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Coeur Mining attracts and hires highly skilled individuals. By joining our team, you can look forward to:
- A stimulating values-based work environment
- A culture of collaboration and inclusion
- Inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
- Career development opportunities
- A deeply rooted commitment to responsible mining, health and safety and community engagement
- A competitive total compensation program
- A comprehensive benefits package including a retirement savings plan
About Coeur Mining
Coeur Mining is a growing, all-North American precious metals producer with seven operations: the Las Chispas silver-gold mine and Palmarejo gold-silver complex in Mexico, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada, the Kensington gold mine in Alaska, the Wharf gold mine in South Dakota, the Rainy River gold mine in Ontario, Canada, and the New Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia, Canada. In addition, Coeur owns the Silvertip silver-zinc-lead exploration project in British Columbia.
Coeur offers a flexible, hybrid work model and a culture built on safety, collaboration, and real opportunities to develop your career for those who want to grow alongside a company that is doing the same.
New Afton
Situated 10 kilometers west of Kamloops, British Columbia, the New Afton mine is an underground gold and copper producing site.
Kamloops is a city of 105,000 people, located 350 kilometers east of Vancouver. The area provides the opportunity to live and work in a vibrant community with its own university and within easy reach of world class ski resorts, championship golf courses, mountain biking trails, popular recreational lakes and award-winning vineyards.
About The Role
Schedule: 7 on, 7 off, 12 hour shift, rotating days and nights.
Position Reports To: Mill Operations Supervisor
Position Overview: Safely operate mill processing circuits to meet production targets. The Mill Operator will actively pursue development in the mill operations progression program to become a proficient Mill Operator 1. Required progression through level 3, and 2, with increasing skill and responsibility at each level.
Key Responsibilities
- Dedication to safety, environment, maintenance, production, and productivity.
- Operating and monitoring various circuits in the processing plant as required by the supervisor. Circuits include: Control room, Grinding, Flotation, Dewatering and Tailings. Routine changing of circuits as directed by the supervisor will be required to gain experience and be familiar with changes in plant operation.
- Develop an understanding of all the mill circuits through training, reading, and hands-on experience and focusing on progressing through the mill operator proficiency system.
- Identify maintenance problems and maintain acceptable housekeeping in designated area.
- Work at heights and in confined space, operate mobile equipment and overhead crane as required.
- Other duties as requested.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent required
- Minimum of 1 year mineral processing experience (Industrial Processing Environment) or 4 months New Afton processing experience
- Experience in operational circuits like New Afton mill operations (Grinding, Dewatering, Flotation, Tailings, Control room)
- Eagerness and commitment to learn and develop through the mill operator progression system
- Knowledge of DCS control systems. Preference will be given to candidates with control room experience in DeltaV and flotation circuits
- Ability to be flexible in job tasks and responsibilities so that work is balanced between team members
- Demonstrated ability to share knowledge gained with others and the ability to solve problems
- High mechanical aptitude and proven troubleshooting capabilities
- Experience as a leader is highly desirable
Compensation
The anticipated salary for this position will be between $80,000 to $90,000. A comprehensive benefits program and performance bonus plan will also be provided. This is not a camp operation and therefore the successful candidate will be required to relocate to the Kamloops area or travel and accommodation will be the responsibility of the successful applicant.
Applicants can submit their resume and cover letter until 11:59pm on
June 2, 2026.
Inclusion, Equal Opportunity, Accessibility
Coeur Mining is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status or any other legally protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request.
Additional Information
We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. Coeur Mining does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, headhunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with the Company. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by Coeur Mining will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered
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