Manager, Exploration

Coeur Mining • Lovelock, NV

9h • Onsite

About The Position

The Exploration Manager – Nevada is responsible for leading the design, execution, and continuous improvement of exploration programs across Coeur’s district-scale landholdings at Rochester. This site-based role owns the exploration pipeline from target generation and prioritization through drill program design, execution, evaluation, and technical handoff to Resource Modeling and Technical Services. The role is accountable for advancing high-quality near-mine, resource growth, and early-stage opportunities that support mine life extension, operational flexibility, and long-term value creation. The Exploration Manager will provide technical and people leadership for a multidisciplinary exploration team, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with Coeur’s standards, strategic objectives, and annual exploration plan. The role requires close partnership with Site Operations, Technical Services, Mine Planning, Metallurgy, Environmental, Finance, Supply Chain, and Corporate Exploration to integrate exploration priorities with site business needs, infrastructure timing, permitting requirements, and long-term planning. This is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to build orebody knowledge, improve exploration effectiveness, and create meaningful value through systematic discovery and disciplined execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, Geoscience, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Professional registration or certification preferred where applicable.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive exploration experience, including leadership of exploration programs and technical teams in a mine-site or district-scale environment
• Strong working knowledge of mineral exploration methods, orebody controls, drill program design, geological modeling, QA/QC practices, and mineral resource development workflows.
• Proficiency with geological interpretation, data integration, technical reporting, budgeting, contractor management, and cross-functional planning.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and retain high-performing technical teams while setting clear expectations, providing timely feedback, and building accountability.
• Strong technical judgment in exploration strategy, target generation, drill program design, geological interpretation, data integration, and model development.
• Ability to think across scales, from district and regional context to deposit-scale controls, mine planning interfaces, and operational execution.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect exploration activity to mine life, resource growth, operational flexibility, risk reduction, and value creation.
• Ability to manage priorities, budgets, schedules, contractors, and technical programs in an active mine-site environment.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across site, technical, corporate, and functional teams.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and tailor messages for field, site, corporate, executive, and external audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety leadership, environmental stewardship, compliance, and responsible exploration practices.
• High degree of ownership, accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, data analysis, planning, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to set clear objectives, measure progress, evaluate outcomes, and adjust plans based on new information, changing priorities, and business needs.

Nice To Haves

• advanced degree preferred
• Professional registration or certification preferred where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible exploration activities in alignment with Coeur standards, MSHA requirements, site procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership for exploration strategy, target generation, program design, geological interpretation, workflows, standards, and continuous improvement.
• Manage the Rochester exploration pipeline from concept through drill testing and resource handoff, including target ranking, stage-gating, drill motivation, prioritization, and advancement decisions.
• Design and execute near-mine, infill, expansion, scout, and Greenfields programs aligned with Life of Mine strategy, infrastructure timing, permitting constraints, and business priorities.
• Advance district- and deposit-scale understanding by integrating geological, geochemical, geophysical, drilling, production, historical, and operational datasets into clear exploration hypotheses.
• Deliver high-quality geological data, interpretations, models, and technical handoffs that support Resource Modeling, Technical Services, mineral resource estimation, and mine planning.
• Maintain data integrity through disciplined collection, database management, QA/QC monitoring, documentation, and adherence to established standards.
• Set clear program objectives, success criteria, risks, opportunities, decision points, and expected outcomes; track progress against approved plans, budgets, milestones, and KPIs.
• Prepare, manage, and reconcile exploration operating and capital budgets, including drilling, assaying, contractors, field programs, permitting support, and technical studies.
• Manage drilling and exploration contractors to ensure safe execution, quality performance, cost control, schedule adherence, invoice accuracy, and compliance with site standards.
• Partner with site and corporate functions to integrate exploration plans with operating needs, long-range planning, annual budgeting, quarterly updates, and value creation priorities.
• Build, coach, and retain a capable exploration team by setting clear expectations, developing technical capability, supporting succession planning, and fostering accountability.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, ownership, continuous improvement, and respectful challenge within the exploration team and across site functions.
• Communicate exploration results, program status, risks, opportunities, and investment rationale clearly to site, corporate, technical, and executive audiences.
• Ensure exploration activities and outputs support Coeur’s internal governance requirements, reporting obligations, and applicable mineral resource disclosure standards.

Benefits

• Relocation available for certain positions
• Full benefits on day 1 (medical, vision, dental, employee assistance program, Teladoc service)
• 6% dollar-for-dollar employer match to 401k or Roth, immediate vesting
• Bus service from Lovelock, Fallon, and Winnemucca
• Travel pay for those outside of bus service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager