Mine Maintenance General Supervisor

Mine Maintenance General Supervisor

The role of the Mine Maintenance General Supervisor is intended to focus on managing execution of day-to-day maintenance operations, by engaging with front line supervision. The Mine Maintenance General Supervisor is accountable for ensuring that all equipment performance targets and work management KPIs are achieved within the constraints of the maintenance budget. The Mine Maintenance General Supervisor will safely support, organize, manage, execute, and evaluate mobile maintenance work.

The key responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Maintain a safe, healthy, and clean environment by ensuring that the company's safety values are present in all aspects of work execution.
• Lead, supervise, and develop maintenance supervisors and staff in such a manner that fosters a high performance, empowered team capable of achieving safe, efficient, and effective results.
• Promote consistency of administration of policies and procedures between crews to ensure that the department's tactical direction is aligned.
• Develop and maintain positive and effective professional working relationships with vendors and co-workers.
• Conduct safety meetings, staff meetings and safety inspections. Demonstrate a strong personal commitment to safety and the environment.
• Oversee the hourly review process. Evaluate performance reviews and provide feedback to Supervisors.
• Promote consistency in the hiring process to ensure the company is competitive and attracts a qualified and diverse team.
• Ensure that proper tools and inventory are always available to maintenance crews and is effectively managed in such a manner as to enable safe completion of all maintenance work.
• Oversee (PTO) paid time off and (OT) overtime scheduling.
• Oversee new hire training and continued training of Maintenance employees.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with minimal supervision and to effectively plan, coordinate and complete individual projects in addition to maintaining daily production responsibilities.
• Monitor performance against budget and time schedule. Provide accurate explanations of variances.
• Assist in investigations and administer discipline when required.
• Support and grow a culture of continuous improvement within the maintenance department.
• Managing the performance of his/her team through relevant performance objectives.
• Complete performance evaluation reviews for direct reports and manage their career development with an annual plan.
• Provide facilitation and support for site OE Projects, and Maintenance Process workshops.
• Provide facilitation support for the (MOC) management of change associated with the acquisition of new equipment as required.
• Research and write AFE's for potential new mining equipment.
• Liaise with Supply Chain to expedite external parts and contractor labor suppliers, where necessary.
• Support Contract Management, by participating in negotiations of new service contracts, assigning contract representatives, and monitoring adherence to the standard.
• Report on standard maintenance measures that are directly related to the production fleets – namely: availability, mean repair duration, mean time between maintenance, component usage and cost (actual versus budget) monthly.
• Provide input and feedback to Reliability Engineer to assist in improving overall equipment performance.
• Spend time in engaging with the supervisors and workforce, ~50% of working time.
• Ensure on time and accurate reporting of any incidents that are a result of Health, Safety and Environmental compliance.
• Support quality incident investigations (injury, significant near-miss, equipment damage and premature component failures), complete with detailed RCA (root cause analysis) and practical corrective actions. Ensure that the corrective actions are effectively implemented and tracked.
• Contribute to MSHA investigations when required. In addition, be involved with any remediation that may be required – associated with citations/recommendations from MSHA audits.
• Performs duties and activities in a manner that conforms to all safety practices and other policies, procedures…