Mine supervisor job description

Supervises hourly employees in all production process; plans and assigns work; ensures that safety policies and procedures are known and followed by all employees, implements policy and procedures and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions. This position is involved in all aspects of front-line mine operations. Must be able to pass an ATF background check to handle explosives (Possessor's Questionnaire).
Requirements

* Education: High School Diploma required; some college is preferred.
* Experience: 3 to 5 years supervisory experience in a mining operation is required.
* Certifications: Must maintain First-Aid/CPR Certification.
* Knowledge: Must be able to learn and understand all plant processes.
* Skills: Supervision skills, including developing, mentoring, and when necessary, disciplining hourly employees. Must be able to use electronic and manual systems for organizing and tracking plant activities.
* Abilities: Must possess a demonstrated ability to lead hourly employees and get results through others. Ability to think ahead and plan over a specific time span and prepare action plans to achieve results. Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, environmental, plant reliability, productivity, cost efficiency, waste reduction, and employee relations in a unionized environment. Ability to manage multiple priorities.
* Behaviors: Must be a team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Essential Functions

* Supervises hourly personnel as needed in performing their daily work assignments.
* Monitors employee's performance, including safety compliance, absenteeism and tardiness, work practices and adherence to plant and federal rules/procedures/regulations, work efficiency, job tasks and assignments, etc.
* Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching and development. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution. Builds an effective and functional team environment.
* Balances responsibilities of all plant functions to achieve positive results in all areas of responsibility. Works to continuously improve in all areas.
* Monitors and maintains product quality per customer and product specifications.
* Monitors and maintains environmental compliance of all plant processes including visible emissions, DPM's, and water discharges.
* Monitors and maintains reliable production in all plant processes and making suggestions for improvement.
* Actively manages to reduce waste in people, equipment and processes.
* Manages departmental performance measures and provides regular progress reports to direct supervisor.
* Provides leadership through proper planning and communication.
* Ensures a safe work environment for all employees and performs accident investigations as required. Responsible for preparation of safety reports required for internal use and MSHA reporting. Performs safety process audits including work areas, housekeeping, pre-shift exams, workplace inspections, etc. Performs task observations of employees to look for areas of improvement. Provides weekly safety talks with all employees and encourages active participation. Participates in MSHA inspections. Implements new safe work practices and procedures.
* Performs required clerical functions, including employee payroll, operations data, inventory reports, production reports, safety talk documentation, makes callouts to fill rosters and make emergency repairs, creates work requests, etc.
* Manages department priorities.
* Attends and participates in plant meetings including safety, reliability, daily production/maintenance communication meeting, morning production meeting, etc.
* Supports and participates in the Pillar Teams and processes.
* Employees are expected to perform other responsibilities as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct reports: Yes

Subordinate supervisors: No

Americans with Disabilities Specifications

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Essential Functions of this job. Reasonable Accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the Essential Functions. Contact Human Resources for accommodation requests.

Full-time Regular16147 U.S. Hwy 61, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri 63670No

**Freeport-McMoRan** is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. We operate large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company has a dynamic portfolio of operating, expansion and growth projects in the copper industry. Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world's largest publicly traded copper producers, the world's largest producer of molybdenum and a significant gold producer. We have a long and successful history of conducting our business in a safe, highly efficient and socially-responsible manner.

We have the assets, the talent, the drive and the financial strength to provide attractive and rewarding careers of our employees. We encourage you to take the time to explore the opportunity to advance your career at Freeport-McMoRan.
**Description**

Under general supervision, supervises, coordinates and controls the safe and efficient operation of an assigned work unit.

+ Assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of staff for assigned work unit

+ Implements production plans according to approved schedule

+ May participate in the full range of daily operational duties, performing the most difficult

+ Inspects and evaluates work in progress, identifies any problem areas, and may direct remedial action

+ Conducts performance evaluations on subordinate staff

+ Prepares estimates of the staffing, materials, and equipment requirements for projected work activities

+ Maintains an inventory of parts and materials

+ Approves purchases of materials and equipment, maintains time, materials and equipment use reports

+ Requisitions tools, supplies, materials and equipment

+ Trains staff in safety procedures

+ Maintains safety data sheets for crews

+ Performs other duties as required

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ High School diploma or GED **and** five (5) years of related operational experience, **including** supervisory or lead experience; **OR**

+ Bachelor's degree in a technical mining related discipline **with** at least one (1) summer internship experience (or equivalent) working in a mining or industrial environment

+ Additional certifications or licensure appropriate to the job may be required

+ Knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques

+ Skilled in resolving day-to-day questions/problems regarding equipment, materials, methods and procedures needed to complete projects

+ Skilled in budget preparation, monitoring and administration

+ Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions

+ Skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards

+ Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

**Preferred**

+ Experience in heavy equipment maintenance and the mine maintenance field

**Criteria/Conditions**

+ Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English

+ Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards

+ Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment

+ Work is in a mine or manufacturing plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic chemicals, explosives, fumes or airborne particles

+ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear and see

+ Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 30 pounds) during the course of the workday

+ Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, or manufacturing plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required

+ Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as per applicable State Laws

Freeport-McMoRan has reviewed the jobs at its various office and operating sites and determined that many of these jobs require employees to perform essential job functions that pose a direct threat to the safety or health of the employees performing these tasks or others. Accordingly, the Company has designated the following positions as safety-sensitive:

+ Site-based positions, or positions which require unescorted access to site-based operational areas, which are held by employees who are required to receive MSHA, OSHA, DOT, HAZWOPER and/or Hazard Recognition Training; or

+ Positions which are held by employees who operate equipment, machinery or motor vehicles in furtherance of performing the essential functions of their job duties, including operating motor vehicles while on Company business or travel (for this purpose "motor vehicles" includes Company owned or leased motor vehicles and personal motor vehicles used by employees in furtherance of Company business or while on Company travel); or

+ Positions which Freeport-McMoRan has designated as safety sensitive positions in the applicable job or position description and which upon further review continue to be designated as safety-sensitive based on an individualized assessment of the actual duties performed by a specifically identified employee.

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