Foreman Production

Compass Minerals; Louisiana; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Minerals is seeking a Foreman for production mine operations in Louisiana. This role leads a 12–20 person unionized crew in a 24/7 operation, ensuring safety, productivity, and cost control while aligning with mine plans and schedules.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, experience in underground mining, and the ability to manage resources, attendance, and shift planning to achieve production targets.

Qualifications

• 2 year technical Associate’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years of underground mining experience.
• 5 years of relevant mining or supervisory experience (preferred).
• Demonstrated leadership and people management capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership and promote safe, productive work.
• Ensure compliance with safety, health, environmental, and MSHA regulations by enforcing policies.
• Lead safety conversations, coaching, and communication of compliance expectations.
• Investigate safety incidents and oversee corrective actions.
• Conduct safety toolbox meetings at shift start to communicate hazards and plans.
• Supervise a unionized workforce of 12–20 employees in a 24/7 operation.

Skills

Leadership

Safety leadership

People management

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in Mining or related field

Job description

We invite you to Explore the Potential of being part of something Clearly Essential!

Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 11 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

Summary: This role is responsible for leading the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of the site mine plan by aligning daily operational activities with plan specifications, production targets, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Foreman Production provides visible leadership to mining department employees while operating within established budgets, mine plans, and production schedules, and promotes a culture of safety, productivity, cost control, and quality.

Essential Job Functions: Include but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

• Provide visible leadership and consistently promote safe, productive work
• Ensure compliance with all safety, health, environmental, and MSHA regulations by enforcing company policies, procedures and standards.
• Demonstrate leadership in achieving safety, health and environmental goals through regular safety conversations, coaching, and communication of regulatory and compliance expectations.
• Investigate safety incidents and near misses and oversee implementation of corrective actions.
• Conduct safety/toolbox meetings at the beginning of each shift to communicate hazards, work plans, and best practices.
• Supervise a unionized workforce of approximately 12-20 employees in a 24/7 operation, providing effective people leadership through clear performance expectations, regular feedback, coaching, and development.
• Support employee engagement and growth by developing skills, knowledge, and capabilities to maximize individual and team performance.
• Manage workforce attendance and coverage by monitoring punctuality, enforcing attendance standards, and implementing established procedures and contingency plans to address absences.
• Foster team involvement and engagement, address employee concerns and grievances in a timely manner, and administer site progressive disciplinary policies.
• Execute mine development and operational activities in accordance with mine plan specifications by managing resource utilization, cost control, and team accountability.
• Maintain clean and organized work areas, ensuring work is conducted in accordance with established procedures.
• Achieve assigned production targets through effective shift planning, work allocation, cross-shift coordination, and proactive identification and resolution of operational and resource allocation issues.
• Obtain and maintain required explosive licensing and supervise the safe receiving, handling, and loading of explosives in accordance with regulatory requirements and best practices.
• Perform other related duties as

Minimum Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• 2 year technical Associate’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years of underground mining experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant mining or supervisory
• Bachelor’s degree in Mining or related field.
• Demonstrated leadership and people management capability.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to perform tasks requiring the frequent use of hands and arms for handling, grasping, manipulating, and reaching objects, as well as communicating effectively in the work environment.
• Ability to perform physical activities such as standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling on a frequent basis.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and/or pull objects weighing up to 10 pounds routinely and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov. April 2026