General Foreman Maintenance

General Foreman - Mobile Maintenance

Location:

East Boulder Mine - McLeod MT

Schedule:

7x7 Dayshift

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

The General Foreman - Mobile Maintenance exists to lead the safe reliable and cost-effective maintenance of the underground mobile equipment fleet. The role aligns planning and frontline execution by setting priorities approving maintenance commitments removing cross-functional constraints developing the Planner and Supervisors and holding the department accountable for equipment availability work quality schedule performance and maintenance cost.

The General Foremans primary duties are:

• Set Stationary and Electrical Maintenance safety priorities based on incidents inspections audit findings equipment
• Set weekly and monthly Mobile Maintenance safety priorities by reviewing incidents near misses inspections audit findings equipment damage and upcoming high-risk work with Supervisors the Planner and Safety.
• Ensure field and planned-work controls are effective by reviewing Supervisor verification of workplace conditions and confirming the Planner incorporates required hazards permits procedures lifting controls and isolations into scheduled work.
• Set clear weekly and monthly expectations and decision boundaries for Supervisors and the Planner through operating reviews documented commitments and routine follow-up.
• Hold Supervisors and the Planner accountable for their respective safety execution planning scheduling readiness documentation and feedback responsibilities by reviewing agreed measures and addressing gaps promptly.
• Develop leadership and planning capability through coaching monthly performance discussions documented development actions cross-training and succession planning.
• Maintain near-term staffing and skills by reviewing leave vacancies overtime contractor needs and qualification gaps and then reallocating resources or coordinating recruiting onboarding and training support.
• Set weekly and monthly fleet-maintenance priorities by evaluating safety risk production criticality equipment condition preventive maintenance due dates failure history backlog status and available resources.
• Approve the rolling one-month maintenance plan and weekly schedule through structured reviews of capacity equipment access shop constraints labor and skills parts tooling contractors and operational risk.
• Resolve near-term constraints and authorize significant break-in work schedule changes equipment releases high-risk repairs contractor use overtime or maintenance deferrals by weighing safety production impact resource availability and delegated authority.
• Coordinate equipment access return-to-service requirements and environmental actions through weekly and monthly reviews with Operations and other responsible functions.
• Control near-term spending by authorizing expenditures within delegated authority escalating exceptions and reviewing overtime contractor use parts consumption component costs warranty recovery and repair-versus-replace decisions.
• Correct unfavorable cost or utilization trends by assigning recovery actions accountable owners and due dates and tracking progress through weekly and monthly reviews.
• Evaluate departmental performance through weekly and monthly reviews of schedule and preventive maintenance compliance break-in work backlog age rework repeat failures availability labor utilization overtime cost variance and corrective-action closure.
• Ensure safety controls required inspections incident reporting and corrective actions are completed accurately and on time.
• Ensure weekly schedules and the rolling one-month maintenance plan are resource-ready achieved target and converted into auditable Daily Shift Plans.
• Verify preventive maintenance compliance equipment availability backlog health repeat failures rework and significant downtime meet established targets or have effective corrective actions.
• Verify break-in deferred and rescheduled work is accurately documented reviewed and reduced where preventable

Qualifications and Skills:

• Lead Mobile Maintenance Supervisors the planning function and supporting resources across shifts and work areas.
• Able to make and document sound decisions involving schedule commitments break-in or deferred work overtime contractors equipment release and resource allocation.
• Coach and hold leaders accountable while applying labor agreements policies and performance-management processes consistently.
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with Operations Maintenance Reliability Engineering Safety Materials Management contractors vendors and union representatives.
• Analyze performance trends maintain accurate records use applicable business systems and intervene decisively when risk is not adequately controlled.
• Knowledge of maintenance work management including scoping planning estimating resource readiness scheduling execution closeout feedback backlog control and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of preventive predictive corrective breakdown component-repair rebuild condition-monitoring reliability and lifecycle practices.
• MSHA requirements and site controls for workplace examinations permits stored-energy isolation Lockout Tagout and Try-out lifting and rigging and contractors.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Seven years of progressive maintenance experience involving stationary fixed-plant industrial mechanical industrial electrical instrumentation power distribution or closely related heavy-industrial assets.
• Associate or bachelors degree in diesel technology mechanical or electrical technology maintenance management engineering technology asset management business or a related field preferred.
• Recognized trade qualification or equivalent technical training in diesel heavy equipment mechanical electrical welding millwright or industrial maintenance preferred.

Sibanye-Stillwater is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at Sibanye-Stillwater are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color creed religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity) national origin political affiliation sexual orientation or preference marital or family status disability genetic information age parental status military service or other non-merit factor.