Superintendent, Process Maintenance

i80Gold•Valmy, NV

1d•Onsite

About The Position

i-80 Gold Corp is seeking an experienced Process Maintenance Superintendent to oversee maintenance of its autoclave pressure oxidation (POX) facility at the Lone Tree Complex in Humboldt County, Nevada. The role will lead a team responsible for safe, efficient, and metallurgically optimized autoclave performance and is critical to the company’s strategy for processing refractory ore feedstocks. The Superintendent will support construction, commissioning, start-up, ramp-up, and optimization of the POX facility, as well as ongoing maintenance and reliability across the processing operation. The position requires close collaboration with operations, technical services, project engineering, site support teams, and corporate teams to support production, recovery, throughput, cost, safety, and business objectives. The role is salaried exempt, requires a flexible work schedule and on-call availability, and is based on-site in Nevada.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive maintenance experience in mining operations, including direct hands-on experience maintaining or managing POX facilities or similar facilities.
Experience with refractory gold ore treatment.
Proven track record managing and working with teams at a mine site.
Strong understanding of POX facility unit operations and the mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and process-control aspects of the facility.
Strong understanding of reliability-centered maintenance practices, maintenance planning platforms, and key performance indicator reporting.
Ability to develop and execute a robust maintenance plan, including comprehensive preventive maintenance plans and standard operating procedures.
Proficiency with maintenance planning and execution software.
Ability to develop maintenance personnel progression plans.
Legally authorized to work in the United States and able to relocate to work on-site in Nevada.
Availability for on-call response to on-site needs and a flexible work schedule.
Ability to communicate clearly in English, both orally and in writing.
Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with operations, maintenance, metallurgy, site teams, mine teams, and corporate teams.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Commitment to following and championing company policies and procedures, safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.
Self-starter aligned with i-80 Gold’s growth-oriented, safety-first operating culture.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and documents.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; candidates with qualifying industry experience will also be considered.
Experience with POX facilities treating a variety of feedstocks.
Leadership experience in a plant or operations setting within a growth-stage or ramp-up environment, including commissioning.
Experience supporting or overseeing training and workforce development programs.

Responsibilities

Champion a safety-first culture for site and POX operations and ensure compliance with MSHA regulations, Nevada state environmental permits, and internal safety standards.
Maintain regulatory certifications and schedules, including pressure vessel inspections and fire systems.
Lead root-cause investigations into safety incidents, process upsets, and other significant events, and implement corrective actions.
Provide direction and oversight to process maintenance personnel, including mechanical, electrical/instrumentation, planning, reliability, and process control teams.
Collaborate with operations, site administration, health, safety and environmental teams, and other company teams to deliver business objectives.
Foster collaboration between operations and maintenance and promote safe, efficient maintenance practices throughout the processing areas.
Work with Technical Services and the Project Engineer to support safe and effective commissioning, start-up, and ramp-up of the facility.
Support operational readiness, including hiring and training operators, maintainers, and site support personnel, and assist with workforce planning as operations scale.
Build and manage teams, develop maintenance personnel, and build trusted relationships across teams and the community.
Support production, metallurgical, and operating-cost performance reporting for corporate leadership.
Support technical studies and capital projects related to debottlenecking, capacity expansion, or flowsheet changes, and support corporate budgeting.
Collaborate with corporate technical services on process improvement initiatives across the Nevada asset portfolio.
Supervise daily and planned extended maintenance across comminution, POX, neutralization, cyanidation, cyanide destruction, tailing filtration, heap leach, ancillaries, and the oxygen plant interface.
Optimize facility reliability to meet gold recovery and throughput targets and proactively manage and optimize maintenance costs.
Implement and optimize reliability-centered maintenance practices, including maintenance planning and performance reporting.
Support ramp-up and troubleshoot process bottlenecks as the facility scales toward nameplate capacity.