General Foreman - Mine Operations Execution

Sibanye Stillwater•Big Timber, MT

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The General Foreman - Mine Operations Execution directly leads frontline Supervisors and Dispatch and is accountable for safely delivering approved weekly and daily operating commitments across production, development, backfill, underground construction, rail haulage, rubber-tire haulage, road maintenance, and related material movement. Following the formal handoff of the approved plan, the role confirms crew, equipment, route, work-front, material, and support readiness; removes execution barriers; controls operational variance and break-in work; and provides timely, validated feedback to the Planning General Foreman and Mine Operations Manager. The position champions safety standards and effective management routines through visible underground field engagement, verifies Supervisor effectiveness, intervenes to control unacceptable risk, and ensures investigations, audits, inspections, corrective actions, qualifications, and retraining are completed accurately and on time. It leads and holds frontline Supervisors accountable for execution discipline, clear crew line-outs, workplace control, accurate reporting, and recovery actions. The General Foreman accepts the formal planning-to-operations handoff, directs daily and shift execution, coordinates support, and makes operational adjustments within delegated limits. The role controls execution-side labor utilization, overtime, contractor use, equipment allocation, consumables, and rework; ensures accurate shift reporting and handoffs; and provides validated execution actuals and causes for daily, weekly, and 3MR performance reviews. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Leadership skills sufficient to direct work through frontline Supervisors, establish accountability, coach performance, manage conflict, and sustain consistent standards across shifts.
Operational judgment, adaptability, and stress tolerance sufficient to assess changing risk, authorize adjustments within delegated limits, establish control during incidents or emergencies, coordinate emergency-response resources, and escalate issues affecting approved priorities, sequence, or technical requirements.
Clear communication and influencing skills sufficient to direct work, conduct shift and performance reviews, secure timely cross-functional support, clarify ownership and need dates, challenge incomplete responses, escalate unresolved constraints, and prepare concise execution reports and handoffs.
Experience in underground production and development mining cycles, including drill-and-blast execution, explosives controls, blast clearance and re-entry requirements, ventilation clearance, drilling, blasting, mucking, haulage, ground support, rehabilitation, services installation, work-area preparation, and coordination of downstream activities.
Knowledge of MSHA requirements, site standards, and safety-management practices applicable to underground operations, including workplace examinations, task training, explosives, mobile equipment, critical controls, incident investigation, corrective actions, contractors, and emergency response.
Experience with leadership and workforce-management practices, including Supervisor development, performance management, staffing, succession, qualifications, labor relations, contractor oversight, and application of Collective Bargaining Agreements.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Seven years of progressively responsible experience in underground production, development, mine support, or closely related mine operations, including at least three years leading mining employees as a frontline Supervisor or in a higher-level operating leadership role.

Nice To Haves

An associate or bachelor's degree in mining, mine engineering, engineering technology, operations management, occupational safety, business with substantial mining-operations experience, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Champion Group Minimum Standards, critical-control verification, lifesaving behaviors, and effective management routines through visible underground field engagement, crew interaction, recognition of compliant behavior, and immediate correction of deficiencies.
Verify Supervisor effectiveness by observing pre-shift preparation, workplace examinations, crew line-out, work in progress, and completion quality, and document required coaching or corrective follow-up.
Intervene immediately to control unacceptable field risk, stop work when required, confirm effective controls with the Supervisor and crew, and escalate recurring or high-consequence deficiencies.
Ensure investigations, audits, inspections, corrective actions, qualifications, and retraining are completed accurately and on time, with accountable owners, due dates, evidence of completion, and escalation of overdue or ineffective actions.
Lead frontline Supervisors by setting written and verbal expectations, defining decision and escalation boundaries, conducting routine one-on-one and shift reviews, and documenting coaching, recognition, and performance follow-up.
Hold Supervisors accountable for clear crew line-out, workplace control, execution discipline, accurate reporting, and completion of recovery actions.
Accept the formal planning-to-operations handoff; confirm crew and equipment allocation; commit operational resources within delegated authority; and communicate approved priorities, conditions, constraints, and open readiness actions to Supervisors.
Lead daily and shift execution through handovers, pre-shift reviews, crew line-out, and the 24-hour operations review; compare actual progress with commitments, verify field performance and work quality, remove barriers, coordinate support, and assign timely recovery actions.
Make operational adjustments by confirming urgency and impact, authorizing changes within delegated limits, documenting decisions and recovery actions, and escalating changes affecting approved sequence, technical requirements, or weekly commitments.
Control execution-side labor utilization, overtime, contractor use, equipment allocation, consumables, and rework by comparing shift resource use with the approved plan and approving exceptions only when justified.
Ensure accurate shift reporting and handoffs by reviewing entries before shift close and communicating work status, hazards, constraints, equipment condition, results, resource use, and required follow-up.
Provide validated execution actuals and causes for daily, weekly, and 3MR performance reviews, including completed, missed, deferred, and changed work, delay reasons, and recovery actions.
Perform other duties as assigned.