Exploration Early Stage Special Projects, Manager

Overview

Exploration Early Stage Special Projects, Manager Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Ma’aden Aluminium Company (MAC)

The Exploration Manager plays a pivotal role in driving discovery by enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of exploration activities across single or multiple district‑scale camps. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of the technical, financial, legal, commercial, economic, community and corporate factors that influence value creation through mineral discovery. Aligned with Maaden’s Exploration & Resource Development (ERD) strategy and the broader Strategy
2040, the Exploration Manager contributes to identifying and delivering resources in core commodities, focusing on regions with the highest geological potential.

Key Accountabilities

• Promote a Safety First culture in exploration operations, team and implement the Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) management system to ensure team members fulfill standard EHSS processes and operating procedures.
• Proactively identify and mitigate current and emerging risks to maintain high operational standards.
• Ensure and aim for excellence in exploration executions.
• Strategic Planning & Budgeting:
  Develop, manage and optimize exploration budgets to ensure alignment with strategic priorities and cost‑efficiency.
• Technical Leadership:
  Oversee the application of advanced exploration techniques and technologies, including geophysics, geochemistry, remote sensing, sampling, drilling and resource modeling, to ensure exploration programs are technically sound and deliver high‑value outcomes.
• Talent Development:
  Build workforce capability by mentoring and developing talent to meet present and future operational needs, implementing effective staff management and development practices across all levels of responsibility.
• Project Evaluation & Portfolio Optimization:
  Assess exploration programs based on potential reward, risk and cost, prioritize resources toward high‑potential projects and decisively exit underperforming initiatives.
• Business Development:
  Identify and pursue new business opportunities by targeting high‑potential geological areas and contribute to expanding Maaden’s resource base and strategic footprint.

Minimum Qualification, Experience and Competencies

• Education:

  Bachelor’s and MSc degree (or PhD preferable) in a relevant Geoscience discipline from an accredited institution.

• Exceptional skills and experience in target generation, grassroots exploration and project execution.
• Proven success on mineral exploration and discovery cycle.
• Extensive field experience across diverse geological settings and mineralization styles, particularly with porphyry and/or VHMS and/or IRG and/or Magmatic Ni-Cu and/or sediment-hosted copper.
• Full range of exploration methods and processes known, choosing the most effective.
• Strong passion for discovery, with a deep commitment to advancing exploration success.
• Commercial acumen, with a clear understanding of the drivers of success in exploration and the ability to plan, evaluate, and manage work programmes accordingly.
• Proven leadership capabilities, including the ability to build, inspire, and lead high‑performing multidisciplinary teams across technical, professional, and corporate domains.
• Strategic and operational expertise, with a track record of delivering complex exploration programmes effectively and efficiently.
• Innovative thinking, with the ability to foster creativity and translate new ideas into actionable business opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, capable of building and maintaining productive relationships with a broad range of external partners to support business growth.
• Collaborative mindset, with the ability to work across business units to share knowledge, resources, and expertise, driving value creation across product groups.
• Minimum Experience:

  15 years of experience in geology within the mining industry, with >5 years of experience across management roles.

• Familiarity with KSA mining, minerals, and exploration sector (optional).

Maaden High Performance Competencies

• Leadership – Achievement drive and results orientated.
• Communication – Developing others. Teamwork & collaboration.
• Analytical thinking; skills.
• Strong project management skills to manage numerous exploration sites &…

Title: Exploration Early Stage Special Projects, Manager

Company: Ma’aden Aluminium Company (MAC)

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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