Superintendent Construction - Electrical

Workplace Type: Onsite

Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. The Company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social and governance practices. The Company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.

At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.

Our Africa operations employ approximately 5,900 employees and contractors, with the majority working at the Ahafo Mine. We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunity and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This, combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont a great company to work.

Our Akyem and Ahafo mines have made significant sustainable community development investments in our host communities. These include establishing Development Funds at our Akyem and Ahafo operational areas with each mine contributing US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net pre-tax annual profit into its community development fund.

Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.

Your Impact:

- To oversee and coordinate all on-site construction and off-site design activities within the designated area, ensuring alignment with project plans, compliance with safety and quality standards, and timely completion to support successful project execution and delivery.

As Part of the Team You Will:

- Provide strategic direction and oversight to the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) Consultant on electrical engineering design activities and ensure compliance with Newmont standards.

- Ensure electrical engineering construction activities led by the EPCM Consultant adhere to relevant health, safety, and environmental regulations, conduct regular safety audits and risk assessments to maintain a safe working environment.

- Develop and manage project estimates, budgets, schedules, and execution plans.

- Coordinate contractors, consultants, and project team members to deliver work safely and efficiently.

- Participate in Risk Assessments and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) reviews, attend and evaluate pre-start meetings, report hazards, incidents, and environmental concerns.

- Review and ensure maintenance of quality control plans and reports, conduct field inspections and audits, ensuring overall projects quality standards.

- Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide feedback and set goals to ensure continuous improvement and impactful team morale.

- Ensuring safe commissioning of completed projects to ensure conformance to design and site standards for smooth handing over to operations.

Your Training, Skills and Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

- Bachelor’s degree, National Diploma or equivalent in Electrical Engineering.

Additional Knowledge:

- Strong skills in project management, study management, and stakeholder engagement.

- Essential soft skills for leadership, managing multidisciplinary teams, and support functions, including data analysis and report preparation.

Experience:

- Minimum 15 years’ experience in the mining industry, operations and/or projects.

- Minimum 5 years’ experience with an international Tier 1 mining company.

- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in leading the construction of electrical infrastructure for an underground mine.

- Minimum 10 years’ experience in design of underground mine electrical infrastructure.

- Minimum 2 projects leading the installation of electrical infrastructure for a mill installation.

- Minimum 2 projects leading the electrical design for a mill installation.

- Minimum 6 years’ experience managing EPCM consultants.

Technical And Professional Skills:

- Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships across all workgroups.

- Strong administrative and attention to detail skills.

- Understanding of project management practices and tools.

- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

- Confidence leading projects independently.

Social Process Skills:

Team process:

- Understands role as a team member and team leader (where applicable), can translate into their day-to-day interactions, and adjust behavior as needed.

- Understands the behavior of other individuals and the effects on the team; resolves conflicts as needed.

- Able to be an effective team leader by fostering a climate that is inclusive and where team members feel safe to contribute, collaborate, and receive feedback and coaching.

Collaboration:

- Establishes and nurtures relationships with stakeholders by use of effective listening and questioning to better understand others.

- Understands how to influence or negotiate with others to achieve productive outcomes.

- Can effectively balance positive interactions with getting the work done.

Self-awareness:

- Understands own behavior and is aware of impact on others; adapts behavior to suit context and circumstances.

- Reflects on own behavior in a variety of situations, learning from the interactions; requests feedback and identifies areas for improvement.

- Recognizes and accepts the need to put the overall business needs ahead of their own and can deal with the internal conflict/stress that may generate.

YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT:

- The position is located at Ahafo South for the Apensu Underground and Mill expansion projects.

We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that fosters leaders and allows every person to thrive, contribute, and grow. We are committed to selecting and developing our employees, and to establishing a work environment where everyone can take an active part in reaching our strategic goals while feeling a sense of pride in working at Newmont.

Newmont seeks to recruit, hire, place and promote qualified applicants, meaning applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the position, without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnic, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. As part of our diversity efforts. females are encouraged to apply.

NOTE: Newmont does not ask for or require job applicants to pay money to apply or be considered for employment with the Company. In addition, Newmont does not ask potential job candidates to provide sensitive personal data without first submitting a job application through our secure, online portal, and only as requested for legitimate business purposes. If you are asked to provide money or sensitive personal data through any other means, do not respond and please report this immediately to it.sec@newmont.com.