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Superintendent, Underground Development & Construction

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Date: Jun 10, 2026

Location: Patagonia, AZ, US, 85624

Company: South32 Group Operations Pty. Ltd.

Discover a Brighter Future 

At South32, we’re meeting the challenge of enabling a sustainable future through our focus on responsibly producing commodities critical for a low-carbon world. As a collaborative, caring and inclusive company, there’s no better place to make a genuine difference. Together we’re making a positive, global impact that has the potential to change lives. Whatever career path you choose, we’ll support you every step of the way to learn, grow and succeed. So join us, step towards a brighter future and leave your legacy.

 

ABOUT Hermosa

Hermosa, located approximately 75 miles south-east of Tucson, Arizona, is the only advanced mining project in the United States as of 2023 that could produce two federally designated critical minerals—manganese and zinc—as well as silver and lead. The project has the potential to help power the nation’s clean energy future, strengthen the domestic supply chain of critical minerals, grow the local economy, and improve lives in Santa Cruz County and the surrounding community for generations to come.

 

ACERCA de Hermosa

Hermosa, ubicado a aproximadamente 75 millas al sur este de Tucson, Arizona, es el único proyecto de minería avanzada en los Estados Unidos hasta la fecha que puede producir dos minerales designados como críticos por el gobierno federal: manganeso y zinc, así como también plata y plomo. El proyecto tiene el potencial de ayudar a impulsar el futuro energético limpio del país, reforzar la cadena de suministro nacional de minerales esenciales, hacer crecer la economía local y mejorar la calidad de vida en el condado de Santa Cruz y en las comunidades aledañas para las generaciones venideras.

 

WHAT SOUTH32 OFFERS
•    Annual short-term incentive bonus that recognizes both your individual performance and the overall success of the business. 

•    When you choose to contribute more into your retirement savings, South32 will match it up to a certain percentage.
•    South32 provides you with 4 weeks paid time off.
•    12 weeks full-paid parental leave for primary careers and 2 weeks full-paid parental leave for secondary careers

 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

The Superintendent, Underground Development & Construction functions as the Construction Manager for major underground mining and infrastructure scopes and is critical to the successful delivery of the Project. The role is responsible for facilitating the safe, efficient, and timely execution of well-planned work through comprehensive oversight of contractor design, engineering, planning, management, and construction activities.  This role works closely with contractors and internal stakeholders; oversees all phases of underground development and construction activities, including Shaft Surface Construction, Shaft Sinking, Headframe Changeover, Shaft Equipping, Shaft Station Construction and Development Breakouts, Underground Lateral Development, and Underground Infrastructure Construction.

The role is accountable for ensuring contractors execute work in alignment with project objectives, safety expectations, technical requirements, and schedule commitments. Responsibilities include oversight of design reviews, construction work package planning, contractor staffing and resourcing, schedule development and progress monitoring, procurement and material tracking, readiness verification, risk assessments, and validation of critical controls.  This role is based at the Hermosa Project site, near Patagonia, Arizona.

 

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to: 

  • Maintain awareness of Project Fatal Risks and ensure the presence of Critical Controls across all Underground Development & Construction work fronts;
  • Monitor and report on Safety Performance for all work packages;
  • Engage with Health, Safety and Security and Environment & Permitting to address any undesirable trends and provide visible leadership in all aspects of Critical Risk Management and Environmental Stewardship;
  • Monitor contractor quality control activities and arrange appropriate quality assurance surveillance and testing for ongoing and completed work;
  • Monitor field installation work and changes to ensure conformity with governing regulations and project environmental and community commitments;
  • Ensure project materials and workmanship meets the project quality standards and design requirements;
  • Review of Engineering Deliverables with assistance of South32 Engineering and external consultants as required;
  • Ensure compliance with schedule and budget through oversight of Contractor compliance to Contractor and South32 Execution plans proactively communicating identified issues and concerns;
  • Identify technical issues or engineering conflicts and Contractor and South32 Teams to resolve conflicts and minimize impact to Project
  • Coordination of the overall construction effort to ensure bottlenecks are expeditiously resolved;
  • Insist on proper use project document control processes;
  • Seek out imminent delay, disruption, or interference in Contractors’ Work and advise Package Manager of mitigation to avoid occurrence
  • Effectively communicate support needs to build relationships with and engage internal stakeholders
  • Communicate and collaborate with peer-level roles to resolve conflicts and minimize or eliminate impacts to Project
  • Prepare and deliver daily and weekly reports and presentations in conformity with the internal package management processes;
  • Supervise, direct, coach and train Construction Coordinators;
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Package Manager Underground Development & Construction


ABOUT YOU 

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Mining, Engineering or other equivalent qualifications and experiences preferred
•   10+ years of underground mining project development experience coordinating design and field installation;

•    Relationship building skills: demonstrated empathy, emotional intelligence and cross-cultural effectiveness with the ability to achieve consensus and build alignment cooperatively
•    Maintain high standards of professional and ethical conduct
•    Analytical, and capable of evaluating and solving various complex problems •    Leadership skills necessary to manage and develop a team
•    Organizational competencies and project management skills to keep projects, processes, and the engineering and construction teams on track
•    Self-motivated attitude with the ability to multitask and thrive in a timeline-driven environment
•    Experience in scheduling, monitoring and forecasting resources for optimum efficiency
•    Interpersonal communication skills with expertise in distilling complicated topics to a broader audience
•    Strong English language written and oral communication skills

•    Drive company vehicle and be covered under company insurance
•    Demonstrated ability of above requirements


South32 is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate.  We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

 

South32 está comprometido a cimentar y mantener una plantilla de trabajadores diversa e inclusiva que refleje las comunidades en las cuales trabajamos.  Proporcionamos una proceso de contratación que es justo, equitativo y accesible para todos y alentamos la aplicación de candidatos de todas las procedencias.


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