Maintenance Superintendent

Duties & Responsibilities

• Use technical knowledge, equipment documentation, safety procedures, and maintenance schedules to improve and develop preventative and routine maintenance programs.
• Directly supervise maintenance workforce personnel and salaried staff, including mechanics, electricians, laborers, hoist operators and planners/buyers across 3 shifts per day in both the surface and mine operations. This includes responsibility to be on call as needed on off-shifts and weekends.
• Has a safety focused approach to gaining results in all areas of responsibility and administers the company's safety program to ensure a safe work environment including proactive solutions, timely corrective actions of hazards, and proper housekeeping.
• Ensure proper maintenance practices are followed to minimize repeat failures.
• Supervise in a manner that creates a positive labor relations climate. Interprets the contract and management policies to supervisory team.
• Develop a team environment, encompassing staff at all levels and expertise that utilizes individual, site and corporate strengths to meet daily business needs, solve problems, develop and implement long-term goals and objectives.
• Responsible for ensuring accountability standards are maintained within the maintenance department.
• Accountable for identifying and executing cost reduction projects.
• Ensure weekly schedules are adhered to for production equipment to remain reliable.
• Responsible for overall oversight of electrical projects/work and infrastructure.
• Prepares operating cost center budget and constantly monitors expenditures to stay within plan.
• Investigates and resolves problems related to engineering and maintenance.
• Maintain a proactive approach to maintenance, being the champion for change and continuous improvement for the maintenance team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar field preferred or equivalent work experience considered.
• 10+ years of experience in maintenance or reliability functions.
• 7+ years experience in an engineering or maintenance leadership role.
• 5+ years working in mining or similar industry, underground experience highly preferred.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to plan, organize and carry out multiple project assignments at once.
• Extensive experience utilizing CMMS systems. Experience in administration of or installation of CMMS processes preferred.
• Able to understand, train and enforce all company policies and procedures, and MSHA regulations within the operations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated success in leading and developing teams.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize.
• High level of attention to detail and excellent follow-up skills.
• Excellent planning, leadership, organization, and communication skills.
• Experience working in a union environment is a plus.

Physical Demands & Other Requirements

• Regularly required to stand, sit, and demonstrate manual.
• Must be capable of climbing stairs and ladders and working on elevated.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to wear proper PPE including steel-toed shoes, miner’s belt, safety glasses, hard hat, and any other protective equipment as required.
• Must be able to work safely in varying temperatures in warehouse/outdoors.
• Must be capable of obtaining an ATF employee possessor permit.
• Submit to pre-employment drug screening, physical and background check.