical Leadership: Oversee the application of advanced exploration techniques and technologies.
- Talent Development: Build workforce capability by mentoring and developing talent.
- Project Evaluation & Portfolio Optimization: Assess exploration programs based on potential reward, risk, and cost.
- Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities by targeting high potential geological areas.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s and MSc Degree (or PhD preferable) in relevant Geoscience discipline from an accredited institution.
- Exceptional skills and experience in target generation, grassroots exploration and project execution.
- Proven success on mineral exploration and discovery cycle.
- Extensive field experience across diverse geological settings and mineralization styles.
- Full range of exploration methods and processes known.
- A strong passion for discovery.
- Commercial acumen.
- Proven leadership capabilities.
- Strategic and operational expertise.
- Innovative thinking.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
- Collaborative mindset.
Minimum Experience
- 15 years of experience in geology within the mining industry, with >5 years of experience across management roles.
- Familiarity with KSA mining, minerals, and exploration sector (optional).
Skills
- Strong project management skills to manage numerous exploration sites & supervise licensing process.
- Leading and executing field operations, including logistics preparations.
- Highly skilled in field analysis, mapping, sampling, documentation, mentoring and reporting.
- Identifying and analyzing geoscientific and geophysics datasets across various scales.
- Presenting mineral projects clearly and compellingly to different audiences.
- Team management, goal, objective and time management.
- Solid analytical skills to assess project feasibility.
- Extensive knowledge of JORC and N143 401 standards for mineral sampling.
- Broad experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC).
- Exceptional technical skills across geosciences & deep expertise in explorational analyses.
- Strong communication skills.
- Expertise in advanced exploration related positions.
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