Site Administrator (Winnemucca, NV)

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Date: 29 Oct 2026

Location: Winnemucca, NV, US, 89445

Company: Orica

About Orica

At Orica, it’s the power of our people that leads change and shapes our futures.

 

Every day, all around the world, our people help mobilise vital resources essential to progress. Established in 1874, we have grown to become the world leader in mining and civil blasting with a diverse of team of more than 13,000 across the world. From the production and supply of explosives, blasting systems, mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring to our cutting-edge digital solutions and comprehensive range of services, we sustainably mobilize the earth’s resources.   

About the role - Site Administrator (Winnemucca, NV)

The Site Administrator provides high-quality administrative and coordination support to the Winnemucca manufacturing site. The role serves as a central point of coordination for site leadership, employees, contractors, visitors, documentation, purchasing activities, training records, meetings, and general site administration.


The successful candidate will be highly organized, approachable and proactive, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy industrial environment. The role is intended to reduce administrative burden on site leaders and employees while ensuring routine site activities are completed accurately, consistently and on time.

 

Work schedule

  • Monday to Friday
  • 5:00am to 1:00pm

What you will be doing

Site Administration

  • Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Site Manager, leadership team, and site functions.
  • Coordinate calendars, meetings, agendas, correspondence, presentations, reports, and routine site communications.
  • Maintain organized filing systems, office supplies, equipment, and general administrative requirements.
  • Support employee events, site visits, travel, and other site activities.
  • Identify opportunities to improve and streamline administrative processes.

 

Document and Records Coordination

  • Maintain accurate, organized, and accessible site records, registers, and trackers.
  • Support document filing, archiving, retrieval, review, and distribution.
  • Assist with site reporting and ensure administrative records are complete and appropriately maintained.

 

Training and Employee Administration

  • Support employee onboarding and orientation administration.
  • Maintain required employee and contractor administrative records in accordance with company requirements.
  • Assist with resolving routine purchasing and invoice discrepancies.

 

Contractor and Visitor Coordination

  • Act as reception for the site.
  • Assist with coordinating contractor onboarding, site access, and required administrative documentation.
  • Manage visitor arrangements, including site access, appropriate site contacts, and required records.
  • Coordinate accommodation, transportation, and other logistical arrangements when required.
  • Support site functions with contractor documentation and administrative follow-up.

 

Site Leadership and General Coordination

  • Coordinate recurring reporting requirements and consolidate information from site functions for leadership reports.
  • Provide administrative support during audits, inspections, shutdowns, projects, and periods of increased site activity.

What you will bring

Essential

  • Previous experience in administration, office coordination or a similar support role.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Good attention to detail and recordkeeping discipline.
  • Competence with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
  • Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple requests.
  • Professional approach when handling confidential or sensitive information.
  • Comfortable working with employees at all levels of an organization.

 

Preferred

  • Previous experience in a manufacturing, mining, chemical, industrial or similar operational environment.
  • Experience supporting a site leadership or management team.
  • Experience with purchasing, purchase orders, invoices or vendor administration.
  • Experience maintaining training or compliance records.
  • Experience with SAP or another enterprise resource planning system.
  • Experience with Microsoft SharePoint or similar document-management systems.

Your qualifications

  • High School diploma or equivalent required
  • Minimum of 2 years in an administrative role is preferred
  • Valid drivers license 

What we offer

As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills. 

 

You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.

 

Salary to be determined by the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

 

Benefits (Full Time Employees)

  • Medical/Prescription Drug – Two (2) plans to choose from  
  • Dental – One (1) plan to choose from  
  • Vision – One (1) plan to choose from  
  • Health Savings Account  
  • Flexible Spending Accounts  
  • Basic Employee Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance   
  • Voluntary Employee/Dependent Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance   
  • Company provided Short-Term and Long-Term Disability   
  • Company provided Employee Assistance Program  
  • 401(k) + Company Match – 100% vested on first day. 
  • Company provided Bonding Leave  
  • Accrued Paid Time Off   
  • Paid Sick & Safe Time  
  • Nine (9) Scheduled Holidays + Two (2) Floating Holidays 

We respect and value all

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.

 

We have been made aware that some individuals have received scam emails which include false and invalid offers of employment from Orica.  Please note that Orica will not offer employment to any candidate without first undertaking a formal application and recruitment process.  All candidates are required to actively participate in the recruitment process applicable to the specific role and location where the role is based, prior to any offer of employment being made.  Please also be advised that Orica will never request payment or require candidates to deposit a check during the recruitment and onboarding processes.

 

Orica is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are a Drug-free workplace. 


Nearest Major Market: Reno

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