General Foreman - Mine Operations Execution

East Boulder Mine
- McLeod, MT

7x7 Rotating

The General Foreman - Mine Operations Execution directly leads frontline Supervisors and Dispatch and is accountable for safely delivering approved weekly and daily operating commitments across production, development, backfill, underground construction, rail haulage, rubber-tire haulage, road maintenance, and related material movement. Following formal handoff of the approved plan, the role confirms crew, equipment, route, work-front, material, and support readiness; removes execution barriers;

controls operational variance and break-in work; and provides timely, validated feedback to the Planning General Foreman and Mine Operations Manager.

The General Foreman's primary duties are:

• Champion Group Minimum Standards, critical-control verification, lifesaving behaviors, and effective management routines through visible underground field engagement, crew interaction, recognition of compliant behavior, and immediate correction of deficiencies.
• Verify Supervisor effectiveness by observing pre-shift preparation, workplace examinations, crew line-out, work in progress, and completion quality, and document required coaching or corrective follow-up.
• Control unacceptable field risk by intervening immediately, stopping work when required, confirming effective controls with the Supervisor and crew, and escalating recurring or high-consequence deficiencies.
• Ensure investigations, audits, inspections, corrective actions, qualifications, and retraining are completed accurately and on time with accountable owners, due dates, evidence of completion, and escalation of overdue or ineffective actions.
• Directly lead frontline Supervisors by setting written and verbal expectations, defining decision and escalation boundaries, conducting routine one-on-one and shift reviews, and documenting coaching, recognition, and performance follow-up.
• Hold Supervisors accountable for clear crew line-out, workplace control, execution discipline, accurate reporting, and completion of recovery actions.
• Accept the formal planning-to-operations handoff, confirm crew and equipment allocation, commit operational resources within delegated authority, and communicate approved priorities, conditions, constraints, and open readiness actions to Supervisors.
• Lead daily and shift execution through handovers, pre-shift reviews, crew line-out, and the 24-hour operations review; compare actual progress with commitments, verify field performance and work quality, remove barriers, coordinate support, and assign timely recovery actions.
• Make operational adjustments by confirming urgency and impact, authorizing changes within delegated limits, documenting decisions and recovery actions, and escalating changes affecting approved sequence, technical requirements, or weekly commitments.
• Control execution-side labor utilization, overtime, contractor use, equipment allocation, consumables, and rework by comparing shift resource use with the approved plan and approving exceptions only when justified.
• Ensure accurate shift reporting and handoffs by reviewing entries before shift close and communicating work status, hazards, constraints, equipment condition, results, resource use, and required follow-up.
• Provide validated execution actuals and causes for daily, weekly, and 3MR performance reviews, including completed, missed, deferred, and changed work, delay reasons, and recovery actions.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Leadership skills sufficient to direct work through frontline Supervisors, establish accountability, coach performance, manage conflict, and sustain consistent standards across shifts.
• Sound operational judgment, adaptability, and stress tolerance sufficient to assess changing risk, authorize adjustments within delegated limits, establish control during incidents or emergencies, coordinate emergency-response resources, and escalating changes affecting approved priorities, sequence, or technical requirements.
• Clear communication and influencing skills sufficient to direct work, conduct shift and performance reviews, secure timely cross-functional support, clarify ownership and need dates, challenge incomplete responses, escalating unresolved constraints, and prepare concise execution reports and handoffs.
• Experience in underground production and development mining cycles, including drill-and-blast execution, explosives controls,…