Maintenance Foreman

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are:
Barminco forms part of the Perenti Group, a diversified global mining services company. Barminco can offer you opportunities to take your career to the next level as one of the world's largest hard-rock underground mining companies, with operations in Australia, Africa and North America. The Perenti Group operates across a wide range of mining sectors and offers unique career progression opportunities.

Barminco is looking for dedicated people that are eager to start a career in underground mining and join our vibrant team. The collective talent and expertise of our people is the key to our success, and we are looking for talented people to join us. We seek to build teams who are loyal, committed to our values and dedicated to delivering for our clients. In return, we provide state of the art facilities, equipment, technology and exciting opportunities to work on projects around the world.

Job Title: Maintenance Foreman

The Opportunity:
Barminco Mining Services has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Foreman to join our team at a project location 65 miles outside of Elko, Nevada. Reporting to the Project Manager, the successful candidate will provide supervision and a safe working environment for the on-site maintenance team. They will ensure all maintenance activities are carried out safely, efficiently and align with company procedures & standards.

Location: 65 Miles outside of Elko, Nevada
Shift: 16-days on / 12-days off rotation

Accommodation: Camp and meals provided.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintenance Department performance including safety, quality, and equipment performance against Barminco standards.
• Develop and maintain a positive safety, quality, and performance culture within the maintenance department consistent with the purpose, ambition, and core values of Barminco.
• Maintain and monitor component replacements, rebuilds and inventory adjustments as required.
• Provide clear leadership and standards to the onsite maintenance department through visual leadership and demonstrated behaviours to the work teams under their control.
• Ensure that required capability, processes and strong support are in place to enable completion of high-quality incident investigations, to identify and prevent recurrence of incidents and improve safety leadership and culture within the maintenance department at the mine site.
• Utilize Barminco management systems and tools to monitor and manage performance measures to ensure that equipment performance meets or exceeds expectations of the client and Barminco. 
• Identify, develop, implement, and monitor action plans to ensure that expectations and performance measures are met or exceeded in cases where performance variance occurs.  
• Identify and escalate issues to Barminco senior leadership where they cannot be effectively managed at site or where further support is required.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Barminco maintenance management systems in line with our ambition to become the world’s leading underground hardrock mining service provider.
• Be the designated Barminco company representative for all maintenance related issues at a site level, including equipment availability, safety performance, people management and costs.
• Ensure that all maintenance department and equipment information, data and correspondence is managed professionally, effectively and in accordance with Barminco management systems.
• Provide leadership and career development support for employees who report to the site maintenance dept leadership.
• Provide support to the Maintenance Leadership Team and fellow Maintenance Superintendents through effective sharing of knowledge, information, data, and resources as and when appropriate.
• Work closely with the Barminco central support teams (safety and people, asset management, supply, technology and innovation, information technology) in developing and implementing programs to deliver safety, cost, quality and efficiency improvements to the project and to Barminco.   
• Build and maintain a close working relationship with the onsite mining department to ensure maximum productivity.
• Understand the site maintenance budget and monitor to ensure target monthly spend is not exceeded. 

Qualifications:

• A minimum of at least 10 years Underground Mining Experience, specifically within the high-speed, high production environment 
• Knowledge of Barminco operations, understanding of Barminco’s Availability and Utilization KPI’s for high-speed development equipment, ensure repair solutions and proper preventative maintenance cycles required are adhered to in line with Barminco maintenance systems and procedures.
• Comprehension of equipment operating systems to reduce down-time and productivity loses.
• Strong interpersonal, management and communication skills.
• Previous experience working as a Maintenance Foreman or Supervisor within an underground mining environment and involvement with earthmoving machinery including makes such as Sandvik, Normet and Volvo.
• Strong credibility working with and influencing a front-line operational workforce. 
• Strong understanding of capability in a safety culture, leadership concepts and practical application of risk assessments, hazard identification and controls; and incident management and investigation 
• High level of integrity.
• MSHA Certification of Training
• Formal mechanical trade recognition (Certificate of Achievement minimum requirement)
• Must be able to be respirator ready at all times. 

Work Conditions:

• Ability to do shift camp work on a rotational basis (dayshift/nightshift), typically the rotations are 16 days on site (minimum 12-hour days), followed by 12 days off – working statutory holidays as they fall within the rotation  
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to communicate, sit, stand, walk, climb, reach, push/pull, manipulate objects and work in awkward positions
• Duties may involve moving materials weighing up to 50 pounds 
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are required 
• Extreme weather conditions
• Noise level in the work environment is moderate to high

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary, paid time off and comprehensive benefits. 
• Opportunities for career development and advancement within the company.
• A supportive, dynamic work environment focused on growth and success.

Additional Information:
The health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Selected candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment Fit-for-Duty medical, including alcohol and drug screening.