Mining Superintendent

Reporting to: Mining Manager

Primary Responsibility:

• The mining superintendent is a critical role that is responsible for all the mining production results to meet the mine plan whilst maintaining a safe, productive and cost-efficient work environment at all times.

The mining superintendent:

• Accountable for three (3) direct reports – Crew supervisor for each mining panel 
• Responsible for one hundred (100) indirect reports – production crew and supervision

Duties & Responsibilities:

Technical Responsibilities:

• Abide by all Company Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure mining operation compliance and execution is conducted in accordance with Capital Procedures and standards
• Actively work with the Technical team to develop a mine plan that can deliver the daily/ weekly and monthly production targets as set in the mine plan are achieved
• Ensure crew manning is maintained to deliver the mining targets
• Ensure ongoing crew training and development to ensure adequate skill sets and redundancy are available across the crews to meet the production forecasts
• Ensure alignment between the Technical Services team, client and the mining department to ensure any issues or production impediments are escalated and brought to attention well in advance
• Identify and initiate continuous improvement opportunities to realise a baseline improvement to Safety, Volume or Costs of the project.

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality:

• Present themselves fit for work with 100% compliance to the “fitness for work” policy.
• Demonstrate personal compliance with the instructions, policies, procedures and work instructions of Capital Mining
• Ensure all mining activity is conducted in line with Capital Procedures and Policies and any further direction issued from management or the client.
• Actively identify procedural non compliance and train employees for correction
• Ensure employees present fit for work
• Ensure hazard management plans are observed with controls implemented and followed
• Keep all statutory reporting including, toolbox talks, information briefs, area inspections and risk assessments, audits and investigation  
• Active participation with health and safety committees

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities for production and process improvements in the mining area.
• Accountability, ownership and promotion of improvements identified.

Behavioral:

• Treat colleagues and employees with respect and consider the value of other opinions in the team
• Monitor the performance and productivity of the mining team to identify area of improvement and implement training and coaching measures to bridge the shortfall.
• Actively mentor less experienced team members to improve and become safer and more productive.
• Do not take part in the propagation of rumours and untruths.
• Continue to hold yourself and your team to the punctuality and standards set by Capital.
• Conduct succession planning and career development discussions with employees to identify development opportunities

Production:

• Actively participate when undertaking performance improvement or training.
• Achieve Daily/ weekly/ monthly spatial and volumetric production compliance +/- 5%
• Achieve production targets with a deliberate view to reducing operational cost and increasing efficiency
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the mining leadership team from supervisor to trainee operator
• Ensure all communication points are achieved such as shift toolboxes, handovers etc
• Achieve production plan within agreed budget  
• Ensure dig compliance to floor RL at Dig/Dump are within tolerance +/- 300mm
• Pit crest and toes are achieved with wall batter compliance within +/- 300mm
• Ensure all ramps are located correctly in x, y coordinates and that grades are with in tolerance +/- 1%
• Ensure the daily production run plan is followed and hot seat windows and shift changes are productive.
• All hauling routes are in specification with road surfaces and grades satisfactory for hauling.