Mining Engineer Design & Scheduling

Purpose:

The Mining Engineer Design & Scheduling will form part of a team responsible to lead and execute mining engineering activities in the technical role to support underground horizontal development, undercutting & drawbells. The role will focus on mine design, planning, scheduling, and data analysis, to enable better planning processes and give relevant feedback.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring optimal utilization of production resources in line with long term planning.
• Generating and distribution of long-term and short-term production plans.
• Generating reconciliation of actual versus planned and analyses reasons for variances and report on outcomes and causes.
• Creating and compiling reporting of production figures to relevant stakeholders.
• Overseeing the Contractor’s mining engineering activities.
• Identifying process and procedural improvements to improve service and timely deliver to internal clients.
• Develop and effectively implement plans for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for all mining engineering duties for the execution and technical departments.

Intrinsic Qualities:

• Advanced knowledge of MS packages.
• Trackless mining and/or block caving experience.
• Knowledge and application of mine planning software.
• Sound analytical abilities.
• Well-developed presentation skills.
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Mining Engineering.
• Blasting Certificate for Underground Metalliferous Mines/Mechanised mines.
• Mine Overseers Certificate of Competency will be an advantage.
• Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency (Metalliferous Mines) will be an advantage.
• At least three years underground mining experience in a trackless mobile mining environment.

Duration : 2 years fixed contract

Location : Limpopo