Underground Construction Superintendent

Position Description:

• Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you! 

• Our people division is growing, and we are looking for an experienced Underground Construction Superintendent. The Underground Construction Superintendent provides senior leadership and overall accountability for all scheduled and unscheduled construction activities at Fourmile, ensuring work is strategically planned, resourced, and executed in a safe, environmentally responsible, efficient and cost effective manner. This role leads multiple crews and supervisors, drives long-range construction planning and budget performance, and partners with senior operational leadership to deliver major projects on schedule, while reporting the Mine Manager. 

• At Barrick, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead from the field through visible felt leadership across surface and underground operations, setting the tone for safety and performance, coaching supervisors, and holding crews accountable to the standard.

• Drive a culture of accountability by evaluating performance, developing supervisors, and championing rigorous risk assessment through FLRA and TRA.

• Own the development and progress of underground and surface construction

• Lead the safety and environmental performance for the construction team by reviewing hazard identification and incident reports (including RIMS), driving closure of corrective actions, and coaching the team on lessons learned.

• Own the construction plan end to end and set priorities to meet safety, environmental, equipment, and production targets, and exercising full authority to sequence and prioritize the work.

• Lead quality incident investigations (injury, significant near-miss, environmental excess emission and/or deviation) with disciplined analysis and practical corrective actions, and ensure those actions are implemented, tracked, and sustained.

• Direct the execution of scheduled and break-in work, driving continuous improvement and reporting to the mine manager 

• Develop and grow the team by delivering annual performance reviews for all direct reports and leveraging crew 360’s to build capability and succession.

• Champion continuous improvement, initiating and driving plant changes and improvement plans through the MOC system.

• Drive alignment across daily construction and weekly commitment meetings, securing buy-in and commitment to the weekly schedule from all stakeholders.

• Actively advance environmental (EMS), safety, and health programs, leading by example through the RIM’s tool.

• Drive the identification, development and optimization of standard jobs (resources, parts, tooling, task lists and staging), and enforce the use of standard job plans across all plant outages and routine work.

• Perform other duties as required  

Qualifications:

• 10+ years practical experience in the underground industry, with a proven track record in underground mining construction required

• Minimum of 5 years leadership experience, including managing supervisors or superintending crews in an underground environment required

• Direct experience working in an Underground environment required

• Demonstrated ability to manage construction budgets, schedules, and contractors on major underground projects required

• Strong knowledge of incident investigation, MOC, and safety and environmental management systems preferred

Thank you for your application; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

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