Title:  Operations Management Trainee

Site: Shoal Creek

About the role:

We are currently seeking an Operations Manager Trainee to join our engineering team at our Shoal Creek Mine, located in Oakman, Alabama. Peabody’s Shoal Creek Mine has a safety-first culture and strives to have zero recordable MSHA injuries/incidents. Shoal Creek Mine is one of the deepest underground coal mines in the United States. Located on the Black Warrior River, this site produces one of the highest qualities of met coal in the United States. With nine-foot-tall workings, a brand-new longwall, and 15+ years of projected coal reserves, Shoal Creek mine is an ideal place to work.  

Located in between Jefferson, Walker, and Tuscaloosa counties in Alabama, this area offers beautiful rivers and lakes, landscapes, and rolling hills at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. Oakman is about an hour from Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, both of which provide diverse, family-friendly communities with something for everyone, such as vibrant downtowns, safe, friendly neighborhoods, and excellent schools, including the University of Alabama and other area colleges.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the Operations Management Trainee are to provide trainee with the opportunity to learn the business, develop needed skills, obtain necessary certifications, and most opportunity to gain management exposure through meaningful job assignments that give the trainee the opportunity to earn credibility and to develop the reputation as a person of potential and value. This training will assist the trainee to develop skills for the first 6 – 18 months of employment prior to promotion after the program completion to an engineer or supervisory position. 

Duties will include:

The Trainee will have an opportunity to learn the business and develop needed skills in the following areas in the 6 – 18 months of employment. 

• The Trainee will develop in the key mining activities, relevant to their focus, of the operating unit by rotating in each of the different activities of production, outby, engineering, safety, maintenance, preparation, and environmental.
• Each rotation shall have a learning objective with specific tasks, activities, and/or project assignments that are supervised by an experience manager.
• Rotational assignments will also provide the trainee the opportunity to interact with miners and various levels of management including presentations to the Operations Manager and/or Department Manager on work results or projects.
• Substituting for absent supervisors will be part of the trainee’s rotations if the trainee is targeted for a supervisory position at the end of the development period.
• Carry out all duties by following Company safety policies and procedures at all times. Develop skills in the prevention of accidents, injuries, losses, (property and production), by comprehending and interpreting mine-engineering literature, technical data

• and manuals, Material Safety Data Sheets, Mine Engineering procedures, product labels, warning signs, etc.

• Learn the fundamentals of Company practice and promote company philosophy of teamwork by contributing to crew meetings and maintaining good working relationships with co-workers.
• Actively participate in the Peabody Management Trainee Development program, which requires rotating through various Departments and work activities. This may also require working additional hours and/or shiftwork as well as transfers to other Peabody sites for developmental activities.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by Supervisor. 

The Lifestyle:

This position may require you to work various shifts (day, evening, and nights) with rotating schedules, weekends, and holidays.as deemed necessary. We provide 401K matching, medical, dental and vision health plans with minimal cost to the employee. Benefit eligibility and PTO starts on your first day of work.

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in Mine, Civil, or Electrical Engineering..
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective interactions with mine management and operating personnel. 
• Effective analytical and decision-making skills are required.  
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to maintain a positive attitude towards learning and accepting varying job assignments. Required to be self-motivated and display initiative.  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.  Ability to be organized and work with frequent interruptions. 
• Ability to work shift work is required.
• Experience gained from summer internship with engineering or operations functions in a large underground mining application, one year experience is preferred.
• Supervisory experience is preferred.
• Drafting / AutoCAD experience preferred. 
• Knowledge of Federal and State laws associated with the mining industry desirable  

Physical Requirements:

• Must have the ability to stand for prolonged periods of time on uneven, rocky surfaces.
• Must have the ability to be seated for up to 4 hours to operate equipment or vehicles.
• Must have the ability to walk for up to 4 hours at a time. Will be required to walk through different sections of the mine with varying degrees of clearance and headroom.
• Walking ability will be judged according to SCSR emergency evacuation plan required and approved by MSHA.
• Must have the ability to wear required protective footwear, hearing and eye protection, and other personal protective equipment as required by Company and MSHA.
• Must have the ability to bend or stoop for a full work period as a result of mine height.
• Must have the ability to climb up and down stairs/steps and climb on and off equipment and ladders.
• Must have the ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motions (push, pull, twist, handle), and have rapid reflex movements of the arms and legs as well as good hand to eye coordination.
• Must have the ability to lift 25 to 50 pounds on a frequent basis and the ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Must have the ability to work in extreme conditions, including but not limited to changing weather conditions, dust, mud, varying levels of noise from low to high decibels, varying degrees of light and dark, in and around artificial light and in a confined work area.

This is a Safety Sensitive Role. Individuals in safety sensitive roles (i.e., role where impaired performance could credibly result in fatality or permanently disabling injury), with or without an accommodation cannot have:

• an uncontrolled condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or ability to control a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
• an uncontrolled respiratory or cardiac dysfunction likely to interfere with the ability to operate a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
• a current clinical diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with ability to operate a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
• or a current or unregulated mental or psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with ability to drive a motor vehicle or other large machinery.

The above stated requirements are aimed at reducing significant risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of employees and others and are subject to providing reasonable accommodations.

In addition, individuals must meet the minimum vison and hearing requirements to fulfil a safety sensitive role:

• At least 20/40 acuity (Snellen) in each eye with or without correction.
• At least 70° field of vision in horizontal meridian measured in each eye.
  • The use of corrective lenses should be noted on the Medical Examiner's Certificate.
• No more than 40dB average hearing loss in better ear (with or without hearing aid).

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. Peabody reserves the right to revise job descriptions or change and/or modify job responsibilities, functions and requirements as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

About Peabody:

Peabody is a leading coal producer, providing essential products for the production of affordable, reliable energy & steel. We employ approximately 5,500 people across our operations in the United States & Australia, serving customers in 26 countries.

Our commitment to sustainability underpins everything we do and shapes our strategy for the future.

People are at the core of Peabody's ability to deliver business results & serve our communities & we offer an inclusive work environment that engages, recognizes, and develops it employees. We strive to create a safe and healthy work culture where all employees are treated with fairness and respect are supported and engaged.

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