Underground Maintenance General Supervisor

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

Job summary

Kinross Gold is seeking an Underground Maintenance General Supervisor for Round Mountain in Nevada. You will lead the underground maintenance organization, develop long-term strategies, and align assets, budgets, and workforce with mine objectives.

You will drive fleet reliability, maintenance planning, and capital project oversight, coordinating across operations, reliability, engineering, and supply chain to enable growth and safe, efficient production.

Qualifications

• Required: High School Diploma or GED.
• Required: 5+ years maintenance experience underground hard-rock mining.
• Required: 8+ years maintenance leadership experience.
• Required: 5+ years leading maintenance supervisors, planners, reliability personnel, contractors or equivalent teams.
• Required: Experience developing maintenance strategies for underground mobile mining fleets.
• Required: Experience managing operating and capital budgets, maintenance cost performance, contractor strategy, long-range forecasts.
• Required: Experience with underground mobile maintenance systems and asset management programs.
• Required: Strong underground hard-rock mining maintenance experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-range maintenance strategies aligned with Underground Operations plans and asset management requirements.
• Establish lifecycle, reliability, replacement, rebuild and condition-monitoring strategies to improve availability and control costs.
• Develop and manage annual operating budgets, capital requests, maintenance forecasts, contractor strategies, and financial performance.
• Build and develop a high-performing underground maintenance organization through workforce planning and leadership development.
• Provide leadership for underground startup, ramp-up, and strategic growth in maintenance infrastructure and systems.
• Partner with Mine Operations, Technical Services and other stakeholders to ensure maintenance strategy supports mine plans and growth.
• Establish targets and drive improvements in availability, reliability, cost performance, and contractor performance.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Maintenance Planning

Budget Management

Underground Maintenance

Team Leadership

Asset Management

Education

Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering

Associate degree in Heavy Equipment Technology

Bachelor degree in Maintenance Management

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

SAP PM

Oracle eAM

Maximo

Job description

Round Mountain is an open-pit mine located in Nevada, one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. The mine uses conventional open-pit mining methods and processes ore by mill and heap leach. Kinross began operating the mine in 2003, and it has since become a continuous improvement leader in the Company's portfolio. Round Mountain poured its 15 millionth ounce in 2018. Round Mountain and the nearby Bald Mountain mine make up Kinross' Nevada operations.

The Round Mountain mine is an important contributor to the Nye County economy and, working with local stakeholders, has helped achieve significant improvements in healthcare and education in the area.

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Maintenance Superintendent, the Underground Maintenance General Supervisor provides strategic leadership for the Underground Maintenance organization. This position is responsible for developing and executing maintenance strategies that support long-term business objectives, equipment reliability, workforce capability, responsible budget management, and sustainable operational performance. The role leads supervisors and maintenance support resources while aligning maintenance systems, people, budgets, and asset plans with Round Mountain Gold's underground mining objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership - Develop and execute long-range maintenance strategies aligned with Underground Operations business plans, site objectives, production forecasts, and asset management requirements.

Asset Management & Reliability - Establish fleet lifecycle, reliability, component replacement, rebuild, and condition-monitoring strategies that improve availability, control cost, and extend asset life.

Business Planning & Budgeting - Develop, manage, and monitor annual operating budgets, capital requests, maintenance forecasts, contractor strategies, and financial performance against approved plans.

Organizational Capability - Build and develop a high-performing underground maintenance organization through workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development, coaching, and technical training strategy.

Underground Growth & Ramp-Up - Provide leadership for underground startup, fleet integration, maintenance infrastructure, maintenance readiness, systems development, and scalability for future growth.

Cross-Functional Alignment - Partner with Mine Operations, Planning, Reliability, Engineering, Supply Chain, Safety, HR, OEMs, contractors, and site leadership to support business priorities.

Governance & KPI Ownership - Establish performance targets, review trends, and drive improvement plans for availability, reliability, Preventive Maintenance Compliance, cost performance, component life, labor productivity, and contractor performance.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop annual, quarterly, monthly, and 3-5 year maintenance priorities that support Underground Operations plans, business objectives, site performance targets, and life-of-mine maintenance planning.
• Provide strategic oversight of underground mobile equipment asset management, including major component planning, rebuild forecasting, replacement strategy, reliability improvement, total cost of ownership, and long-range fleet planning.
• Lead development of operating and capital budget inputs, evaluate cost performance, prioritize capital projects, identify financial risks, and recommend corrective actions to align maintenance performance with approved business plans.
• Establish scalable maintenance systems, processes, organizational design, supervisor expectations, planning routines, and performance review practices that support underground startup, ramp-up, and future operational maturity.
• Partner with Mine Operations and Technical Services to ensure maintenance strategy supports mine plans, production forecasts, equipment utilization expectations, and long-term underground growth.
• Develop workforce plans, succession plans, training priorities, and leadership development expectations to build long-term underground maintenance capability.
• Provide leadership for contractor strategy, OEM support requirements, parts/inventory plans, tooling readiness, and vendor performance management.
• Lead business reviews and performance discussions using maintenance, reliability, safety, and cost data to drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Education and Experience

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum five (5) years of progressive maintenance experience in underground hard-rock mining operations required.
• Minimum eight (8) years of maintenance leadership experience required.
• Minimum five (5) years leading maintenance supervisors, planners, reliability personnel, contractors, or equivalent maintenance management teams required.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing maintenance strategies for underground mobile mining fleets required.
• Demonstrated experience managing operating budgets, capital budgets, maintenance cost performance, contractor strategy, and long-range maintenance forecasts required.
• Proven experience with underground mobile maintenance systems, asset management programs, reliability initiatives, equipment lifecycle management, and maintenance planning processes required.
• Strong underground hard-rock mining maintenance experience required; surface-only mining experience will not be considered equivalent.

Preferred:

• Associate degree in Heavy Equipment Technology, Diesel Technology, Mechanical Technology, Industrial Maintenance, or related field preferred.
• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Maintenance Management, Business Management, or related discipline preferred.
• Underground hard-rock gold mining experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting underground mine startup, expansion, ramp-up, or major operational growth projects preferred.
• Experience leading maintenance organizations utilizing Sandvik underground equipment fleets preferred.
• Experience implementing computerized maintenance management systems (for example SAP PM, Oracle eAM, Maximo, or similar), asset management systems, reliability-centered maintenance programs, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring programs preferred.
• Nevada underground mining experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced understanding of underground hard-rock mobile equipment maintenance, asset management, reliability engineering principles, and maintenance work management systems.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to manage budgets, develop forecasts, evaluate financial performance, and support capital planning decisions.
• Ability to think strategically across monthly, quarterly, annual, and multi-year planning horizons while maintaining alignment with site and company goals.
• Strong leadership, influence, communication, coaching, and organizational development skills.
• Ability to analyze maintenance KPIs, identify performance gaps, develop action plans, and drive sustainable improvements.
• Working knowledge of MSHA underground requirements, critical controls, risk management expectations, and underground mine operating environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, maintenance management systems, and performance reporting tools.

Key Performance Indicators and Success Measures

Equipment Performance - Equipment availability; mechanical availability; utilization support; component life achievement

Reliability - Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF); Mean Time To Repair (MTTR); repeat failures; failure elimination actions; condition monitoring compliance

Planning & Work Management- Preventive Maintenance Compliance; schedule compliance; backlog health; major component planning; forecast accuracy

Financial Performance - Operating budget performance; capital forecast accuracy; cost per operating hour; contractor and inventory spend

People & Organization - Supervisor development; workforce readiness; succession planning; training completion; retention support

Safety & Compliance - MSHA compliance; critical controls; investigation action closure; risk reduction initiatives

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Work includes office, shop, field, and underground mine environments.
• Must be able to wear required PPE and comply with underground access, training, and fit-for-duty requirements.
• Must be able to walk uneven ground, climb stairs and ladders, access equipment, and work around mobile mining equipment.
• Must be available to support strategic planning, critical equipment issues, budget reviews, operational planning, and leadership needs across shifts as required.

Legislative Requirements

Background Check required

US work permit required

Language Requirements

English

Kinross is a Canadian-based global senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile, and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our core principles of responsible mining, operational excellence, disciplined growth and balance sheet strength. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).