Our "Generation Gold" program attracts today's best mining
graduates, and turns them into tomorrow's great mining leaders.
Meet Brad Howe, a 24-year-old junior mining engineer. Through
Generation Gold, Brad is enjoying the career opportunity of a
lifetime, as right-hand man to the Chief Operating Officer at
Kinross.
Born and raised in Grimsby - a small town on the shores of Lake
Ontario - Brad left high school and entered the University of
British Columbia's Faculty of Applied Science-Department of Mining
Engineering. In his fourth year he completed a co-op term with one
of the largest and best-known gold mining companies in the world,
and was offered a full-time position in Australia.
Brad turned it down.
The better offer?
An opportunity to join Kinross, as a Generation Gold
recruit.
"I couldn't pass up the chance to work alongside Tim Baker,
Kinross' COO. As his right-hand guy, I'm getting hands-on
experience like I've never had before-travelling the world and
really adding value to the organization. I never thought that at
24, I'd have this kind of opportunity. It's been one of the
smartest decisions I've made."
Brad's job is to crunch global data from Kinross mines, analyze
trends, prepare reports, and provide technical support for
continuous improvement projects. "Working at the Kinross
headquarters alongside a C-suite executive has opened my eyes to
how complex the business of mining really is," says Brad. "From
Finance, to Exploration, to Tech Services, it takes a lot of
teamwork and expertise to drive a gold mining company
day-to-day."
From the perspective of Tim Baker, COO at Kinross, "Generation
Gold gives us access to some of the best and brightest mining
graduates in the world. Given the labour shortage we're facing in
this industry, it's critical that we tap into this pool of talent,
and help these young people develop into our next generation of
great leaders."