Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects

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Discovery Kidd has an exciting opportunity for a Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects .

A growing North America Precious Metals Company, Discovery is committed to combining high-quality gold producing assets in Canada with the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposit in Mexico.

Discovery has an experienced team, dedicated to being a highly profitable producer of gold and silver that generates superior returns, delivers substantial social-economic benefits and meets the highest environmental standards.

The Position

Reporting to the Manager of Maintenance & Engineering, the Superintendent, Operations & Maintenance Projects is responsible for planning and executing operational, maintenance, infrastructure, and capital projects at Kidd Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote the Internal Responsibility System and ensure employees and contractors meet Kidd Operations’ health, safety, environment, and community objectives.
• Lead, coach, and develop the project and technical teams while establishing clear expectations for safety, productivity, work quality, conduct, and internal customer service.
• Manage operational and maintenance projects from scope development through engineering, execution, commissioning, and handover.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, and contractors to develop practical project plans that support safe and reliable production.
• Establish/maintain project scopes, schedules, budgets, resource plan, risk register, execution strategies.
• Monitor project progress against approved schedules and budgets, identify variances, and implement recovery plans when required.
• Ensure changes to project scope, schedule, or cost are documented, reviewed, and approved through the management-of-change process.
• Coordinate project work with production and maintenance schedules to minimize operational disruption and use resources effectively.
• Provide regular project updates, including progress, forecast costs, schedule status, risks, constraints.
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and execution challenges that could affect project delivery.
• Support equipment reliability and operational improvement through root-cause analysis, failure reviews, and modifications to equipment or maintenance strategies.
• Manage contractors and ensure their work meets Kidd Operations’ safety, quality, schedule, and cost expectations.
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• A degree in engineering or a technologist/technician diploma is preferred.
• Extensive maintenance and/or operational experience in place of formal education will also be considered.
• Three years of relevant experience in mining, maintenance, operations, engineering, or project execution.
• Demonstrated experience planning/executing operational, maintenance, infrastructure, or capital projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls, including scope, schedule, cost management, forecasting, risk management, and management of change.
• Proven ability to lead teams, coordinate contractors, and work effectively across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, and other supporting departments.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with CMMS, project scheduling tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

Competitive total compensation package including:

• Health, Dental, Life, AD&D, Disability, Healthcare and Wellness Spending Accounts, Virtual Care and Employee and Family Assistance Program;
• Company contributions and matching into a Defined Contribution Pension Plan; and
• Annual compensation of CAD$122,000 to CAD$153,000
  
  

Additional Information

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Discovery’s Kidd Operations.

We thank all candidates in advance. Please note, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Discovery welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), aboriginal (Indigenous) persons and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. Discovery is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment.

Please note that we use artificial intelligence tools to screen applications and assess qualifications and selected candidates will be contacted by a human for an interview.