Supervisor Outby

Site:
Shoal Creek

About the role:

We are currently seeking an Outby Supervisor 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 vibrant downtowns, safe 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:

The Outby Supervisor coordinates development and production operations and the integration of maintenance and other activities to achieve planned production and to identify potential improvements to the mining process.

Duties will include:

• Visibly support and champion Peabody’s Missions and Values
• Act in accordance with and adhere to Safety as a Way of Life Management System
• Plan, direct and lead the work of a crew or team.
• Coordinate all aspects of development, and/or longwall, and/or production, and/or continuous operator activity.
• Liaise with superintendents, supervisors, technical services staff, maintenance personnel and contractors.
• Identify potential improvements to the mining process.
• Ensure activities are aligned to planned development and production forecasts and budgets.
• Monitor actual versus target production and initiating remedial action as appropriate.
• Ensure activities comply with safety, environmental and statutory requirements.
• Conduct and review hazard and risk assessments and communicate outcomes to all mining personnel.
• Promote safety among the workforce.
• Conduct proper examinations as required by State, Federal and Mine policy.
• Coordinate required preventive maintenance and repairs to equipment and communicate results.
• Coordinate and conduct crew safety and information sharing meetings.
• Coordinate and conduct training for safety, task, and operational needs.
• Other duties as assigned by the company.

The Lifestyle:

This position may require you to work various shifts (day, evening, and nights) with rotating schedules, weekends, and holidays 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:

• 2 years of relevant mining experience required.
• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent required.
• Trade Certificate preferred.

Physical Requirements - Underground:

• 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…