Fixed Plant Maintenance Lead – Gold Processing

Solidus Resources; Lovelock (NV); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Solidus Resources is seeking a Fixed Plant Superintendent in Nevada to lead maintenance for a new crushing, conveying, and ADR processing operation. The role will build maintenance systems, recruit the team, implement RC/M, and ensure safe and reliable plant operation through commissioning and startup.

You will oversee crushers, conveyors, pumps, leach facilities, and support condition monitoring, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement while collaborating with operations, metallurgy, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of maintenance experience in mining or heavy industrial environments.
• 5+ years in maintenance leadership roles.
• Experience maintaining crushing, conveying, and fixed plant equipment.
• Experience supporting ADR process plants, heap leach operations, or other gold recovery processes is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Experience with CMMS systems.
• Greenfield or commissioning experience is preferred.
• Mechanical trade certification or related degree is an asset.
• Strong leadership, communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance activities across crushing, conveying, ADR process plant, and heap leach facilities to maximize equipment reliability and availability.
• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Support commissioning, startup, and maintenance readiness for the new facility.
• Oversee maintenance of fixed plant equipment, including crushers, conveyors, pumps, piping, hydraulics, electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Implement condition monitoring programs, including vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing maintenance team while managing contractors and external service providers.
• Establish maintenance procedures, SOPs, asset registers, and CMMS standards.
• Plan maintenance resources, spare parts, tooling, and contractor support.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs, including equipment availability, MTBF, MTTR, backlog, and costs.
• Partner with operations, engineering, metallurgy, and project teams to improve plant reliability and performance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental requirements.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Mining experience

Preventive/predictive maintenance

CMMS

Condition monitoring

Leadership & communication

Project coordination

Education

Mechanical trade certification or related degree

Tools

CMMS (e.g., SAP PM or similar)

Process plant instrumentation knowledge

Job description

Solidus Resources is seeking a Fixed Plant Superintendent in Nevada to lead maintenance for a new crushing, conveying, and ADR processing operation. The role will build maintenance systems, recruit the team, implement RC/M, and ensure safe and reliable plant operation through commissioning and startup.

You will oversee crushers, conveyors, pumps, leach facilities, and support condition monitoring, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement while collaborating with operations, metallurgy, and