General Manager

i80Gold•Valmy, NV

2d•Onsite

About The Position

i-80 Gold Corp is seeking an experienced General Manager to oversee operations at its Lone Tree autoclave pressure oxidation (POX) site in Humboldt County, Nevada. The role leads the team responsible for safe, efficient, and metallurgically optimized performance across the Lone Tree Complex. The successful candidate will contribute to construction, commissioning, start-up, ramp-up, and optimization of the POX facility as it supports the company’s Nevada growth plans. The General Manager provides direction and oversight to process operations, maintenance, laboratory, and on-site administration teams, working closely with health, safety, and environmental personnel and corporate technical teams. The Lone Tree Complex is expected to employ approximately 140 people. The position oversees daily operations across the facility’s process areas, supports workforce planning and operational readiness, and helps deliver production, metallurgical, and cost performance targets. This is a salaried exempt position requiring a flexible work schedule, on-call availability, and relocation to work on-site in Nevada. The role requires legal authorization to work in the United States and a valid driver’s license.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
15+ years of progressive operations experience in mining, including direct hands-on experience operating or managing POX facilities or similar facilities.
Proven track record building, managing, and working with teams at a mine site.
Experience treating refractory gold ore.
Prior leadership experience in a plant or operations setting within a growth-stage or ramp-up environment, including commissioning.
Strong understanding of unit operations associated with a POX facility, including comminution, POX chemistry and hydrometallurgical fundamentals, neutralization, cyanidation, cyanide destruction, tailings filtration, heap leach, ancillaries, and oxygen plant interface.
Strong understanding of reliability-centered maintenance practices.
Familiarity with DCS/SCADA systems and process control.
Strong understanding of mass balance and metallurgical accounting, and experience developing preventive maintenance plans and standard operating procedures.
Working knowledge of ASME pressure vessel codes and inspection protocols.
Legally authorized to work in the USA and able to relocate to work on-site in Nevada.
Available on call and able to respond to on-site needs.
Ability to communicate clearly in English, both orally and in writing.
Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with operations, maintenance, metallurgy, on-site teams, other i-80 mine teams, and corporate teams.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Self-starter with a strong commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.
Alignment with i-80 Gold’s growth-oriented, safety-first operating culture.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and documents.

Nice To Haves

Experience with POX facilities treating a variety of feedstocks.
Experience supporting or overseeing operational training and workforce development programs.

Responsibilities

Champion a safety-first culture consistent with i-80 Gold’s operational values, particularly for site and POX operations.
Ensure compliance with MSHA regulations, Nevada state environmental permits, and internal safety standards.
Oversee maintenance of regulatory certifications and schedules, including pressure vessel inspections and fire systems.
Lead root-cause investigations of safety incidents, process upsets, and other significant events, and implement corrective actions.
Direct and oversee the process operating, maintenance, laboratory, and on-site administration teams; collaborate with on-site health, safety, and environmental personnel.
Foster collaboration among operations, maintenance, metallurgy, laboratory, and other departments to support safe, efficient operations and business objectives.
Work with the Technical Services Team and Project Engineer to ensure facility commissioning, start-up, and ramp-up are safe, efficient, and meet expectations.
Oversee operational readiness activities, including hiring and training operators, maintainers, and site support personnel.
Support workforce planning as the site scales operations.
Build and manage teams, develop personnel, and establish trusted relationships across teams and the community while supporting i-80’s Mission, Vision, and Values.
Deliver production, metallurgical, and operating cost performance reports to corporate leadership as required.
Support technical studies and capital projects related to debottlenecking, capacity expansion, or flowsheet changes.
Support corporate budgeting requirements and collaborate with corporate technical services on process improvement initiatives across i-80’s Nevada assets.
Manage daily facility operations, including comminution, POX, neutralization, cyanidation, cyanide destruction, tailings filtration, heap leach, ancillaries, and the oxygen plant interface.
Ensure routine and annual shutdown activities are performed safely and productively.
Optimize autoclave operating conditions, including temperature, pressure, oxygen consumption, retention time, and acid generation or consumption, to meet gold recovery and throughput targets.
Proactively manage and optimize process operating and maintenance costs.
Support ramp-up and troubleshoot process bottlenecks as the facility scales toward nameplate capacity.
Oversee the supervision and development of operating, maintenance, and laboratory teams.
Ensure feed blends from internal and external sources are adjusted and processing parameters are set to optimize facility performance.
Work with i-80 mine sites, potential third-party feed sources, and metallurgists to assess chemistry and account for precious metals production.
Work with laboratory personnel to ensure operations receives the support needed for efficient operation.
Adhere to and champion company policies and procedures.