Manager, TMF and Earthworks Area

Job Summary

The TMF & Earthworks Area Manager leads safe, compliant delivery of major civil works for the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, including tailings facilities, dams, roads, excavations, engineered structures, piling, blasting, crushing, slope protection, and related infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Construction and Field Operations

• Lead field execution across TMFs, dams, roads, excavations, engineered structures, piling, blasting, crushing, and slope-protection works.
• Coordinate crews, contractors, work fronts, traffic, materials, and equipment; optimize sequencing and resources to meet production targets.

Safety and Environmental Leadership

• Champion zero harm through visible leadership, risk assessment, critical-control verification, and workforce accountability.
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental requirements; lead mitigation, corrective action, and work suspension when controls are inadequate.

Project Planning and Technical Oversight

• Maintain command of scope, design intent, schedule, budget, risks, constraints, and permitting requirements.
• Review designs, drawings, work packages, changes, and technical queries; coordinate constructability, geotechnical, quality, regulatory, and Engineer of Record matters.

Schedule, Cost, and Performance Management

• Develop and monitor schedules, budgets, forecasts, commitments, quantities, milestones, and capital expenditures.
• Track progress, productivity, cost, and contractor performance; implement recovery plans and provide concise performance and risk reporting.

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Contractor and Stakeholder Management

• Support contractor procurement, mobilization, administration, compliance, performance management, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate interfaces with engineering, procurement, contracts, maintenance, operations, consultants, regulators, and internal stakeholders.

Quality Assurance

• Implement the Construction Quality Management Plan, ensuring inspections, testing, surveys, hold points, as-built records, and documentation are completed and accepted.
• Manage non-conformances, field changes, deficiencies, corrective actions, and closeout against approved designs and standards.

People Leadership

• Lead and develop superintendents, supervisors, coordinators, and frontline teams, setting clear priorities and accountability.
• Build collaborative communication, capability, engagement, and timely issue escalation across project teams.
• Work in a healthy work environment with full support, cooperation, and commitment to satisfy our operation’s goal of being accident-free.
• Support a work environment that is aligned with Kinross’ Safeground principles.
• Comply with federal and provincial acts and regulations, and legal requirements.
• Adhere to all relevant Great Bear policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skill Requirements

Degree or diploma in civil, construction, mining, geotechnical, or a related discipline, or equivalent education and experience. Ontario P.Eng. eligibility, PMP, Gold Sean, or relevant dam, earthworks, or quality credentials are assets. 

Ten or more years of progressive experience delivering mining, heavy civil, earthworks, TMF, dam, water-management, or comparable capital construction.

• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary construction from planning and mobilization through execution and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of civil methods, contractor and engineering interfaces, scheduling, cost control, contracts, risk, quality, surveys, testing, and as-built requirements.
• Working knowledge of applicable tailings, dam-safety, environmental, construction, and Ontario health and safety requirements; proficiency with relevant planning, reporting, and document-control systems.
• High attention to detail with excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Benefits

At Kinross, Great Bear, we are committed to Putting People First by fostering employee growth and development, celebrating achievements, and rewarding team success. Benefits offered for this position include: 

• Annual Fitness and Mental Health Reimbursement
• Employee Share Purchase Plan, Registered Retirement Savings, and Registered Pension Plans
• 160 Hours of Paid Vacation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Recognition Program
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Disability Insurance
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Relocation assistance may be provided to eligible candidates on a case-by-case basis

Work Conditions

This position is based in Red Lake, Ontario. Local candidates, or those willing to relocate, with relocation assistance, will be given priority for this position. The schedule for this position is 5X2.

Compensation and Total Rewards

The base salary for the Manager, TMF and Earthworks Area is $200,000.00 to $235,000.00 + Short Term Incentive, + Long Term Incentive, + Group Benefit Coverage. 

The hiring range reflects our targeted compensation framework for the role. The actual offer will be determined through a comprehensive evaluation of each candidate's experience, capabilities, and potential impact, along with consideration of internal equity, team structure, and benchmark market data for similar positions. In addition to base salary, Kinross offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support employee well-being, performance, and long-term development. 

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process

We use AI-enabled tools to help sort and review applications based on job-related criteria. All hiring decisions, including who moves forward in the process, are made by a human.