General Foreman - Maintenance

Sibanye Stillwater; Big Timber (MT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sibanye Stillwater is hiring a General Foreman - Mobile Maintenance at East Boulder Mine in McLeod, MT. You will lead underground mobile equipment maintenance, align planning with frontline execution, and drive safety, reliability, and cost efficiency across shifts.

Key duties include setting priorities, approving plans, coaching Supervisors and the Planner, and ensuring regulatory compliance with MSHA and site controls. Strong leadership and cross-functional coordination are essential.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of stationary and mobile maintenance in heavy industry.
• Ability to set priorities and manage maintenance commitments.
• Experience coordinating planners, supervisors and safety.
• Familiarity with MSHA site controls and lockout procedures.
• Proven track record in cost control and schedule adherence.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance of underground mobile equipment and set priorities.
• Approve maintenance commitments and review weekly/monthly plans.
• Coach Supervisors and Planner; develop leadership and succession.
• Ensure safe work practices and hazard controls are in place.
• Review staffing, training needs, and contractor utilization.
• Oversee budget, parts usage, and repair-versus-replace decisions.
• Coordinate access, return-to-service, and environmental actions.
• Monitor safety, reliability, and downtime metrics; drive improvements.
• Ensure auditable daily shift plans and maintenance records.

Skills

Leadership

Decision making

Coaching

Communication

Analytics

Maintenance mgmt.

Safety leadership

Planning

Education

High school diploma

7 years maintenance exp.

Associate or Bachelor in related field

Trade qualification (diesel/rigging etc.)

Job description

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 Foreman's 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 bachelor's 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.