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GeologicAI is seeking a Regional Operations Manager to lead safe, reliable, and efficient execution of geological core scanning operations across North America. Reporting to the Director of Operations, you will lead operators who run high-resolution scanning of geological drill core at client mine sites in Canada and the United States, owning the people, equipment, and processes that deliver consistent customer results.
You will oversee the full scanning workflow from equipment deployment and site setup through daily execution and data quality at permanent facilities and remote client-managed locations. Your workforce spans direct employees and contractors deployed across two countries, working largely remotely with periodic site visits (30-40% travel expected, mostly to project and mine sites). You will exercise day-to-day leadership remotely, requiring strong capability in setting expectations, coaching, and holding people accountable without regular in-person contact.
This is both a build and operating role. Processes, training systems, metrics, and organizational interfaces are still maturing, and you will help establish them. What you build in North America has potential to become the global standard.
Key responsibilities include: leading operators, supervisors, and regional support personnel across both countries; workforce planning including hiring, onboarding, training, certification, succession planning, and retention; owning daily operational execution including uptime, throughput, and field quality; taking line responsibility for safety in the field; leading escalation and resolution of operational risks; supporting new project deployments and commissioning; managing performance against KPIs for throughput, utilization, downtime, cost, and service quality; partnering with Project Managers on customer commitments; making cross-functional interfaces work between Regional Operations, Project Management, and Fleet Performance; supporting regional financial results through labour efficiency and cost control; identifying customer expansion opportunities for the BD team; and driving implementation of CMMS, training platforms, and operational controls.
You are described as a builder-operator who can run today's business while building systems for the next stage. You use KPIs, structured reviews, and root-cause problem solving to simplify work and clarify accountability. Safety is your responsibility, not delegated to H&S. You have run field work on both sides of the Canada-US border and understand how the two environments differ. You build capability in early-career operators rather than becoming the permanent troubleshooter. You are low-ego but decisive, make cross-functional interfaces work, and take customer and mine-site leadership seriously.
Occasional international travel may be required beyond North America.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must Have:
- Degree in Engineering, Operations, Mining, Geology, Business, or related field (or equivalent operational leadership experience)
- 8+ years of progressive leadership in field operations, industrial services, mining, energy, manufacturing, or comparable environment
- Field operations leadership experience in both Canada and the United States, with practical understanding of how the two operating environments differ
- Proven leadership of multi-site field workforce, including performance management, coaching, employee development, succession planning, and building frontline leaders
- Experience leading blended workforce of direct employees and contractors, holding both to same safety and performance standards
- Demonstrated experience managing remote, dispersed field teams with proven ability to drive performance and accountability without in-person oversight
- Strong, visible safety leadership with working knowledge of Canadian provincial and US federal and state mine safety requirements
- Demonstrated capability managing quality and safety outcomes in the field
- Ability to manage operational performance using KPIs, structured reviews, root-cause problem solving, and continuous improvement practices (uptime, throughput, customer delivery in complex field operations)
- Regional resource leadership including cost control, resource planning, and operational KPI management
- Experience implementing CMMS, SOPs, training systems, and continuous improvement programs
- Strong stakeholder management across operations, project management, engineering, customers, and senior leadership
- Legal authorization to work in Canada and ability to travel to the United States for business
Assets:
- Existing relationships with US mining customers, particularly Arizona and US Southwest
- Remote-site or fly-in operating experience
- Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable continuous improvement training and practical application
- Business development or account growth experience alongside operational leadership
- Mining technology, field service, reliability, or regional scaling experience
- P&L accountability
- Bilingual English and French
