Job Description
The Control Room Superintendent is responsible for the effective operation of the control room team, providing support and regular engagement to lead the safe, aligned and high-performance execution of the shift plan.
The role ensures key performance indicators are met by managing crew numbers, allocating resources and maintaining communication with site stakeholders. The Superintendents fosters a strong safety culture, ensures compliance with operational procedures, and facilitates team training and development.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Command Controller, Command Builder and Maintenance Controller team to deliver safe, aligned, high-performance execution of the shift plan.
- Facilitate pre-start, mid-shift and closeout shift huddles.
- Oversee intervention strategy, assignment health and escalation paths across the shift.
- Review controller decisions for consistency and conformance.
- Ensure proper logging, logic quality and delay-code accuracy.
- Drive alignment between the Control Room, Planning and Field teams.
- Coach the team on a proactive mindset and data-driven execution.
- Manage crew numbers and allocate resources to meet KPIs and execute the daily mine plan.
- Maintain communication with site stakeholders and keep the team aligned to production priorities.
- Foster a strong safety culture, ensure compliance with operational procedures, and facilitate team training and development.
Job Requirements
- Set and reinforce a strong workplace health and safety culture within control room operations.
- Comply with and adhere to all company policies, site procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Identify and mitigate operational risks associated with autonomous haulage and interface activities.
- Ensure incidents, near misses and safety concerns are reported and escalated promptly.
- Never authorize a manual override of a safety, position or interlock fault.
Qualifications
Essential
- High school diploma or equivalent; a diploma or degree in mine engineering, robotics or autonomous systems is an asset.
- 3 or more years in an open-pit mining, control-room, dispatch or centralized operational environment.
- Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience in a control room, dispatch or operational-coordination role.
- Strong understanding of open-pit mining fundamentals and autonomous haulage operations.
- Experience with fleet-management or operational-control systems such as CAT MineStar, Modular or similar.
- Certified competent, or able to be certified, on CAT MineStar Command for Hauling to the Command Controller standard.
- Strong decision-making, organizational and priority-setting skills; able to manage competing priorities under pressure.
Preferred
- Prior autonomous haulage deployment or ramp-up experience (CAT Command or equivalent).
- Greenfield or new control-room start-up experience.
- Frontline Management or similar leadership training.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Working Conditions
This role operates on a shift-based schedule, requiring coordination during both day and night shifts.
About Us:
Solidus Resources is a U.S.-based gold development company backed by Waterton Mining. The company is focused on advancing the Spring Valley Gold Project in Pershing County, Nevada, and specializes in taking high potential gold assets through late-stage development and into production. Solidus applies a technically rigorous, capital-disciplined approach to mine development, with a strong emphasis on environmental stewardship, operational safety, and community engagement.
The Spring Valley Gold Project is located in the prolific Humboldt Range, an area with approximately 60 million ounces of gold endowment within a 50-mile radius. Envisioned as a long-life, low-cost open-pit, heap-leach operation, Spring Valley has a robust resource base and considerable exploration upside along a 7-mile strike length across the Black Ridge fault zone.
With a leadership team experienced in engineering, permitting, and large-scale project execution, Solidus Resources is advancing Spring Valley through feasibility, permitting, and construction, with a clear path toward operational readiness. The company’s goal is to responsibly unlock the value of U.S.-based gold assets while building a reputation for excellence in project delivery and sustainable development.
This position is located on-site at our mine in Lovelock, NV.