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Mercer North America Mining Industry Survey Suite
North America (US & Canada)Edition: 2025$$$$
Mining industry compensation, 250 positions covering corporate and mine-site roles across the US and Canada.
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Positions in this report (156)
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- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Ancillary Equipment Operator
- Blasting: Charge Up (Mining)
- Blasting: Shotfirer (Mining)
- Budget Accounting
- Business Process Quality
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)/Head of Operations
- Community/Native Title/Heritage Affairs (Energy & Mining)
- Compensation & Benefits
- Corporate Social Responsibility/Community Relations
- Corporate Sustainability
- Crane Operator
- Dispatch Operations (Mining)
- Dozer Operator
- Drill and Blast Engineering (Mining)
- Drilling (Mining)
- Drilling Equipment Operator (Mining)
- Emergency Response
- Employee/Labor Relations & Diversity
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Engineering Technician
- Environmental Problem Resolution
- Environmental Remediation
- Environmental Sustainability
- Environmental, Health, and Safety Training
- Ethics Compliance
- Executive Secretary/Executive Assistant
- Exploration Geology (Oil & Gas, Mining)
- Exploration Geophysics (Oil & Gas, Mining)
- Exploration/Geology Management (Mining)
- Facilities Fire Control Services
- Financial Control & Reporting: Plant/Site
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- General Communications & Corporate Affairs
- General Compliance
- General Data Analytics
- General Environmental Health & Safety
- General Environmental and Employee Health & Safety
- General Financial Control
- General Human Resources
- General IT Applications Development
- General IT Infrastructure Systems Administration
- General IT User Support
- General Information Technology
- General Labor (Energy & Mining)
- General Logistics Operations
- General Management Accounting
- General Office Administration & Secretarial Management
- General Office Operations
- General Project Engineering
- General Repair & Maintenance Trades Management
- General Risk Management
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Geotechnical Engineering Technologist/Technician (Oil & Gas, Mining)
- Government Relations
- HR Business Partners
- Haul Truck Operator
- Head of Engineering
- Head of Exploration (Mining)
- Head of Exploration Technical Services (Mining)
- Head of Finance & Accounting (CFO)
- Head of Finance/2nd Level Finance Executive
- Head of Human Resources
- Head of Information Technology (CIO)
- Head of Legal
- Head of Mining Operations (Mining)
- Head of Organization (CEO)
- Head of Project Development (Mining)
- Head of Technical Services (Mining)
- Heavy Equipment Mechanic
- Heavy Equipment Operators
- Heavy Truck Delivery Drivers
- IT Business Systems Analysis
- IT Data/Voice Network Administration
- IT Database Administration
- IT Systems Analysis
- Information Systems Security
- Information Systems/Computer Operations
- Internal Audit: General Processes & Systems
- International Tax
- Investor Relations
- Labor/Union Relations
- Land Administration
- Land Management
- Land Surveying
- Legal Counsel: General Business
- Legal Research/Paralegal
- Loader Operator
- Long-Term Business Strategy & Planning
- Maintenance Planning/Scheduling
- Materials Handling
- Materials Planning & Control
- Materials Procurement & Inventory Management
- Mechanic: HVAC
- Mechanic: Industrial Machinery
- Metal Part Machining Operations
- Metallurgy/Process Engineering (Mining)
- Mine Operations Training (Mining)
- Mine Single Site Management (Mining)
- Mine Site Closure Planning & Engineering (Mining)
- Mine Site Geology (Mining)
- Mine Site Security (Mining)
- Mine Surveying (Mining)
- Mine Technologist/Technician (Mining)
- Mine/Plant Maintenance Management (Oil & Gas, Mining)
- Miner (Mining)
- Mineral Resource Compliance Geology (Mining)
- Mining & Mill/Plant Single Site Management (Mining)
- Mining Engineering (Mining)
- Mining Equipment Maintenance: Lube/Fuel (Mining)
- Mining Operations Management (Mining)
- Mining Operations Support: Beltrunner (Mining)
- Mining Operations Support: Dewatering (Mining)
- Mining Operations Support: Nipper (Mining)
- Mining Operations Support: Paste Crew (Mining)
- Mining Operations: Control Room (Mining)
- Non-Technical Change Management
- Nozzle Operator/Shotcreter (Construction, Energy & Mining)
- Occupational Health Nursing
- Occupational/Industrial Hygiene
- Onsite Technology Support
- Payroll
- Plant Technologist/Technician
- Plant/Mill Operations Management (Mining)
- Plant/Mill Production Management (Mining)
- Plant/Mill Production Operations (Mining)
- Power/Steam Engineer Operators (Mining)
- Procurement
- Production Planning & Control (Mining)
- Project Controls Engineering
- Project Controls Management
- Project Cost Control
- Project Development (Mining)
- Quality Laboratory Services
- Reception/Telephone/Switchboard
- Reliability Engineering
- Repair & Maintenance Electrical
- Repair & Maintenance Electrical & Instrumentation
- Repair & Maintenance Plumbing
- Repair & Maintenance Welding
- Secretary/Administrative Assistant
- Shovel/Excavator Operator
- Site Emergency Services & Security (Oil & Gas, Mining)
- Site Production Management (Mining)
- Site Production Operations (Mining)
- Supply Chain Planning
- Surface Operator (Mining)
- Tax
- Technical Services Management (Mining)
- Treasury
- Underground Haulage Operator (Mining)
- Underground Hoist Operator (Mining)
- Underground Loader/Bogger Operator (Mining)
- Warehouse Management
Participating organizations (43)
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- Agnico Eagle (USA) Mines Limited
- AngloGold Ashanti
- AngloGold Ashanti North America, Inc.
- BHP Billiton
- Carmeuse Americas
- Centerra Gold, Inc.
- Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
- Coilplus, Inc.
- Commercial Metals Company
- DRA
- Dyno Nobel, Inc.
- Eagle Mine, LLC
- FLSmidth Mining
- Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
- Glencore, Ltd.
- Hecla Mining Company
- Heraeus Metals New York, LLC
- Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken, LLC
- Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC
- Heraeus, Inc.
- Hydro Extrusion North America, LLC
- Intrepid Potash, Inc.
- Ivanhoe Electric
- Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine
- Kiewit Corporation
- Kinross Gold USA, Inc.
- Komatsu Mining Corp.
- Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
- Metal Exchange Corporation
- Newmont Mining Corporation
- Nutrien, Ltd. - US
- OceanaGold - Haile Operation
- Peabody Energy Corporation
- Pennex Aluminum Company, LLC
- SSR Mining, Inc.
- SSR Mining, Inc. (Marigold)
- Schlumberger Limited
- Sibanye-Stillwater US
- Teck Resources Limited (USA)
- Tenaris, Inc. (USA)
- Ternium USA, Inc.
- The Mosaic Company
- Westmoreland Mining, LLC