Superintendent, Integrated Planning

Location

Alaska | United States

Job description

Posting will remain open until filled

Reporting to the Manager, Integrated Operations & Improvement, the Superintendent, Integrated Planning is responsible for creating integrated plans for the Red Dog site and driving key decision making around mine planning. This newly established, integral role involves close collaboration with diverse teams, emphasizing the coordination of plans, supervision of technical experts, and leadership in guiding the team's direction. 

This is an excellent role for a career oriented engineer with integrated planning or management systems experience and a strong leadership background looking to broaden their experience while working at one of the world's largest producers of zinc concentrate. In addition to working with a dedicated team of subject matter experts, you will gain exposure to diverse groups across the site and have the ability to influence in multiple areas. 

To be successful, we are looking for a self-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills and leadership experience. We need someone who can collaborate and excel in a team environment, and who can build meaningful relationships at all levels of the business. 

The schedule for this role is an uneven rotation of two weeks on-site, one week off-site with travel provided from Anchorage, Alaska. 

Responsibilities:

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Lead the development of an executable and optimized budget, 5-year plan, 1-year plan, monthly forecast, and weekly plan, embedding projects and longer term Environmental, Community and Sustainability commitments into planning and execution
• Oversee the execution of QA/QC processes on cross-departmental planning input parameters and establish constructive feedback channels to ensure accurate and realistic inputs
• Manage trade-off analysis to ensure decision quality across short and mid-range planning time horizons
• Lead execution of continuous improvement initiatives for the Integrated Planning team and processes
• Be responsible for team development including assessment of team performance, professional development discussions, identification of learning and growth opportunities, and succession planning
• Ensure collaboration occurs to allow the team to produce one integrated plan that encompasses the value chain
• Manage mid- and short-range plan changes through the variance management process and ensure controllable causes for variances are mitigated or eliminated in future plans
• Support Integrated Production team in providing recommendations to execution teams on operational decisions driven by trade-offs, including for the variance response to plan process
• Support the development of operating modes and targeted action response plans (TARP)
• Support Integrated Production team with initiating and implementing an Operating Mode Shift
• Ensure accurate reconciliation and reporting of production, haulage, and shipping performance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree (Mining, Metallurgical, Industrial, Geological) is required
• Minimum ten (10) years working in a mining environment with strong knowledge of mine/mill planning, scheduling, and the overall mine/mill operational environment
• Must have prior experience coordinating and supervising technical teams.
• Strong communicator, able to communicate with key stakeholders clearly and concisely
• Highly motivated team player with ability to develop strong relationships across multiple operational disciplines
• Exhibit courageous leadership in providing guidance in a variety of situations and environments
• Efficiently work under high pressure situations and embed effective time management in execution of responsibilities
• Advanced software skills in MS Office, especially spreadsheet
• Knowledge of PowerBI and/or other data analytics platforms
• Familiarity with Planning Software (MineSight, Vulcan or other)

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About Teck

Successful candidates must be willing to satisfy the pre-employment requirements of a physical assessment, drug screen and a background check. Red Dog provides excellent benefits to employees including:  medical, dental, life, AD&D and long term disability insurance, paid sick leave, vacation days and a 401k.  

At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams work collaboratively and respect each person’s unique perspective and contribution.  

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.  

Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc, as well as investments in energy assets.   

The pursuit of sustainability guides Teck’s approach to business. Teck has been recognized as one of the 2022 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations by Corporate Knights and is ranked #1 in the Metals and Mining industry on the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI).  

Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.  

Learn more about Teck at or follow @TeckResources

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

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