Site Superintendent

Vacancy Post Information* : Posted Date 4 days ago(11/3/2025 10:29 AM)
ERE Vacancy ID
2025-50678
No. of Openings
1
Location
Woodsmith Mine, Whitby
Category
Mining, Minerals & Metals

Overview

Surface Superintendents are responsible and accountable for the management surface area and all infrastructure to support shaft sinking and will ensure that all planned work is completed and that the project is run in accordance with the production schedule.

The superintendent will be expected to be always present at their area of control.
They are responsible for ensuring any required statutory compliance in their area on their shift by ensuring that all personnel and contractors under their direction supervise activities within their area of control.
Surface Superintendents will be expected to manage operations on the site surface and will have duties discharged on a competency basis.

Responsibilities

Understand and implement the Company’s safety policy, standards, and systems 

Ensure that Supervisors conduct risk assessments on activities within their area of responsibility, ensuring that the methods and systems of work are safe 

Appreciate the responsibilities of personnel undertaking work in your area of responsibility and satisfy yourself by communication and observation that they are aware of those responsibilities and are appropriately equipped to play their part. 

Take part in pre-start activities at the beginning of each shift 

Ensure that project schedules are safely executed on time and strive for continuous improvement to attain operational excellence 

Conduct health and safety inspections, and record and follow up any actions that are identified 

Ensure accident and near-miss reporting procedures are understood and complied with, and assist with accident investigations as required 

Be familiar with and operate within Gold-Silver-Bronze command structure.

Act as a Bronze Commander during an incident and give clear instructions when performing the role

Support the Silver command as required.

Have agreed specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound KPI`s with regular appraisals with their respective line manager 

Be aware of all active permits relating to your area of responsibility 

Ensure that the incoming shift superintendent is briefed on all relevant matters, including any outstanding remedial actions that have been identified as part of a statutory inspection, where the operation spans the interval of more than one shift in any day. 

Immediately rectify or stop any operation or work that in your opinion needs to be rectified or stopped on grounds of safety 

Schedule and conduct routine site safety tours, including those which include members of the safety team and contractor personnel 

Intervene when personnel are failing to discharge their health and safety responsibilities, and encourage good behavior and practice 

 Actively contribute to site safety review meetings. 

 Set a personal example on all matters of health and safety. 

 

 

Qualifications

Essential:

  • Management or Supervisory experience in an EPCM delivery modelAn understanding of the possible approaches to managing conflict
  • Problem solving and decision-making techniques
  • Staff management experience (knowledge transfer)
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Advanced written and spoken English
  • Basic Computer Skills
  • Competency in written/oral communication
  • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to travel as and when required

 

 

Desirable:

  • A strong communication, networking, collaboration, and well-developed team-working skills, especially in multi-discipline and multi-cultural teams.
  • An ‘Incident Free’ mind-set and be a role model for their project team (Direct/Indirect hires).
  • A proven HSSE and QA/QC leadership in managing and delivering large complex onshore construction projects.
  • A full understanding of how all elements of the project scope integrate and interface with each other and are managed to successfully deliver the right project outcome - from construction, and through to commissioning and handover to operations.
  • A high focus on identifying and delivering the identified deliverables, which meet project expectations from a quality and performance perspective, with minimal integration challenges to current operations.
  • An excellent teamwork skill being able to work with the various sub-teams to resolve issues and reach decisions that are in the best interests of the integrated project team.
  • An ability to work effectively in a diverse, multidisciplinary team environment, including Interface management experience, within facilities, and across other functions,

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