SENIOR MINING ENGINEER – Meropa Resources 1795 views

Key Responsibilities

• Implement best practices in geotechnical and mining engineering.
• Assist with mine designs, dewatering, and mining operations to ensure safety and achieve business objectives in terms of development metres, production tonnages, ore quality and plant throughput.
• Supervise geotechnical/geological inspections, mapping, and documentation.
• Supervise and work with drilling and geotechnical instrumentation installations.
• Collect, process, analyze and model geotechnical/geological characteristics of the various rock mass for support of the surface and underground mine.
• Process, analyze, and model data to understand the rock mass and its response to mining for purposes of excavation stability, design optimization, mine performance, and design compliance.
• Oversight of geotechnical and geological database management.
• Oversight of geotechnical/geologic mapping, sampling, monitoring, and reporting to support site needs and corporate obligations.
• Assist in the preparation of the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly development and production reports.
• Responsible for implementing and enforcing the requirements of the Ground Control Management Plan.
• Compliance with all company policies and procedures including, but not limited to safety, environmental, confidentiality and code of conduct.
• Oversight of underground engineering teams and technical teams (ventilation, dewatering, mine survey, etc.).
• Enforcing Botswana Mining Regulations through monthly audits and daily visits.
• Developing extraction methodologies for copper ore.
• Preparing monthly executive reports.
• Developing strong business cases for upgrades in conjunction with finance teams.
• Developing and execution of short-, medium- and long-term strategies.
• Formulating annual operating and capital budgets.
• Lead Life of Mine Planning, development planning, and mine planning.
• Put in place KPIs and performance reviews for all underground and surface project teams.
• Overseeing all operational plans.
• Oversee preventative maintenance systems. Ensure optimized skills staffing.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering.
• Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency.
• MBA a pre-requisite and definite advantage.
• Minimum 20 years’ underground mining experience on large scale operations required.
• Minimum 10 years of senior management roles.
• Conventional and mechanized underground mining, Mechanized underground mine development and production non-negotiable.
• New underground mine development and commissioning into production.
• Ventilation experience required.
• Underground Blasting license.
• Technical communication and presentation skills required.
• Expert knowledge in underground mine engineering and design is required.
• Underground blasting.
• Underground infrastructure construction.
• Project management skills are preferred.
• Strong communication and team fostering skills required.
• Multi-disciplinary teams supervision.
• Underground support in mechanized and conventional mines.
• Knowledge of Underground Support Methods, base metal mining methods with copper being a definite advantage. Conventional and mechanized mining. ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and mining regulations.
• Resolving challenges under financial or operational constraints.
• Drill and Blast Engineering; Contracts drafting and management.
• Strong leadership, Cross-functional leadership and collaborating; Interpersonal and teamwork.
• Project management; Safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) Budgeting and cost control; Analytical decision-making.
• Good communication skills; Budgeting.
• Ability to Work with minimum supervision; Mentor subordinates.

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