Information Technology Lead

Information Technology Lead
Musselwhite Mine

Orla Mining is striving to be the emerging gold producer of choice with a geographically diversified asset base, a prospective development and exploration portfolio, an experienced management team with a successful track record, and a high-quality board and shareholder base.

Orla operates the Camino Rojo Oxide Gold Mine, a gold and silver open-pit heap leach mine, located in Zacatecas State, Central Mexico. This low-cost operation is 100% owned by Orla, covers over 139,000 hectares, and includes a large sulphide mineral endowment located beneath the oxide resources. We are also advancing permitting and development on our South Railroad Project, a feasibility-stage, open-pit heap leach project located on the prolific Carlin trend in Nevada. This project is part our larger South Carlin Complex which includes a prospective land package. We recently acquired the Musselwhite Mine located in Northern Ontario on Lake Opapimiskan, a gold mine with more than 25 years of operating history. The addition of Musselwhite has allowed Orla to more than double our gold production and provide a strategic entry into a Tier 1 mining jurisdiction. The Musselwhite Mine is highly prospective with potential to expand resources and mine life for years to come. Orla is building a legacy of excellence, respect and sustainable value through responsible gold mining.

We are striving to create a net positive benefit for all and leaving a legacy beyond the life of our mines. We do this through building and operating high quality mines supported and led by an experienced team. We are custodians of the assets we run and the environments in which we operate, and we are committed to fostering a culture of excellence, care, and respect.

Purpose
Reporting the Site Technology Superintendent, the Information Technology Lead will be responsible for leading and coordinating safe, reliable, and cost-effective information technology operations across the site. The IT Lead will oversee the planning, implementation, and support of site IT systems—from infrastructure and network operations through end-user support and cybersecurity—while ensuring system availability and data integrity.

Responsibilities include:
• Plan, coordinate production support, maintenance, updates, and patching of systems defined in the scope of this role.
• Work closely with site technology team members collaborating and leading efforts to provide server storage support.
• Provide a disciplined approach to change management ensuring testing procedures have been 
carried out prior to production rollout of changes.
• Review existing systems and identify areas for improvement in the areas of scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Establish and maintain technology vendor and partner relationships.
• Investigate, review, and recommend changes to applications where appropriate and collaborate with stakeholders to roll out approved enhancements.
• Collaborate with colleagues in Operations Technology to ensure changes and recommendations made are in alignment with solution road maps.
• Collaborate and participate with industrial and academic leaders both inside and outside the mining industry to discover, implement, and utilize value-added methods and/or technologies.
• Responsible for the maintenance of system monitoring tools and responding to issues identified.

Skills and Experience:
• Post secondary education (in a related field preferred).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in applications, server infrastructure services, database, or technical support roles.
• Mining experience considered an asset but not required. Operational Technology / Mining Technology experience would also be considered assets for this role.
• 2+ years leadership, management, or supervisory experience required. Additional years of experience considered an asset but not required.
• Experience with business process optimization for operating efficiency gains and cost reduction preferred.
• Experience working with vendors, dealers, consultants, and other contracted services required.
• Expertise with Windows Server environments, Azure, Power Bi, SQL server strongly preferred.
• Azure, VMWare, SQL, Power Bi, MS server, & data certifications are a plus

Working Conditions:
The schedule for this position will consist of 14 days on and 14 days off, 12 hours per day.

 Compensation
• The base salary range for this position is CAD$100,000 – $116,000 per year, depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
• This role is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual short term incentive program. The target annual bonus for this position is 15% of base salary, subject to individual and company performance.
• The Company offers a Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), including an automatic 5% employer contribution, with the option for employees to receive up to an additional 4% employer match on employee contributions.