# Field Operations Lead

**Company**: KoBold Metals
**Location**: Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000 to $150,000 USD
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Mining

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## Description

In the role of Field Operations Lead, you will plan and execute field activities across North America to meet business objectives without causing harm to people, contractors, partners, or communities and environments.

Responsibilities:

- Lead planning of complex exploration projects and moderate-scale development programs in North America

- Lead 1–3 concurrent projects of varying size, complexity, and jurisdiction

- Lead procurement strategies, contractor selection, bid evaluation, benchmarking, and contract administration

- Develop detailed project-level risk and hazard identification, risk assessments, mitigation plans, and critical control implementation

- Lead project kick-offs with integrated teams and contractors

- Generate creative field operations scenarios outside conventional boundaries

Execute:

- Lead end-to-end execution of assigned projects from mobilization through demobilization and closure

- Provide strong leadership during changing field conditions

- Track and forecast production rates, spend profiles, and resource requirements

- Manage and direct all field activities

- Maintain daily contact with KoBold personnel and contractors

Close:

- Lead site remediation and rehabilitation activities per regulatory standards

- Lead contractor performance reviews and lessons learned

Compliance and Stakeholder Engagement:

- Lead execution within regulatory compliance, monitoring, and reporting

- Ensure execution is done within applicable permitting processes, land access agreements, and community relations

- Represent KoBold Metals with local stakeholders

Qualifications Required:

- At least 12 years of experience in mineral exploration and mining, oil and gas, or a related industry

- Advanced knowledge of construction methodology, helicopter-supported exploration, and procurement processes

- Strong understanding of reclamation, rehabilitation, and closure planning

- Demonstrated commitment to health and safety standards

- Ability to manage and supervise KoBold staff and contractors

- Ability to work in remote and isolated locations

- Valid First Aid Certification

Preferred:

- Experience with US federal and state or Canadian federal and provincial regulatory frameworks

- Experience working on projects with dedicated exploration teams

- Familiarity with project management principles and managing projects remotely

- French language skills

What We Value:

- Effective communication with team members

- Perpetuating KoBold's ethical standards

- Leading constructive field operational dialogue

- Receiving constructive feedback well

- Recognizing and elevating the team's contributions

What to Expect:

- Hands-on exposure to exploration projects around the world

- Travel to project sites, with a minimum of one week per year

- Equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer

## Skills

### Required
- project management
- procurement
- construction methodology
- helicopter-supported exploration
- health and safety standards
- reclamation and rehabilitation planning

### Nice to have
- US federal and state regulatory frameworks
- Canadian federal and provincial regulatory frameworks
- project management principles
- French language skills

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