Details:
Trafigura Group has an immediate need for a qualified Mill Superintendent at its Myra Falls Mine on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Myra Falls Mine is an underground mine operation located 90 km southwest of Campbell River, BC in the picturesque surroundings of Strathcona Provincial Park. Surrounded by mountains and lakes, the trip to the mine has some of the world’s most impressive views.
This is an onsite position and daily travel between the Campbell River/Courtenay area and the mine site is required, Schedule to be determined. Bus transportation is provided. If you like to work with people in a working environment to deliver results, and you enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle of Vancouver Island’s coastal life, this could be your opportunity.
Key Accountabilities
• Ensure SHEC guidelines and procedures are included in area plans, decision making, systems, and processes
• Promote awareness and deliver work area targets to prevent harm
• Achieve or surpass safety objectives for your work area
• Act in accordance with Myra Falls SHEC Policies and Safety Management Standards
• Be accountable for safety, health, and environment activities within your team
• Promote and monitor fitness for work compliance throughout the team
• Conduct business of your work area in exemplary manner in terms of ethical, commercial, legislative, and community expectations and requirements
• Promote a high level of safety and environmental awareness amongst your team
• Produce concentrate tonnages in accordance with annual plan requirements and within limits defined by available ore delivered and evaluating areas of lost production for future opportunity.
• Actively lead the Mill to ensure cost effective metal recovery from available ore and ensure production of concentrate in accordance with agreed customer specifications, to obtain optimum result through an integrated production/maintenance philosophy.
• Provide detailed reports on variances and quality issues
• Assisting in the coordination of asset management planning, shutdowns, and preventative maintenance tasks, with issues that affect production performance
• Ensuring all projects are effectively budgeted prior to commencement and all costs are monitored and controlled during implementation
• Maintaining cost control and budgeting for the Mill department budget
• Set expectations, follow up with accountability, and through courageous conversations effectively foster continual improvement.
• Provide and ensure effective leadership, performance management, career development and succession planning of team members.
• Coordinate performance management of production teams including conducting and recording of performance reviews.
Qualifications & Experience:
Skills and Qualifications
• Demonstrated communication and reporting skills
• Intermediate computer and Microsoft office skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Time management & Production prioritization
• Work with other members of the Mill team to achieve all required outcomes.
• Ability to build and maintain working relationships within all departments.
• Ability to mentor and train supervisors and mill operators
• An understanding of the maintenance systems associated with continuous processing plant.
• Degree in mineral processing, metallurgy, or chemical engineering or Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in plant operations / plant maintenance within a Base Metals Milling Environment
• Minimum 5 years supervisory experience in a Base Metals Milling Environment
• Solid working knowledge of milling methods and procedures.
• Good understanding and working knowledge of the applicable legislation and regulations for mines and milling plants.
• Experience in the management of Tailings Facilities.
• Knowledge and experience working with continuous improvement programs and tools.
Myra Falls offers a competitive wage, comprehensive benefit package, Pension, RRSP and GIA contributions for retirement planning. The incumbent will work a 4X3 work schedule. Relocation assistance to the Campbell River area may be available.