Title:  Coordinator Longwall

Site: Shoal Creek

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Longwall Coordinator to join our Production team at our Shoal Creek Mine, located in Oakman, Alabama. 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.

Peabody’s Shoal Creek Mine has a safety-first culture and strives to have zero recordable MSHA injuries/incidents.

Responsibilities:

The Longwall Coordinator is responsible for ensuring Longwall set up, production, tear down and moves are managed following safe work practices, compliance regulations and with competent personnel. The role is also responsible for meeting production targets while ensuring best practices are followed and effective leadership is demonstrated. 

Duties will include:

• Closely collaborate with Maintenance Longwall Coordinator to meet daily production targets.
• Ensure LW maintenance and production planning is effectively managed to ensure optimization of production targets. 
• Provide a daily detailed Longwall maintenance and production plan to front-line supervisors.
• Ensure the use of all salaried and represented personnel is efficiently aligned. 
• Identify and implement improvement strategies targeting reliability of Longwall machines.
• Work with each department to ensure planning is optimized and there is efficient use of all resources at the mine.
• Timely escalation of maintenance issues that impact safety of people or production to the Director of Operations and Director of Maintenance.
• Ensure effective project management of major overhaul and repair equipment including planning, implementation, and budgeting.
• Life of mine (LOM) strategic planning for equipment requirements, equipment lifecycle management and project requirements.
• All Major Maintenance outage & projects have a clear scope of works, project schedule (Gantt chart), forecast costing, quality assurance procedures and commissioning documentation.
• Ensure business processes and controls are followed in accordance with established procedures.
• Review and set annual budgets and forecasts in consultation with all key stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with Peabody purchasing polices and expenditure authority.
• Compliance with the site safety management system
• Ensure all other incidents and near misses, associated with Maintenance are reported & investigated in line with Site & Peabody Standards.
• Ensure regular audits are completed on MSHA regulation and Peabody Policy.
• Compliance with all Safety & Operational performance measures
• Team approach to work, open communication with all Stakeholders. (Safety, Production, Maintenance, Plant, Human Resources, etc.)
• Work with Warehouse to manage inventory for optimization and cost reductions.
• Must be willing to work any shift and on scheduled weekends, periodic travel may be necessary.

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:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.   
• Minimum of 8-10 years of Underground Longwall Mining experience.
• High level of understanding and knowledge of the MSHA Mining Acts & Regulations.
• Mine Foreman Certification or ability to obtain.
• Experience in planning and execution techniques
• Strong financial and analytical skills related to budgeting.
• Supervisory and/or crew lead experience preferred.
• Equipment reliability trending analyst
• Knowledge of conducting safety and incident inspections and completing risk assessments and job safety analysis. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the proven ability to resolve conflict, effective oral and written communication, strategic thinker, leader, and driver.
• Must be willing to work on any assigned shift and on scheduled weekends.
• Must be willing to rotate through the different production sections for a better understanding of our processes until up to speed.

Physical Requirements - Underground:

• 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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