Field Operations Lead, Sudbury, Ontario

About the Company

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

About the Position

In the role of Field Operations Lead, you will plan and execute our field activities to meet our business objectives without causing harm to our people, our contractors and partners, or the communities and environments where we operate. You will report to our Field Operations Manager for North America, and also work closely with the COO, the leaders for our field programs, and other members of the operations team. Your primary responsibility will be to serve as the leader of field operations for 1-3 projects per year.

This role will include primary responsibility for managing the Sudbury warehouse, requiring the individual to reside in Sudbury, Ontario and work from the warehouse office.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Core capabilities aligned with the general responsibilities of a Field Operations Lead.
• Strong background in warehouse operations and inventory management.

Primary Accountabilities

• Lead planning for smaller field operations programs.
• Manage all warehouse operations in North America, including consolidation where appropriate.
• Function as a backup Field Operations Lead during peak execution periods (especially the summer) and at other times when additional resources are needed.

Travel Requirements

• Travel to remote operations sites and warehouse locations for inventory management.
• Estimated travel: 30–35% annually.

Additional Responsibilities

• Oversee the rationalization of the Thunder Bay warehouse through thoughtful consolidation into the Sudbury warehouse and/or disposal.
• Assess and manage consolidation or disposal of the CSB warehouse if/when appropriate.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

This position is full-time, exempt.

The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $90,000-$120,000.

Location: KoBold is in search of candidates currently residing in Ontario, Canada.