Project Superintendent

Project Superintendent

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, Beaver Dam and Cochrane Hill 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.

The Opportunity

• Champion excellence and leadership in creating a positive safety culture and actively participate in supporting the Company’s objectives, policies, procedures, safe work practices, and relevant Acts and Regulations.
• Working in a fast paced, dynamic industry, contributing to the design and advancement of the next gold mining projects in Nova Scotia. This role offers the opportunity to have a direct impact on project outcomes while growing professionally alongside a company focused on responsible development, innovation, and long-term value creation.
• Coordinating engineering team and external consultants in the execution of project studies and fieldwork, ranging from Preliminary Economic Assessments through Detailed Engineering and trade off studies.
• Participating in project risk and opportunity identification, supporting strong project control practices through understanding the social and financial impacts of project changes.
• Planning long term project activities months to years in advance to align engineering designs with permitting timelines and overall project development, including developing appropriate scopes of work.
• Coordinating multiple projects concurrently in a timely and effective manner to ensure cost, schedule, and delivery objectives are met.
• Integrating engineering, environmental, and permitting disciplines to support scoping, budgeting, and risk identification for robust business cases, design aspects and permitting applications.
• Presenting and participating in information sessions with Regulators, Community members and external stakeholders.

Our successful candidate will demonstrate the following

• Current Class 5 Driver’s License
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in mining or metallurgical engineering or a related and relevant discipline
• 5-10 years of direct or related experience
• Experience in a similar role and operational experience.
• Experience with either NI43-101 and/or 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.

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Please understand that screening and interviewing may take place prior to the advertised close date.