Senior Manager Longwall Production

Site: Shoal Creek

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager Longwall Production to join our production team at our Shoal Creek Mine, located in Oakman, Alabama. Shoal Creek Mine is one of the deepest underground coal mines in the United States. Located on the Black Warrior River, this site produces one of the highest qualities of met coal in the United States. With nine-foot-tall workings, a brand-new longwall, and 15+ years of projected coal reserves, Shoal Creek mine is an ideal place to work.

Located in between Jefferson, Walker, and Tuscaloosa counties in Alabama, this area offers beautiful rivers and lakes, landscapes, and rolling hills at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. Oakman is about an hour from Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, both of which provide diverse, family-friendly communities with something for everyone, such as vibrant downtowns, safe, friendly neighborhoods, and excellent schools, including the University of Alabama and other area colleges.

Peabody's Shoal Creek Mine has a safety-first culture and strives to have zero recordable MSHA injuries/incidents.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the longwall department. The role is responsible for meeting targets while ensuring best practices and standards are followed. Uphold the Company's mission and purpose, while providing leadership and guidance to others.

Duties will include:

• Work with and collaborate with the Safety Department to ensure the SAWOL implementation is supported and enforced among the longwall crews.
• Ensure Longwall maintenance and production planning is effectively managed to optimize performance.
• Monitor equipment performance, longwall conditions, and productivity trends.
• Ensure business goals are met in a safe and effective manner while maintaining compliance with federal, state, local and company requirements.
• Ensure the use of all salaried and hourly personnel is efficiently aligned.
• Develop detailed operational plans for direct reports.
• Identify and implement improvement strategies & operational standards. Continuously seek for ways to improve longwall processes and personnel.
• Ensure that all coordinators and supervisors are trained and using good leadership practices.
• Manage each element of departmental cost. Manage projects, budget planning, and scheduling for the longwall department.
• Assist with coordinating Rebuilds/Repairs of Longwall equipment with Vendors and Suppliers
• Coordinate and collaborate with other departments and managers to ensure work efforts and projects align with the mine plan and company goals.
• Analyze and evaluate mine plans, schedules, and capital plans with multiple, competing constraints to determine optimal path forward.

The Lifestyle:

This position may require the necessity to work weekends, holidays, or another shift as deemed necessary. We provide 401K matching, medical, dental and vision health plans with minimal cost to the employee. Benefit eligibility and PTO starts on your first day of work.

About You:

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 10 years experience with longwalls and the ability to positively lead both hourly and salary employees to improve performance and productivity.
• Strong understanding & knowledge of Federal and state mining regulations
• Computer Skills--Windows & Microsoft Office
• AL Mine Foreman Certification or ability to obtain
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field preferred
• Must have excellent organizational skills and possess a strong attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

• Must have the ability to perform office-related tasks which may include prolonged sitting or standing
• Must have the ability to move from place to place within an office environment
• Must be able to use a computer
• Some positions may require occasional repetitive motion or movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. Peabody reserves the right to revise job descriptions or change and/or modify job responsibilities, functions and requirements as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

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Purpose of the Role

Responsible for ensuring LW set up, production, tear down and moves are managed following safe work practices, compliance regulations and with competent personnel. The role is responsible for meeting production targets while ensuring best practices are followed and effective leadership is demonstrated.

Key Role Accountabilities
• Closely collaborate with Maintenance Longwall Coordinator to meet daily production targets
• Ensure LW maintenance and production planning is effectively managed to ensure optimization of production targets.
• Provide a daily detailed Longwall maintenance and production plan to front-line supervisors
• Ensure the use of all salaried and represented personnel is efficiently aligned.
• Identify and implement improvement strategies targeting reliability of Longwall machines.
• Work with each department to ensure planning is optimized and there is efficient use of all resources at the mine.
• Timely escalation of maintenance issues that impact safety of people or production to the Director of Operations and Director of Maintenance.
• Ensure effective project management of major overhaul and repair equipment including planning, implementation and budgeting.
• Life of mine (LOM) strategic planning for equipment requirements, equipment lifecycle management and project requirements.
• All Major Maintenance outage & projects have a clear scope of works, project schedule (Gantt chart), forecast costing, quality assurance procedures and commissioning documentation.
• Ensure business processes and controls are followed in accordance with established procedures.
• Review and set annual budgets and forecasts in consultation with all key stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with Peabody purchasing polices and expenditure authority.
• Compliance with the site safety management system
• Ensure all other incidents and near misses, associated with Maintenance are reported & investigated in line with Site & Peabody Standards.
• Ensure regular audits are completed on MSHA regulation and Peabody Policy.
• Compliance with all Safety & Operational performance measures
• Team approach to work, open communication with all Stakeholders. (Safety, Production, Maintenance, Plant, Human Resources, etc.)
• Work with Warehouse to manage inventory for optimization and cost reductions
• Must be willing to work any shift and on scheduled weekends, periodic travel may be necessary.

Role Requirements

Qualifications
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering preferred
• Minimum of 10 - 12 years of Underground Longwall Mining experience.
• Must have understanding of longwall systems
• Strong financial and analytical skills related to budgeting
• Equipment reliability trending analyst
• Knowledge of conducting safety and incident inspections and completing risk assessments and job safety analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the proven ability to resolve conflict, effective oral and written communication, strategic thinker, leader and driver.
• Must be willing to work on any assigned shift and on scheduled weekends.

Experience
• Supervisory and/or crew lead experience preferred.
• High level of understanding and knowledge of the MSHA Mining Acts & Regulations.
• Mine Foreman Certification or ability to obtain.
• Experience in planning and execution techniques

Physical Requirements
• Must have the ability to stand for prolonged periods of time on uneven, rocky surfaces.
• Must have the ability to be seated for up to 4 hours to operate equipment or vehicles.
• Must have the ability to walk for up to 4 hours at a time. Will be required to walk through different sections of the mine with varying degrees of clearance and headroom.
• Walking ability will be judged according to SCSR emergency evacuation plan required and approved by MSHA.
• Must have the ability to wear required protective footwear, hearing and eye protection, and other personal protective equipment as required by Company and MSHA.
• Must have the ability to bend or stoop for a full work period as a result of mine height.
• Must have the ability to climb up and down stairs/steps and climb on and off equipment and ladders.
• Must have the ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motions (push, pull, twist, handle), and have rapid reflex movements of the arms and legs as well as good hand to eye coordination.
• Must have the ability to lift 25 to 50 pounds on a frequent basis and the ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Must have the ability to work in extreme conditions, including but not limited to changing weather conditions, dust, mud, varying levels of noise from low to high decibels, varying degrees of light and dark, in and around artificial light and in a confined work area.

This is a Safety Sensitive Role. Individuals in safety sensitive roles (i.e., role where impaired performance could credibly result in fatality or permanently disabling injury), with or without an accommodation cannot have:
• an uncontrolled condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or ability to control a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
• an uncontrolled respiratory or cardiac dysfunction likely to interfere with the ability to operate a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
• a current clinical diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with ability to operate a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
• or a current or unregulated mental or psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with ability to drive a motor vehicle or other large machinery.

The above stated requirements are aimed at reducing significant risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of employees and others and are subject to providing reasonable accommodations.
• In addition, individuals must meet the minimum vison and hearing requirements to fulfil a safety sensitive role:
• At least 20/40 acuity (Snellen) in each eye with or without correction. At least 70° field of vision in horizontal meridian measured in each eye. The use of corrective lenses should be noted on the Medical Examiner's Certificate.
• No more than 40dB average hearing loss in better ear (with or without hearing aid).

Note: This description merely reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the position identified and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all of the work requirements that may be inherent in the job. Changes in operation or job content may require that this description be revised from time to time in the Company' sole discretion.