General Foreman - Stationary & Electrical

Sibanye-Stillwater; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Sibanye-Stillwater is seeking a General Foreman - Stationary & Electrical to lead safe, reliable maintenance of stationary mechanical assets and electrical systems at the East Boulder Mine site in McLeod, MT. The role focuses on aligning planning with frontline execution, setting priorities, and ensuring regulatory compliance and cost control.

The position requires strong leadership to develop Supervisors and Planners, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure asset availability and quality.

Qualifications

• Leadership and coaching skills to set expectations, delegate authority, develop Supervisors and Planners, address performance, and reinforce accountability across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret maintenance plans, schedules, technical drawings, specifications, protection and test records, procedures, regulations, and equipment histories.
• Maintenance work management, including planning, scheduling, execution, backlog control, outage coordination, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of stationary mechanical, electrical, control, and instrumentation systems used in underground mining and fixed-plant operations.
• Knowledge of MSHA requirements and site standards for safety, environmental compliance, energy isolation, electrical work, contractors, and incident reporting.

Responsibilities

• Set Stationary and Electrical Maintenance safety priorities based on incidents, inspections, audit findings, equipment events, environmental issues, and upcoming high-risk work.
• Ensure planned work includes required hazards, permits, procedures, qualifications, isolations, switching, grounding, arc-flash, environmental, and return-to-service controls.
• Define authority and escalation requirements for mechanical isolations and electrical switching, testing, commissioning, energization, and return to service.
• Verify workforce qualifications, task training, electrical authorizations, contractor controls, and emergency readiness for upcoming work.
• Ensure investigations, audits, regulatory documentation, and corrective actions are accurate, timely, and completed to site and MSHA standards.
• Set clear expectations, decision boundaries, and escalation requirements for Stationary Maintenance Supervisors, Electrical Maintenance Supervisors, and the Planner.
• Hold Supervisors accountable for discipline-specific crew leadership, field execution, safety, quality, Daily Shift Plans, work-order closeout, and execution feedback.
• Coach and develop leaders through performance discussions, development actions, cross-training, qualification planning, and succession planning.
• Promote collaboration between stationary mechanical and electrical teams while preserving clear technical ownership and accountability.
• Coordinate shared isolations, access, shutdown windows, commissioning, power and control dependencies, mechanical completion, and return-to-service requirements.
• Coordinate equipment access, production impacts, outages, commissioning, return to service, and environmental actions with Operations and support functions.
• Manage labor, overtime, materials, contractors, repairable spares, tooling, test equipment, and outage costs against the approved annual operating budget and within delegated authority.
• Own and lead development of the annual operating budget for Stationary and Electrical Maintenance, incorporating asset condition, reliability priorities, workforce requirements, contractor needs, critical spares, planned outages, capital interfaces, lifecycle requirements, and forecast operating costs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership & Coaching

Maintenance planning

Maintenance work management

Underground mining knowledge

MSHA regulations

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Five years of relevant maintenance or heavy industrial experience

Lead/Trainer experience

Associate or bachelor's degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or related field preferred

Trade qualification or equivalent maintenance training preferred

Job description

General Foreman - Stationary & Electrical

Location: East Boulder Mine - McLeod, MT

Schedule: 7X7 Rotating

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

The General Foreman - Stationary & Electrical Maintenance exists to lead the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective maintenance of stationary mechanical assets and electrical systems. The role aligns integrated planning with discipline-specific frontline execution by setting priorities, approving maintenance and outage commitments, removing cross-functional constraints, developing the Planner and Supervisors, and holding the department accountable for asset availability, electrical-system integrity, work quality, schedule performance, regulatory compliance, and maintenance cost.

• - Set Stationary and Electrical Maintenance safety priorities based on incidents, inspections, audit findings, equipment events, environmental issues, and upcoming high-risk work.
• - Ensure planned work includes required hazards, permits, procedures, qualifications, isolations, switching, grounding, arc-flash, environmental, and return-to-service controls.
• - Define authority and escalation requirements for mechanical isolations and electrical switching, testing, commissioning, energization, and return to service.
• - Verify workforce qualifications, task training, electrical authorizations, contractor controls, and emergency readiness for upcoming work.
• - Ensure investigations, audits, regulatory documentation, and corrective actions are accurate, timely, and completed to site and MSHA standards.
• - Set clear expectations, decision boundaries, and escalation requirements for Stationary Maintenance Supervisors, Electrical Maintenance Supervisors, and the Planner.
• - Hold Supervisors accountable for discipline-specific crew leadership, field execution, safety, quality, Daily Shift Plans, work-order closeout, and execution feedback.
• - Coach and develop leaders through performance discussions, development actions, cross-training, qualification planning, and succession planning.
• - Promote collaboration between stationary mechanical and electrical teams while preserving clear technical ownership and accountability.
• - Coordinate shared isolations, access, shutdown windows, commissioning, power and control dependencies, mechanical completion, and return-to-service requirements.
• - Coordinate equipment access, production impacts, outages, commissioning, return to service, and environmental actions with Operations and support functions.
• - Manage labor, overtime, materials, contractors, repairable spares, tooling, test equipment, and outage costs against the approved annual operating budget and within delegated authority.
• - Own and lead development of the annual operating budget for Stationary and Electrical Maintenance, incorporating asset condition, reliability priorities, workforce requirements, contractor needs, critical spares, planned outages, capital interfaces, lifecycle requirements, and forecast operating costs.
• - Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

• - Leadership and coaching skills to set expectations, delegate authority, develop Supervisors and Planners, address performance, and reinforce accountability across multidisciplinary teams.
• - Ability to comprehend and interpret maintenance plans, schedules, technical drawings, specifications, protection and test records, procedures, regulations, and equipment histories.
• - Maintenance work management, including planning, scheduling, execution, backlog control, outage coordination, and continuous improvement.
• - Knowledge of stationary mechanical, electrical, control, and instrumentation systems used in underground mining and fixed-plant operations.
• - Knowledge of MSHA requirements and site standards for safety, environmental compliance, energy isolation, electrical work, contractors, and incident reporting.

Education & Experience

• - High school diploma or equivalent and five years of relevant maintenance or heavy industrial experience, including one to two years in a lead, trainer, or frontline leadership role; or an associate or bachelor's degree in a related field and two to four years of relevant 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.
• - At least three years of experience leading maintenance or electrical employees as a frontline supervisor or equivalent leader.
• - Associate or bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering technology, maintenance technology, asset management, business, or a related field preferred.
• - Recognized trade qualification or equivalent technical training in industrial electrical, instrumentation, millwright, mechanical, welding, fixed-plant, or closely related maintenance preferred.
• - Experience leading both stationary mechanical and electrical maintenance functions in an underground mining or mineral-processing environment 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.