Mine Manager (3.1 Legal Appointment) – Underground Gold

SUMMARY:
The Mine Manager holds full accountability for the safe, efficient, and legally compliant operation of the underground mine and associated infrastructure.

POSITION INFO:

Mine Manager (3.1 Legal Appointment) – Underground Gold
Manage the safe and efficient operation of a narrow-reef underground gold mine with full legal accountability.
Located in KwaZulu-Natal (Klipwal) within the underground gold mining industry.

About Our Client
The company operates a narrow-reef underground gold mine involving conventional stoping and a surface plant. The operation uses a labour-intensive model including permanent employees, contractors, and formally structured cooperative mining teams.

The Role: Mine Manager (3.1 Legal Appointment) – Underground Gold
The Mine Manager holds full accountability for the safe, efficient, and legally compliant operation of the underground mine and associated infrastructure. The role exists to manage daily production while driving mine development and expansion into deeper levels. This position provides operational leadership across a mixed workforce to ensure statutory compliance and the achievement of production targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage 5–10 years of underground gold mining experience within the operation.

• Act as the legally appointed Mine Manager (3.1) in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act.

• Direct daily production activities in narrow-reef stopes including breast stoping and drill-and-blast.

• Oversee dewatering, shaft refurbishment, and the re-establishment of deeper mine levels.

• Lead engagements with the DMRE, unions, inspectors, and community structures.

• Implement fall-of-ground inspections, support standards, and seismic risk controls.

• Monitor tonnage, grade performance, gold recovery, and dilution control.

• Coordinate mine rehabilitation and expansion projects into higher-grade ore zones.

About You

• Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency (MMCC) is required.

• 5–10 years of underground gold mining experience is required.

• Strong exposure to narrow-reef, conventional mining methods.

• Proven leadership experience in labour-intensive mining environments.

• Experience in small- to medium-scale mining operations.

• High emotional intelligence for managing complex labour and cooperative structures.

• Decisive and collaborative leadership style with a hands-on underground approach.

• Blasting Certificate, Trade Test, or Shift Boss Certificate is advantageous.

• Exposure to mine rehabilitation, dewatering, and shaft development is advantageous.