Sector Manager - Mining - Franklin, KY

Geoquest USA • Franklin, KY

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About The Position

Geoquest USA, Inc. is seeking a Sector Manager - Mining to develop and execute its North American mining-sector growth strategy. The position leads high-level customer relationships and coordinates opportunities across Geoquest’s full portfolio, rather than managing a single product line. The Sector Manager serves as the voice of mining customers within Geoquest NA, connects market needs to appropriate business units, and develops integrated opportunities involving MSE systems, corrugated steel arches, wire walls, geosynthetics, precast solutions, geohazard protection, and installation services.

The role works across product lines, regions, engineering teams, manufacturing operations, and installation capabilities. It develops market strategy and customer relationships, supports major commercial pursuits, maintains mining-market intelligence, and works with Product Line Managers to translate customer needs into product-development and capability priorities. Extensive travel throughout North America is required.

The position is based in a traditional office environment and may involve exposure to uncomfortable or distracting noise at facilities being managed or coordinated. The employee must observe safety and security procedures, use equipment and materials properly, and be able to wear personal protective clothing for prolonged periods, including a safety helmet with chinstrap, safety shoes, eye protection, hand protection, and hearing protection as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, mining engineering, geological engineering, construction management, business, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience directly related to the mining sector.
• Demonstrated experience working with mine owners, operators, EPCM firms, consultants, contractors, or mining-infrastructure suppliers.
• Proven ability to develop executive and technical customer relationships and convert market insight into business opportunities.
• Strong understanding of mining infrastructure, mine-site development, project delivery, and capital-project decision processes.
• Experience with engineered civil products, construction systems, geotechnical solutions, or infrastructure services.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout North America.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer designation or comparable technical credential.
• MBA or advanced technical or business degree.
• Experience with MSE retaining structures, corrugated steel structures, wire walls, geosynthetics, precast systems, geohazard mitigation, or mine-site construction.
• Established relationships within the North American mining and EPCM community.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Geoquest's North American mining-sector strategy.
• Identify and prioritize target customers, geographic markets, capital projects, and long-term growth opportunities.
• Build annual sector plans, revenue objectives, strategic-account priorities, and market-development initiatives.
• Develop a qualified mining opportunity pipeline and coordinate pursuit priorities across business units.
• Identify opportunities for new solutions, partnerships, manufacturing capabilities, and acquisitions that strengthen Geoquest's mining-sector position.
• Establish and maintain senior-level relationships with mine owners, mining operators, EPCM firms, engineering consultants, contractors, and other key stakeholders.
• Engage customers early in project planning, feasibility, design, and capital-budgeting stages.
• Represent Geoquest at mining conferences, technical forums, customer meetings, and relevant industry associations.
• Position Geoquest as a single, integrated solutions partner for mining infrastructure.
• Lead collaboration across Geoquest product lines, regions, engineering teams, manufacturing operations, and installation capabilities.
• Identify projects where multiple Geoquest systems can be combined to improve customer value, project certainty, schedule, safety, or lifecycle performance.
• Coordinate integrated opportunities involving MSE and crusher walls, haul-road structures, corrugated steel arches and buried structures, wire walls, geosynthetics, precast products, geohazard systems, and installation services.
• Ensure mining opportunities are assigned to the appropriate commercial and technical teams while maintaining sector-level visibility and coordination.
• Maintain current knowledge of mining investment trends, active and planned projects, customer capital programs, permitting activity, competitors, and emerging technologies.
• Prepare market assessments, strategic-account plans, pipeline reviews, and sector-performance updates for senior management.
• Support major pursuits, customer presentations, value propositions, partnership discussions, and commercial strategy.
• Work with Product Line Managers to translate mining-customer needs into product-development and capability priorities.

Benefits

• 11 days paid vacation to start, increasing to 16 days at 5 years and 21 days at 10 years.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 401(k) with company contribution.
• Medical, dental (including orthodontia for children up to age 26), and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending.
• Wellness program with incentives.

What This Job Offers

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