General Construction Superintendent

Based in Republic, Washington, USA

Job Summary

The General Construction Superintendent is a project role supporting the Curlew Basin Restart construction program. The incumbent will be a key member of the construction management team, reporting directly to the Construction Manager. This role serves as the Owner’s on-site representative, ensuring construction is performed in alignment with the Project Execution Plan, schedule, budget, and quality standards.

Essential Functions

• Provide day-to-day leadership and coordination of all on-site construction activities to ensure work is executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, and site procedures.
• Coordinate and oversee construction activities across mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, and instrumentation scopes involving multiple contractors and work fronts.
• Manage interfaces between contractors, disciplines, and work packages to support efficient execution and minimize conflicts.
• Ensure construction sequencing aligns with the critical path schedule and supports commissioning and operational readiness.
• Serve as the primary field-level decision-maker for constructability, execution challenges, and issue resolution.
• Provide strong leadership and technical oversight of mechanical construction activities, including refurbishment, installation, and alignment of major process equipment and systems.
• Oversee mechanical installation and refurbishment of piping systems, tanks, conveyors, crushers, mills, pumps, and associated infrastructure.
• Review and approve mechanical work plans, lift plans, and method statements to ensure safe and effective execution.
• Coordinate mechanical activities with electrical and instrumentation, structural teams, vendors, and OEM representatives.
• Support mechanical completion activities, systemization, and readiness for commissioning.
• Lead safety performance across all construction scopes by setting expectations, conducting field safety meetings, toolbox talks, and job hazard analyses, and enforcing safe work practices.
• Conduct regular site walks to identify hazards, ensure compliance with MSHA requirements, company policies, and applicable codes and standards, and drive corrective actions.
• Ensure quality assurance and quality control requirements are met and support audits, inspections, and close-out of deficiencies.
• Support system definition, boundary management, mechanical completion tracking, and punch list resolution to enable successful commissioning.
• Coordinate contractor support during cold and hot commissioning activities and ensure complete, orderly turnover of systems and documentation to operations and maintenance teams.
• Monitor construction progress against the baseline schedule and proactively identify execution constraints, scope growth, and interface risks.
• Support field change management, risk mitigation, and cost control efforts in collaboration with project controls and construction management.
• Provide clear, timely reporting on construction status, risks, and forecasts to project leadership.
• Lead and mentor field engineers, inspectors, and contractor supervision while maintaining effective communication with engineering, procurement, operations, vendors, and inspectors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, construction management, or a related field. Equivalent experience will be considered.
• 10 years of experience in mechanical construction supervision, preferably in mining or heavy industrial projects.
• Proven track record of overseeing large-scale mechanical construction projects.
• Experience in processing plant refurbishment and/or mine restart projects strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of commissioning, turnover, and operational handover
• Proven leadership, decision-making, and communication skills
• MSHA experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of construction methods, materials, and equipment specific to mechanical works.
• Familiarity with mine safety regulations (e.g., MSHA) and environmental standards.
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and persuasive skills and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management
• Valid Driver’s License and authorized to work in the US.

Health, Safety, and Environmental Requirements

• Adheres to all safety and environmental considerations.
• Has a strong commitment to safe working practices.
• Wears Personal Protective Equipment at all times while in the production environment.
• Is alert and observes, corrects, and reports unsafe conditions.
• Follows operating procedures and complies with all regulatory requirements.

Leadership Practices

• Creates an environment where nothing is more important than every employee returning home safe and healthy every day.
• Creates an environment in which people are unfailingly treated with respect
• Fosters the talent and potential of all employees by enabling them to grow, develop, and make a difference in the organization.
• Demonstrates that leadership in the areas of environmental performance and community and stakeholder relations is fundamental to the way we plan and manage our business.
• Holds self and others accountable for the decisions, commitments, and behaviors required to deliver outstanding results.
• Uses judgment to manage business complexities, prioritize and balance conflicting demands to make timely decisions that best advance Kinross strategy.
• Builds and brings teams and people together to achieve organizational goals. Models’ humility by going beyond self-interest for the good of the group.
• Understands the economic implications of decisions and consistently uses all resources effectively and efficiently to maximize shareholder value.
• Relentlessly champions, develops and embeds best practices.