Pit Supervisor

About this role

Mine Operations runs the working: drilling, blasting, loading, hauling and the production plan they serve.

Run the pit through the shift: where each machine works, how the trucks are matched to the loaders, and what happens when one of them goes down mid-shift.

Several posts here are statutory under the Mines Act 1952 and the applicable regulations — Mine Manager, Overman, Mining Mate, Blaster, Winding Engine Driver — and cannot be held without the certificate of competency. That is not a preference; it is the law, and it is why the postings state it plainly rather than burying it. The monsoon decides half the year at most of our sites.

Primary responsibilities

• Supervise the pit on shift — the loading units, the haul fleet and the crews
• Allocate equipment and people to the shift plan and adjust it as the shift goes
• Keep the pit working safely: traffic, edges, berms, and the condition of the roads
• Report production and delays honestly, since a hidden delay is a planning problem tomorrow
• Hold the shift handover properly so the next shift knows what it is walking into

Skills required

Day to day this role works with Production, Supervision and HEMM Deployment.

• Five or more years in opencast operations, including supervising a crew
• Five or more years in mining operations including supervisory experience
• Allocating equipment and people to a shift plan and adjusting as it goes
• Pit safety — traffic, edges, berms and road condition
• Honest production and delay reporting
• Proper shift handover