General Construction Superintendent
Kinross Gold CorporationAbout the role
Discover a rewarding career opportunity at Kinross in the stunning rural landscapes of Washington State. Recognized for our leadership in low-impact mine development and nationally acclaimed for our reclamation and closure practices, our team has produced gold from six different deposits in the region since 1990. Currently the operation is managing an exciting multi-year pipeline of projects and is looking to build our team to effectively deliver results.
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
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