Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects

Discovery Silver Corp; Timmins; On-site; CAD 122,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, life, AD&D, disability

Pension plan

Wellness spending accounts

Job summary

Discovery Kidd is seeking a Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects to plan and execute operational, maintenance, infrastructure, and capital projects at Kidd Operations. You will lead project teams, coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Procurement to ensure safe, reliable production.

Qualifications include an engineering degree (or technologist/technician diploma) and 3+ years in mining or project execution, with strong project controls and CMMS experience.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or technologist/technician preferred.
• Three years of mining, maintenance, operations, engineering, or project execution experience.
• Experience planning/executing operational, maintenance, infrastructure, or capital projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls: scope, schedule, cost, forecasting, risk, and change management.
• Proven ability to lead teams, coordinate contractors, and work across multiple departments.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with CMMS, scheduling tools, and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Promote Internal Responsibility System and safety, environment, and community objectives.
• Lead, coach, and develop project and technical teams with clear expectations.
• Manage projects from scope through engineering, execution, commissioning, and handover.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, and contractors to plan safely.
• Establish/maintain project scopes, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk registers, and strategies.
• Monitor progress against schedules and budgets; implement recovery plans when needed.
• Ensure changes are documented and approved via MOCRM processes.
• Coordinate work with production and maintenance to minimize disruption.
• Provide regular project updates on progress, costs, and risks.
• Resolve technical, operational, and execution challenges impacting delivery.
• Support reliability through root-cause analysis and equipment modifications.
• Manage contractors to meet safety, quality, schedule, and cost expectations.

Skills

Project leadership

Team leadership

Contractor coordination

CMMS experience

Scheduling tools

Microsoft Office

Cost management

Risk management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Technologist/technician diploma

Tools

CMMS

Scheduling tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects

Join Our Growing Team!

Discovery Kidd has an exciting opportunity for a Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects.

A growing North America Precious Metals Company, Discovery is committed to combining high-quality gold producing assets in Canada with the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposit in Mexico.

Discovery has an experienced team, dedicated to being a highly profitable producer of gold and silver that generates superior returns, delivers substantial social-economic benefits and meets the highest environmental standards.

The Position:

Reporting to the Manager of Maintenance & Engineering, the Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects is responsible for planning and executing operational, maintenance, infrastructure, and capital projects at Kidd Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote the Internal Responsibility System and ensure employees and contractors meet Kidd Operations’ health, safety, environment, and community objectives.
• Lead, coach, and develop the project and technical teams while establishing clear expectations for safety, productivity, work quality, conduct, and internal customer service.
• Manage operational and maintenance projects from scope development through engineering, execution, commissioning, and handover.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, and contractors to develop practical project plans that support safe and reliable production.
• Establish/maintain project scopes, schedules, budgets, resource plan, risk register, execution strategies.
• Monitor project progress against approved schedules and budgets, identify variances, and implement recovery plans when required.
• Ensure changes to project scope, schedule, or cost are documented, reviewed, and approved through the management-of-change process.
• Coordinate project work with production and maintenance schedules to minimize operational disruption and use resources effectively.
• Provide regular project updates, including progress, forecast costs, schedule status, risks, constraints.
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and execution challenges that could affect project delivery.
• Support equipment reliability and operational improvement through root-cause analysis, failure reviews, and modifications to equipment or maintenance strategies.
• Manage contractors and ensure their work meets Kidd Operations’ safety, quality, schedule, and cost expectations.

Skills and Qualifications:

• A degree in engineering or a technologist/technician diploma is preferred.
• Extensive maintenance and/or operational experience in place of formal education will also be considered.
• Three years of relevant experience in mining, maintenance, operations, engineering, or project execution.
• Demonstrated experience planning/executing operational, maintenance, infrastructure, or capital projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls, including scope, schedule, cost management, forecasting, risk management, and management of change.
• Proven ability to lead teams, coordinate contractors, and work effectively across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, and other supporting departments.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with CMMS, project scheduling tools, and Microsoft Office applications.

Compensation and Benefits:

Competitive total compensation package including:

• Health, Dental, Life, AD&D, Disability, Healthcare and Wellness Spending Accounts, Virtual Care and Employee and Family Assistance Program;
• Company contributions and matching into a Defined Contribution Pension Plan; and
• Annual compensation of CAD$122,000 to CAD$153,000

Additional Information:

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Discovery’s Kidd Operations.

Discovery welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), aboriginal (Indigenous) persons and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. Discovery is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment.