Underground Shift Supervisor - New Project Outside of Elko, NV

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2 days ago Requisition

Who We Are:
Barminco forms part of the Perenti Group, a diversified global mining services company. Barminco can offer you opportunities to take your career to the next level as one of the world's largest hard-rock underground mining companies, with operations in Australia, Africa and North America. The Perenti Group operates across a wide range of mining sectors and offers unique career progression opportunities.

Barminco is looking for dedicated people that are eager to start a career in underground mining and join our vibrant team. The collective talent and expertise of our people is the key to our success, and we are looking for talented people to join us. We seek to build teams who are loyal, committed to our values and dedicated to delivering for our clients.

In return, we provide state of the art facilities, equipment, technology and exciting opportunities to work on projects around the world.

Job Title:
Underground Shift Supervisor

The Opportunity:
Barminco Mining Services Canada Ltd. has an exciting opportunity for an Underground Shift Supervisor to join our team at a project location 65 miles outside of Elko, Nevada. Reporting to the Mine Foreman, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the safety of all underground personnel and day to day activities in the underground mine. The shift supervisor is expected to do this through effective planning, supervision, leadership, and knowledge, with a focus on safety, quality of work and communication.

Location: 65 Miles outside of Elko, Nevada
Shift: Alternating rotation of 14/14 schedule

Accommodation:Camp-style living is provided, including a private room, three meals per day, and daily transportation between camp and site. Additionally, travel assistance of up to $500 per rotation is available.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure full understanding and compliance with company policies/procedures and work in accordance with the Mining Safety and Health Act and other local regulatory agencies to promote safe work behavior.
• Supervise and lead the day to day activities and development mining of the primary underground access decline.
• Train/mentor others in hard rock underground mining best practices.
• Conduct daily pre-shift meetings to ensure employees are informed of safety and operational issues.
• Bring and maintain a high standard of work; with regards to installation of rock support (bolts, screen, shotcrete, cable bolts), as well as housekeeping, mine services and auxiliary infrastructure.
• Be able to plan and co-ordinate mining equipment and activities efficiently to meet the needs of the mine plan.
• Ensure all employees have the knowledge to work safely and efficiently by giving all employees job specific instructions on a daily basis, have appropriate training where needed and monitoring their progress
• Complete supervisor checks including; inspecting log books and safety cards of workers, workplace inspections and audits.
• Complete and maintain accurate daily development reports, data logging and documentation.
• Sufficient knowledge to make sound decisions when encountering work condition changes.
• Ensure all equipment is in good repair, have broken equipment scheduled for repair and make equipment available to mechanics when it is scheduled for preventative maintenance.
• Ensure that any equipment deemed damaged or unsafe by virtue of a defect, or a machine of which any protection system is inoperative, is not used and communicated to the Mine Foreman and/or Maintenance Foreman
• Inspect existing work areas to ensure the workplace is safe and assigned tasks can be executed safely and to design specifications.
• Immediately report problems and lead or assist in incident investigation as required.
• Maintain a professional and courteous relationship with employees and business partners.
• You will be expected to operate underground equipment and assist with crew activities in initial stages of mine growth/development.

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