Fixed Plant Superintendent

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 a U.S.-based gold development company backed by Waterton Mining. The company is focused on advancing the Spring Valley Gold Project in Pershing County, Nevada, and specializes in taking high potential gold assets through late-stage development and into production. Solidus applies a technically rigorous, capital-disciplined approach to mine development, with a strong emphasis on environmental stewardship, operational safety, and community engagement.

The Spring Valley Gold Project is located in the prolific Humboldt Range, an area with approximately 60 million ounces of gold endowment within a 50-mile radius. Envisioned as a long-life, low-cost open-pit, heap-leach operation, Spring Valley has a robust resource base and considerable exploration upside along a 7-mile strike length across the Black Ridge fault zone.

With a leadership team experienced in engineering, permitting, and large-scale project execution, Solidus Resources is advancing Spring Valley through feasibility, permitting, and construction, with a clear path toward operational readiness. The company’s goal is to responsibly unlock the value of U.S.-based gold assets while building a reputation for excellence in project delivery and sustainable development.

Position Overview:

The Fixed Plant Superintendent is responsible for establishing and leading maintenance activities for a new crushing, conveying, and gold processing operation. This role will build maintenance systems, recruit and develop the maintenance team, implement reliability-centered maintenance practices, and ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the fixed plant, ADR (Adsorption, Desorption, Recovery) process plant, and associated heap leach facilities. The successful candidate will play a key role in commissioning, startup, and the long-term reliability of critical processing infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance activities across the 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, hydraulic and lubrication systems, electrical and instrumentation systems, leach solution distribution, carbon handling, elution circuits, electrowinning, reagent systems, and related infrastructure.
• 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 all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of maintenance experience in mining, mineral processing, gold processing, aggregates, or another heavy industrial environment.
• 5+ years of maintenance leadership experience.
• 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 preferred.
• Mechanical trade certification, technical diploma, or related degree is an asset.
• Strong leadership, communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Valid driver's license.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety and continuous improvement.