Mine Manager

Role

This role is responsible for leading Mine Operations, Engineering, planning and continuous business improvement. This role also supports the General Manager and the rest of the Management Team to oversee the operations of the site. 

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with statutory / legislative and Corporate requirements

  • Integrate SHE initiatives into departmental planning, decision making, systems and processes

  • Promote awareness and establish appropriate departmental targets to prevent harm

  • Ensure all hazards and sources of loss are identified, evaluated, and controlled in accordance with company SHE Policies and the Safety Management Standards

  • Be accountable for safety, health and environment activities within your department

  • Ensure fitness for work compliance throughout workforce

  • Conduct business in exemplary manner in terms of ethical, commercial, legislative and community expectations and requirements.

  • Promote the sustainable strategy for our community

  • Develop a high level of safety and environmental awareness amongst your team

  • Consistently apply workplace management procedures to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, agreed values and behaviors and Code of Conduct

  • Appropriately prioritizing activity to continuously achieve targets

  • Establish processes/systems to align with the Business Plan and assist in exceeding expectations

  • Lead Mine Operations positive growth and improvement of all work activities and performance standards

  • Manage Mine Operations personnel to ensure adherence to approved procedures and to contribute to quality improvement within the operation

  • Manage mine production and development in accordance with short- and long-term schedules and optimize cost effective recovery from the ore reserve.

  • Ensure mine infrastructure and mobile equipment is maintained to a standard that allows planned targets to be met and does not compromise the long-term integrity of assets.

  • Coordinate Mine Engineering, Geotechnical and Geological input through the Mine Technical Services Department or consultants as required for achieving plan targets.

  • Coordinate the Mining Department operating budget.

  • Manage expenditure to within budget and reforecast as required to achieve the Annual Plan.

  • Ensure all projects are effectively budgeted and monitored within time, quality and cost constraints.

  • Understand cost drivers in the mining department and seek continuous improvement in unit cost performance.   

  • Achieve or surpass production objectives in accordance with budget and commercial requirements

  • Ensure that systems and processes for the operations are established such that production targets are met, and losses reduced.

  • Utilize assets to manage a quality outcome and minimize costs.

  • Achieve or exceed customer expectations by ensuring supply & specifications of product are met

  • Ensure planning is reliable, robust and repeatable

  • Promote and reward innovation to improve methods and processes of the mining business

  • Influence best practice in planning activities before implementation

Requirements

  • Degree in Mining Engineering or an associated field

  • 15 years mining experience, preferably underground

  • 10 years’ experience in roles with increasing responsibility in either Mine Engineering / Mine Management

  • Experience in working to budgets and capital cost expectation

  • Demonstrated ability to contribute and work effectively in a group as a team leader

  • Provides current, direct, complete and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others in a prompt and efficient manner

  • Results driven achiever with exemplary planning and organization skills

  • Strong communication and leadership skills

  • Sound methods and approaches to persuade, convince or influence others

  • Ability to pass on skills and experience to others.

  • Strategic in business planning

  • Strong project management abilities

  • Self-motivated, energetic and proactive

  • Ability to create a climate in which people want to do their best by empowering individuals and teams and by communicating a clear vision and purpose

  • Ability to research and develop new ideas

  • High level of initiative, resourcefulness and personal organization

  • Ability to direct employees to achieve set targets