Mine Supervisor/Captain - East TN Mines (East Tennessee Mines)

• Promote safe behavior at all times. 
• Comply with the site’s standards and procedures in EHS. 
• Promote awareness of EHS practices. 
• Demonstrate effective performance in achieving agreed EHS goals in  
  support of the department, site and company standards.   
• Reporting of all EHS incidents. 
• Demonstrate leadership in EHS through personal behaviors and conversations 
• Provide clear expectations on performance in EHS through setting objectives and KPIs in EHS for all our employees and contractors. 
• Taking an active role to insure that regulatory obligations and standards are met. 

• Ensuring ongoing effective people management of staff by setting clear performance objectives, providing regular feedback and development through training of employees. 
• Take a leading role in the employment and development of contractors and staff. 
• Ensuring personnel are assisted to achieve their full potential and rewarded accordingly. 
• Ensuring all employees attend work in a punctual manner and that correct procedures are followed in cases where absences from work may occur. 
• Attending for work in a fit and punctual manner. 
• Ensure the mine development and operational activities are achieved to plan specifications. 
• Ensuring resources are available and utilized in a safe, effective, and efficient manner to achieve budget. 
• Ensuring costs are controlled to meet budget and where possible reduced to achieve savings. 
• Actively holds their people accountable and consistently follows progressive disciplinary policies. 
• Actively communicates and works with the development team to ensure that targets are met. 
• Careful and accurate reporting of information on a daily basis in prescribed format. 
• Ensuring that equipment is being operated and maintained properly. 
• Ensuring accurate records kept and correct information transfer between shifts as required. 
• Assisting and coordinating in various mining activities as required. 
• Ensuring that work place examinations are conducted regularly & efficiently as to identify & reduce hazards. 
• Monitoring and controlling usage of stores items. 
• Minimizing wastage. 
• Ensuring that plant and equipment is operated efficiently and not subjected to damage and abuse. 
• Being fully productive and ensuring team is fully productive during shifts. 
• Presenting and promoting ideas for continuous improvement. 
• Any other duties as directed by the Mine Superintendent. 

• Effective co–ordination and supervision of shift mining activities 
• Ensuring that team members and/or contractors are performing effectively 
• Ensuring all development, production and services activities are efficiently organized and executed 
• Effective coordination of rosters, leave and team labor allocation where applicable 
• Effective liaison with mine leadership and technical staff on plans, schedules and work programs 
• Ensuring tasks allocated are accurately completed in a time urgent manner 

• Minimum high school education or equivalent. 
• Tennessee Class C Foreman’s Certificate or equivalent. 

• 5 years underground mining experience 
• Basic computer skills to include Microsoft Office Excel & Word, SAP 
• Competent in operation of various underground pieces of mobile equipment to include loader, truck, jumbo, scaler, bolter 
• Competent in tasks to include mucking, drilling, blasting. 
• Strong Knowledge of MSHA Regulations 
• Good technical knowledge and skills, including an understanding of planning, scheduling and Production concepts, with an ability to coach and foster talent in others 
• Strong organizational and conceptual planning and operational skills with ability to communicate with others 
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills and a “team-oriented” approach to the achievement of tasks 
• Proficiency in relevant software, especially RIMS, MS Office, SAP 
• Demonstrated high regard for safe working practices,  and procedures, with evidence of careful consideration of risk-factors in undertaking any initiative 
• Demonstrated encouragement of the same values and behaviors in others 
• Proven devotion to results with ability to maintain focus on key areas 
• Honesty, integrity and an open approach to interpersonal relations at work 
• Proficient in  written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills including discretion and diplomacy 
• Ability to coordinate the delivery of required tonnes 
• Project management 
• An understanding of the maintenance systems associated with continuous mining process. 
• Excellent people management skills  
• Team Focused 
• Strong leadership skills  
• Understanding of and commitment to Occupational Health and Safety principles and Mine Safety & Health regulations. 
• Understanding of and commitment to Continuous Improvement principles. 

Department: Internal & External
This is a management position
This is a full time position