Role Overview:The Open Pit Maintenance Superintendent provides leadership, direction, and oversight for all mobile maintenance activities in the open pit. This role is accountable for ensuring that the heavy-equipment fleet is maintained safely, efficiently, and reliably to meet production targets. The Superintendent drives workforce performance, maintenance execution, planning/scheduling discipline, and continuous improvement, while ensuring compliance with site policies and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:Leadership & Workforce Management- Lead and mentor a team of supervisors, planners, trades, apprentices, and contractors.
- Set clear expectations for safety, quality, and productivity.
- Ensure adequate manpower coverage and manage shift rotations, vacation, and OT.
- Build a strong culture of accountability, communication, and teamwork.
- Support training, development, and competency progression for all team members.
Safety, Compliance & Risk Management- Ensure all work is performed in accordance with safety standards, legislation, and company procedures.
- Drive hazard identification, JHAs, safe work permits, and field verifications.
- Lead incident investigations and corrective actions.
- Identify high-risk tasks and implement controls to eliminate or mitigate risks.
Maintenance Execution- Oversee execution of PM, corrective, and breakdown maintenance on haul trucks, loaders, dozers, graders, drills, and support equipment.
- Ensure all work orders are completed to standard with proper documentation.
- Enforce work quality standards and ensure equipment is returned to production ready for safe operation.
- Support supervisors in resolving technical issues and prioritizing daily work.
Planning, Scheduling & Work Management- Work closely with planners, reliability, operations, and dispatch to build a weekly schedule that aligns with production goals.
- Ensure that scheduled work is fully prepared ("Ready-to-Work") with labor, parts, and tooling before execution.
- Lead weekly and daily maintenance meetings with cross-functional teams.
- Drive adherence to the work management process: Notification 12 Planning 12 Scheduling 12 Execution 12 Closeout.
Equipment Reliability & Performance- Collaborate with Reliability Engineering to analyze trends, chronic issues, and failure modes.
- Support development of improved PM strategies, task lists, and BOM accuracy.
- Evaluate fleet condition, major component performance, and downtime drivers.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives to increase availability and reduce maintenance cost.
Cost Control & Budget Management- Manage maintenance budgets for labor, materials, contractors, and major repairs.
- Review planned vs. actual spending monthly and take corrective actions where needed.
- Ensure proper SAP cost coding, work order accuracy, and TECO discipline.
- Optimize use of contractors and overtime to control spending without compromising safety or uptime.
Stakeholder Communication & Integration- Act as the primary liaison between Maintenance and Open Pit Operations.
- Communicate equipment status, work progress, delays, and risks in real time.
- Coordinate with Supply Chain to ensure parts availability and address procurement delays.
- Collaborate with Training, Safety, and Engineering departments as needed.
Qualifications:Required- 7+ years of experience in mobile equipment maintenance within mining or heavy industry.
- 3+ years in a supervisory or superintendent role.
- Strong technical knowledge of large mining equipment (CAT, Komatsu, Liebherr, P&H, Sandvik, etc.).
- Proven experience managing teams in a fast-paced, production-critical environment.
- Strong understanding of work management processes and planning/scheduling.
- Effective leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Proficiency with SAP PM or similar maintenance management system.
Preferred- Trades certification or technical diploma/degree in mechanical or electrical field.
- Experience with reliability tools (RCA, FMEA, condition monitoring).
- Experience working with dispatch/fleet management systems
- Project or shutdown planning experience.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)- Equipment Availability & Reliability (A%, MTBF, MTTR)
- Schedule Compliance (Weekly)
- PM Compliance
- Work Order Backlog Health
- Safety Performance (TRIF, field audits, corrective action closure)
- Budget adherence and cost variance
- Technician productivity & work quality metrics
Working Conditions- Combination of office and field environment.
- Frequent interaction with shop, field, and operations teams.
- Schedule is 14 on/14 off
Alamos Gold Inc. provides flights from Toronto, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Rouyn-Noranda to Wawa.
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This is an existing vacancy.
