Operations Superintendent Jobs

Summary

Job Title: Operations Superintendent

Location: Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

Mine Site: Brule Mine

Schedule / Terms of Employment: This is a full-time permanent position.

Primary Purpose

Reporting to the Mine Manager, the Operations Superintendent’s primary purpose is to supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of all mine operations personnel to optimize utilization of resources and achieve overall production objectives.

Duties And Responsibilities

Production

• Analyze production data and reports, investigate causes of delay and deviations.
• Establish areas where improvements in personnel performance can be achieved and take remedial action.
• Provide leadership to all front-line supervisors, ensuring work is being completed in a safe, efficient and timely manner.
• Oversee the allocation of machinery to ensure efficient and effective achievement of set pit operation services and production objectives.
• Analyze machine utilization records to identify trends and problems and takes remedial action to ensure optimum resource utilization.
• Investigate accidents and near misses with a view toward positive action, through training, equipment set-up or equipment repair and report on findings and conclusions.
• Report performance breakdowns, equipment damage, safety near misses, incidents, and accidents according to established procedures.
• Improve on safety standards by holding safety meetings, conducting safety interactions and taking corrective action where required.
• Assesses performance against objectives on a regular basis as per Conuma’s policy and take corrective action where required.
• Support the execution of the maintenance strategy, in collaboration with the maintenance group.
• Implement and follow up on operating procedures to ensure the safe and effective operation of the section.
• Participate actively with the technical services group to support the development of optimum mining short term plans.
• Stay abreast of all relevant legal and legislative requirements
• Ensure reports are accurate and complete.
• Ensure achievement of production targets by maintaining operational standards in loading, hauling, and dumping zones.
• Implement daily, weekly, and monthly operational plans and objectives, in accordance with production plan requirements.
• Oversee the allocation of labour to ensure maximum availability of human resources.
• Recommend and implement the most practical and cost-effective operating conditions.
• Maintain environmental awareness amongst workforce by holding meetings and involving the environmental department in related subjects.
• Identify conditions and utilize support equipment to rectify and maintain conditions according to set standards.
• Establish good working relationships with other departments.
• Investigate accidents and near misses with a view toward positive action, through training, equipment set-up or equipment repair and report on findings and conclusions.
• Develop and implement area work ownership with resources to maintain appropriate balance of workload with priority to equipment availability.
• Implement actions to optimize mining process performance and attain efficiency targets in the areas of labour productivity, equipment availability and utilization, and material consumption.

Health and Safety

• Attend and participate in all scheduled health and safety meetings and training.
• Identification and reporting of health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries, and property damage at the workplace.
• Ensure adherence to Conuma’s workplace policies and standard work procedures for risk identification, risk assessment and risk control.
• Maintain a high level of Health and Safety performance through effective communication, monitoring and revision of standard work procedures.

Environment

• Ensure adherence to Conuma’s environmental policy, work standards, management plans and regulatory obligations and requirements.
• Maintain environmental awareness amongst workforce by holding meetings and actively participate in planned environmental programs and drills.
• Integrate environmental policies, programs, and practices into all activities of the organization.

Qualifications And Experience

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license with clean abstract.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience required in an open pit mining environment.
• Valid BC Shift Boss Certificate.

Skills And Abilities

• Know and understand equipment safety standards
• Ability to prioritize projects and manage time
• Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to perform tasks with minimal supervision.
• Quick learner and adaptable to an ever-changing environment
• Strong coaching and motivational talent
• Well versed in statutory mining regulations and regulatory agency structures
• Ability to build strong working relationships, internally.
• High level of attention to detail;
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Wage And Benefits

Conuma Resources provides competitive wages and benefits. Benefits include paid vacation, 7% RRSP matching and extended health and dental care.

Pre-Employment Testing

Please be advised that all selected applicants will be required to complete pre-employment testing.

Work Location / Travel

Employee bus transportation is available from Tumbler Ridge (Brule Mine and Wolverine Mine), Chetwynd (Brule Mine and Willow Creek Mine), and Mackenzie (Willow Creek Mine).

Please be advised that Conuma Resources does not offer camp accommodations or Fly-In Fly-Out opportunities. Conuma believes in supporting our local communities by promoting them as a place for our employees to call home.

Company Information

Conuma is a leading Canadian producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry. Products from our three mine operations in Northeastern BC, Brule, Willow Creek and Wolverine, leave us well-positioned to serve customers in South America, Europe and Asia.

Five time winner of the Edward Prior Mine Safety Award for the lowest injury frequency rate in British Columbia, Conuma continues to lead the industry with multi-million-dollar investments in the latest collision avoidance and fatigue monitoring safety technologies for the protection of our employees. Safety is not a goal to be achieved, it is our standard of expectation.

Conuma is much more than metallurgical coal. Conuma and its employees are embedded in our communities. The company’s Pay It Forward program began in 2017 and since then has raised over $325,000 in support The Children’s Foundation. Locally, Conuma’s employee winter hockey matches ensure much-needed donations to the Food Bank, while in the summer, our employees get together to assist the local high school teams as they prepare their go-karts for the Conuma Challenge.

Our local communities in Northeastern British Columbia are amongst some of the most beautiful surroundings in North America. At the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark, employees can enjoy almost limitless hiking amongst some of Canada’s biggest waterfalls, ride through ATV and snowmobile trails, explore 97 million-year-old dinosaur footprints, ski cross-country trails, play ice-hockey, swim indoors and out, cycle, and enjoy the sense of community only a small town provides. An hour and a quarter away, Chetwynd is famous for its chainsaw wood carvings and offers a range of kayaking, snowmobiling and rock-climbing opportunities. Regarded as a wonderful place to raise a family, with affordable costs of living, Northeast British Columbia is the outdoor paradise our employees are proud to call home.

Conuma Resources is an equal opportunity employer.

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