Field Maintenance Supervisor

This position will work both day and night shift on rotation. The rotation will be 7 days on, then 7 days off, then 7 nights off, and 7 days off. The shifts are 12 hours. Fly in/fly out or drive in/drive out is available. Accommodations provided, plus per diem.

About the Role:

The Maintenance Supervisor ensures that all planned / unplanned maintenance activities for the loading, haulage, drill, and ancillary equipment is properly executed in a safe and efficient manner. Work closely with other teams and supervisors within mobile maintenance and other departments across the site. Primary responsibilities will be on the reactive maintenance.

Key Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Review and direct technicians on all scheduled / unscheduled repair activities, ensuring safe / efficient execution.
• Discuss upcoming schedules and plans with peers.
• Coordinate with the operations supervisors / dispatcher for all scheduled activities. Ensure the sequencing matches the schedule as developed.
• Assign and distribute the work order packages which include appropriate standard job plans, single point lessons, oil sample labels to the technicians.
• Spend at minimum 50% of time on "visible felt leadership" interacting with the technicians and service contractors.
• Attend meetings when on shift to communicate current machine status & priority, unplanned sick leave, parts issues, required schedule changes and uncompleted work orders requiring rescheduling.
• Proactive interaction with Reactive and PM Technicians - supporting and executing safety / reliability improvements to the equipment.
• Develop crew support for other continuous improvement initiatives.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear and see.
• Must be Fit for Duty: Able to lift and carry 50lbs overhead, climb ladders, work at heights, etc.
• Must be able to work in adverse weather conditions: wind, rain, sun.
• Work is in a surface mine setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity.
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required.
• Our client promotes a drug/alcohol free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing.