What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mine Supervisor position at HECLA MINING CO.?
Job duties include:
• Directly supervises hourly employees engaged in underground mining, labor, development, and support activities to meet production goals.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Lucky Friday’s policies, applicable laws, and the collective bargaining agreement. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Interprets specifications, mine plans, and production reports to crews, and assigns duties; establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production and development schedules; maintains time and production records.
• Examines work areas to determine if specifications are met; recommends measures to improve safety, production methods, equipment performance, and quality of muck; suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase effectiveness of work crews.
• Conduct daily safety meetings with crew.
• Confers with other supervisors, geologists and engineers to coordinate activities of crew.
• Work with the Maintenance department to ensure equipment performs as needed.
• Completes required paperwork, including shift reports, requests for materials, timecards, etc.
• Must be able to work and communicate with other members of the work team.
Minimum qualifications include:
High school diploma or equivalent, and;
5-10 years mining experience in narrow vein mining, or a combination of equivalent education and experience.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field preferred.
Prior supervisory experience preferred.
Proven proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
