Project Superintendent focused on Civil and Earthworks
Atlantic Operations is a wholly owned subsidiary of St Barbara Limited, an ASX listed gold producer and explorer with mining assets in Canada and Australia.
We are currently seeking a Project Superintendent to support the engineering and development of the 15-Mile and associated projects in Nova Scotia. This role is a full time, permanent position, reporting to General Manager, Projects. This role will be based out of the regional office located in Halifax with occasional travel to the mine site as needed.
The Opportunity
- Champion excellence and leadership in creating a positive safety culture while supporting the Company’s objectives, policies, procedures, safe work practices, and regulatory requirements.
- Play a key role in advancing major civil and earthworks projects that support the future growth of Atlantic Operations, including strategic infrastructure and capital development initiatives.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, consultants, and contractors in the execution of studies, investigations, and project development activities from concept through detailed engineering.
- Support the planning and delivery of civil and earthworks scopes, including geotechnical investigations, trade-off studies, engineering assessments, and field programs.
- Participate in project risk and opportunity identification while supporting effective project controls through cost, schedule, scope, and change management practices.
- Plan and coordinate long-term project activities to align engineering, permitting, environmental, and operational requirements with overall project objectives.
- Manage multiple projects and workstreams concurrently to ensure quality, budget, schedule, and performance targets are achieved.
- Integrate engineering, environmental, operational, and permitting considerations to support project scoping, business case development, budgeting, and regulatory submissions.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including consultants, contractors, regulators, and operational teams.
- Contribute to project reporting, forecasting, and continuous improvement initiatives to support successful project delivery and strategic decision-making.
Our Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate The Following
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Significant experience managing civil, earthworks, infrastructure, or mining projects.
- Strong project management skills, including budgeting, scheduling, and risk management.
- Proven ability to lead contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities.
- A strong commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence
- Current and unencumbered Class 5 Driver’s License
- Experience with JORC technical reporting standards
About Us
- 'Grow our own Success' approach with a preference to develop and promote internally.
- Developed and structured professional development opportunities and educational assistance.
- Competitive compensation, health benefits and RRSP matching program.
- 2020 PDAC Viola R. MacMillan Award recipients for developing the Touquoy open pit mine and consolidating other gold deposits near Moose River.
- Be a part of the high performing St Barbara community – a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and Employer of Choice.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to employment equity and encourage applications from women, aboriginal peoples and members of visible minorities and we provide nil gender pay gap in like for like roles and a commitment to addressing pay equity and gender equality through our recruitment, promotions, reward and recognition programs.
Members of the Mi’ kmaq community are encouraged to self-identify in your cover letter.
We would like to thank all those who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.
For further information about St Barbara, visit https://stbarbaragold.ca
Please understand that screening and interviewing may take place prior to the advertised close date. 