Superintendent - Electrical Engineer

Job Description

The Superintendent—Electrical Engineer is a full-time, site-based engineering role at Haile Gold Mine, Lancaster County, South Carolina. Reporting to the Ore Processing Manager, the role carries primary technical and regulatory responsibility for the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the mine’s Electrical Safety Management System (ESMS) and all subordinate electrical safety plans, standards, and specifications.

The fundamental objective of the role is to manage and progressively reduce the risk profile associated with contact with electricity across all mine site operations, encompassing the surface process plant, open cut mine, and underground mine environments, whilst providing high-quality engineering technical support to the electrical maintenance teams who execute the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the mine’s electrical systems.

The role operates within a regulatory environment governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) under 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57, supplemented by NFPA 70 E, the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70), NFPA 70 B, applicable IEEE and ASTM standards, and the requirements of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (SC LLR).

The following describes the primary responsibilities and accountabilities of the Superintendent—Electrical Engineer. The description is not exhaustive, and the incumbent will be expected to exercise professional engineering judgment and initiative in addressing electrical safety and engineering matters that arise in the normal course of mine operations.

• Own, maintain, and continuously improve the mine’s Electrical Safety Management System (SMS), ensuring it remains current with applicable MSHA regulations, standards, and industry best practice at all times.
• Own, maintain, and continuously improve the Electrical Safety Principal Control Plan (ESPCP)—the overarching document that describes how the mine identifies, assesses, controls, and monitors risks associated with electrical hazards across all operational areas.
• Own, maintain, and continuously improve the High Voltage Safety Management Plan (HVSMP), governing the safe management of all high voltage electrical systems including the 24.9 kV incoming supply from Lynches River Electric Cooperative, the mine site distribution network, and associated high voltage switching and isolation activities.
• Own, maintain, and continuously improve the suite of site electrical standards, specifications and design criteria.
• Ensure all electrical safety management documents are subject to a formal document control system with defined review cycles, version control, approval authorities, and distribution management.
• Conduct and coordinate periodic audits and inspections of the electrical safety management system to verify implementation, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions through to closure.
• Lead and facilitate Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) assessments for critical electrical assets, translating outcomes into actionable maintenance strategy adjustments, design modifications, or procedural controls.
• Review and identify Electrical Critical spares and ensure preventative maintenance programs are in place and recovery plans are developed for these if failure occurs.
• Lead investigations into electrical incidents, near misses, and protection operations, applying root cause analysis methodologies and ensuring findings are translated into documented improvements to the SMS.
• Manage and progressively reduce the site’s risk profile associated with electrical contact hazards, with particular focus on high voltage systems, energized work, and overhead powerline interactions.
• Coordinate ongoing arc flash hazard studies for the mine site, ensuring results are incorporated into equipment labelling, work procedures, and PPE requirements, and that the study is updated following any significant change to the electrical distribution system.

• Provide engineering technical support and guidance to the electrical maintenance teams on matters relating to electrical design,…