Prep Plant Foreman

Blackhawk Mining, LLC; Powellton (WV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackhawk Mining, LLC seeks an on-site Shift Supervisor to manage the preparation plant cleaning and loading processes during one shift, ensuring safety, quality, and production targets are met. You will direct a crew, monitor performance, and coordinate maintenance to keep the plant running smoothly.

Responsibilities include maintaining production records, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations, supervising corrective actions, and leading weekly safety meetings to reinforce best

Qualifications

• WV Safety Sensitive Certification required.
• Minimum of three years preparation experience in mining operations.
• Emergency Medical Technician for mining preferred.
• Quality control experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of a work force, including assigning work, tracking time, and safety coordination.
• Monitor plant performance to assure quality product and meet standards.
• Direct preventive maintenance on shift to maximize efficiency.
• Maintain production records including downtime, shipments and time sheets.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal laws and company policies.
• Detect and correct defects in material, equipment, or structure.
• Ensure refuse area is maintained according to plan.
• Lead weekly safety meetings with employees.
• Complete required state and federal reports.

Skills

supervisory leadership

PLCs

plant operations

organizational skills

decision making

heavy equipment knowledge

refuse impoundments

Education

WV Safety Sensitive Certification

Tools

Industrial PLCs

Job description

Position Purpose

Manage the preparation plant cleaning and loading processes during one shift, ensuring the safety, quality, and quantity budgets are met.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of a work force, which includes assigning work, accounting time, days off, safety contacts and observations.
• Monitor plant performance to ensure quality product during shift, authorize adjustments to meet standard.
• Direct preventive maintenance processes on shift to ensure plant runs at maximum efficiency.
• Maintain records which include but are not limited to, plant performance, overtime, idle day work, time sheets, shipments, and downtime.
• Ensures that work in assigned area is completed in compliance with state and federal laws, and company policy.
• Detect and supervise the correction of any defect in material, equipment, or structure in assigned area.
• Ensure the refuse area is maintained according to current plan.

Other Duties/Responsibilities

• Weekly safety meetings with employees.
• Complete any and all required state and federal reports.

Position Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of modern coal preparation plants, related heavy equipment and refuse impoundments.
  • Knowledge of PLC’s
  • Knowledge and ability to make decisions relative to production, maintenance, law, safety, and problems.
  • Organizational and communication skills.
  • Ability to supervise and motivate employees.
• Education and/or Training:
  • WV Safety Sensitive Certification
  • Minimum of three years preparation experience.
  • Emergency Medical Technician for mining preferred.
  • Quality control experience preferred.

Materials and Equipment Used

• Computer.
• PLCs
• Various electrical, mechanical, and quality testing devises.

Physical Abilities

• Must be able to lift 21-50 pounds occasionally, frequently up to 25 pounds, up to 10 pounds constantly

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