Supervisor - SLE

Sibanye Stillwater•Nye, MT

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor - Mine provides frontline leadership for the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of daily underground mining operations. Reporting directly to the Execution General Foreman, the role converts the approved one-week plan into resource-ready daily shift plans, directs crews during execution, verifies work conditions and results, controls variance within delegated authority, and promptly escalates constraints or changes that could affect committed work. The Supervisor provides shift execution results, immediate operating decisions, safety or workforce escalations, and recovery actions to the Execution General Foreman. The role also provides validated readiness information, field feedback, planning assumptions, and future-plan implications to the Planning General Foreman to maintain planning-to-execution alignment, operational continuity, workforce accountability, and performance against safety, productivity, quality, cost, and reporting expectations.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Five years of progressively responsible underground production, development, mine-support, or closely related mining experience.
Current certifications or qualifications required by law or site standards for the assigned work scope, including explosives-related qualifications where applicable, or ability to obtain them within the Company-established timeframe.
Leadership and interpersonal ability to set expectations, build accountability, coach employees, manage conflict, and collaborate across crews and functions.
Judgment and situational awareness to identify hazards, constraints, errors, and changing conditions; evaluate options; and make or escalate timely decisions.
Clear oral, listening, and written communication skills to verify understanding and produce accurate, concise, traceable records and recommendations.
Adaptability and stress tolerance to maintain sound judgment and professional communication during emergencies, disruptions, and competing demands.
Knowledge of underground production, development, and mine-support methods, equipment, infrastructure, and work cycles.
Knowledge of underground hazards and controls, including ground conditions, ventilation, explosives, mobile equipment, isolation, access, emergency response, and fit-for-duty requirements.
Knowledge of MSHA, environmental, training, contractor, incident-reporting, and corrective-action requirements.

Nice To Haves

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.
One or more years in a lead, trainer, relief supervisor, or other frontline leadership capacity, including experience coordinating crews, executing daily or weekly mine plans, allocating labor and equipment, responding to changing conditions, and reviewing safety, production, quality, and shift-reporting results.

Responsibilities

Reinforce Group Minimum Standards, critical controls, lifesaving behaviors, standard operating procedures, and approved work methods; stop unsafe work, establish controls, document follow-up, and escalate deficiencies.
Maintain visible field presence by observing pre-shift preparation and work in progress, speaking with crews, reviewing workplace examinations and equipment inspections, verifying safe conditions, and documenting coaching or corrective actions.
Report incidents and near misses immediately; secure the area, assist affected employees within training and authority, notify required personnel, record known facts, preserve evidence, support investigations, and complete assigned corrective actions and documentation.
Confirm crew members are trained, qualified, and fit for assigned work by reviewing qualification records, discussing assignments and hazards, and observing readiness.
Provide coaching, recognition, and corrective feedback; document significant discussions and recommend employee-related actions to the General Foreman.
Apply attendance, conduct, performance, labor-relations, and Collective Bargaining Agreement requirements consistently; verify facts, discuss expectations, document interactions, initiate processes within delegated authority, and consult or escalate to the General Foreman and Human Resources as appropriate.
Direct shift execution, compare actual progress with the shift plan, inspect work, correct quality or productivity issues, and coordinate timely assistance.
Identify constraints, changed conditions, missed work, and break-in work; resolve issues within delegated authority or promptly advise the Execution General Foreman of impacts, options, resource needs, and recommended priorities.
Coordinate work with other Supervisors and affected functions, confirming interfaces, access, equipment, services, and timing; document owners and deadlines, verify commitments, and escalate unresolved dependencies.
Maintain environmental compliance in the assigned area by integrating procedures, permits, controls, and inspection findings into shift execution and completing corrective actions on schedule.
Control shift labor, overtime, contractor use, equipment allocation, materials, tools, and consumables against the approved plan; monitor use, prevent avoidable expense, and authorize exceptions only within delegated authority.
Validate safety, production, development, quality, workforce, equipment, cost, work-order, and environmental information against source records, correct inaccuracies, and submit reports through approved channels.
Perform other duties as assigned.