Supervisor - Concentrator - EBM
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Big Timber, MT, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Ability to lead employees, set clear expectations, coach performance, and gain cooperation across varied experience and technical backgrounds.
- Ability to organize people, equipment, information, and competing priorities into a practical shift plan aligned with weekly commitments.
- Ability to recognize and analyze safety hazards, abnormal process conditions, equipment issues, and operating constraints using field observations and operating data.
- Ability to make timely, risk-informed decisions, select appropriate actions, and escalate issues when technical support or higher authority is required.
- Concentrator operations and the interaction of crushing, conveying, grinding, classification, flotation, reagent systems, slurry transport, thickening, filtration, concentrate handling, water manageme
- Fundamental mineral-processing concepts, including throughput, recovery, grade, mass balance, particle size, density, reagent control, residence time, and process variability.
- MSHA requirements, site safety standards, workplace examinations, environmental controls, energy isolation, employee training, incident reporting, and contractor controls.
Full description
Supervisor - ConcentratorLocation:
East Boulder Mine - McLeod, MT
Schedule:
7X7 Rotating
Job Responsibilities and Duties:
The Supervisor - Concentrator provides frontline leadership for the safe, compliant, stable, and cost-effective operation of the mine-site concentrator. The Supervisor converts the approved one-week plan established by the General Foreman - Concentrator into daily shift assignments; verifies field readiness; directs operators; monitors process conditions; coordinates equipment access and operating priorities with Maintenance, Metallurgy, Process Control, and other support functions; and returns accurate production, metallurgical, equipment-condition, workforce, environmental, and variance information. The General Foreman owns the rolling one- to three-month outlook and resource-ready one-week plan; this role owns safe, disciplined shift execution and timely response to changing plant conditions.
The Supervisor's primary duties are:
- Lead pre-shift safety discussions, workplace examinations, equipment inspections, field-level risk assessments, and verification of required permits, procedures, qualifications, environmental controls, and Lockout, Tagout, and Tryout requirements.
- Maintain visible field presence across assigned process areas each shift; correct unsafe acts and conditions, reinforce stop-work authority, and verify corrective actions.
- Ensure employees and contractors comply with MSHA requirements, company standards, Standard Operating Procedures, Critical Task Analyses, environmental permits, and required training.
- Manage attendance, leave, overtime, relief coverage, timekeeping, conduct, and performance consistently with company policy and the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Build productive working relationships across shifts and with Mine Operations, Maintenance, Metallurgy, Process Control, Environmental, Safety, Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractors.
- Convert the approved one-week concentrator plan into a clear Daily Shift Plan with assignments, operating targets, equipment priorities, staffing, access requirements, planned maintenance interfaces, and contingency actions.
- Direct and monitor crushing, conveying, grinding, classification, flotation, reagent addition, slurry transfer, thickening, filtration, concentrate handling, water systems, and related utilities within the assigned area.
- Monitor throughput, recovery, concentrate grade and quality, particle size, density, reagent usage, inventories, water balance, equipment loading, alarms, and process trends; direct timely operating adjustments within established standards.
- Inspect operating circuits each shift and work with operators, Metallurgy, Process Control, Maintenance, and Electrical to troubleshoot process, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation issues and minimize avoidable downtime.