Underground Mine Production Supervisor

Key Responsibilities:

·        Ensures safe operations, has the “courage to care”, and promotes awareness and compliance to all safety policies

·        Proactively manages cost and identifies opportunities for cost reduction

·        Ensures operational discipline by following daily standard work processes and KPI reporting; monitors, measures, and audits to ensure accountability for adherence to daily standard work processes

·        Promote and models open and honest communication

·        Execute and enforce the Performance Management Process

·        Proactively coaches and develops team members

·        Role models culture and core values of the organization

·        Technical training of direct reports

·        Communication with mine team

·        Performance measures for the team

·        Team safety action plan and performance

·        MSHA rules and regulations

·        Administrative responsibilities

·        Work notification planning

·        Crew tool and supply budget

·        Conflict resolution

·        Cost savings and efficiency improvement projects

·        Work area inspections

·        Fireboss mine

·        Warranty and repairable parts

·        Permissibility checklists

·        Perform other duties as assigned

Activities:

·        Coordinate manpower requirements in the area, including outage support, to execute crew work tasks

·        Utilize crew members appropriately to ensure production requirements are safely met

·        Conduct safety, housekeeping audits and performance  audits

·        Supports and facilitates the Focused Safety Discussion (FSD) process with crew members

·        Conducts Work Place Exam (WPE) reviews to ensure compliance, and provides appropriate follow through

·        Perform administrative tasks (timecards, overtime, vacation approvals, etc.) associated with managing assigned employees.

·        Work weekend and holiday duty as assigned

·        Support planning meetings

·        Serve as a technical resource for the crews

·        Respond to grievances and participate in the appropriate levels of the grievance process.

·        Works with Human Resources on investigations and employee discipline

·        Support the performance management and discipline process

·        Review and have a working understanding of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

·        Make inspections of working area – i.e. ventilation / ground control

·        Fireboss mine

·        Check out supplies from the warehouse properly and coach crew employees to do the same

·        Use computer system to look up warehouse items

Skill, Capability and Educational Requirements: 

·        High School graduate or GED and 3 years in underground mining operations

·        Currently holds or can obtain within one year Wyoming Mine Foreman papers – Underground Trona. Must have the ability to obtain Temporary Wyoming Mine Foreman Papers if current papers are not held.

·        Supervisory experience strongly preferred

·        Demonstrated leadership skills

·        Demonstrated capability with MS Office including Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook