Mining Manager

**Job Summary Statement**:
To manage the execution of the required work within the project schedules and contractual agreements, ensuring technical excellence and effective coordination of the respective staff within the project team. Plan, direct, coordinate, or budget, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with bulk earthworks (including drill and blast) in accordance with the mining plan. Participate in the conceptual development of an Opencast Mining project and oversee its organization, scheduling, and implementation.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Degree/ National Diploma - Mining Engineering (preferred)
- Opencast Blasting Certificate (Compulsory)
- Mining Managers Certificate (preferred)
- Mine Overseer Certificate (preferred)

***EXPERIENCE**:

- At least fifteen years mining supervisory experience in an opencast mining environment of which at least five years must be at Senior Management level

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**Stakeholder Management**:

- Establish and build good client relationships.
- Liaise with the Mining manager from the client to ensure we always have adequate space to mine.
- Ensure critical sub-contractors are managed according to the SLA
- Deliver assurance to management team that mine plans are optimised, low risk and achievable.

**Health and Safety**:

- Ensure compliance to Safety and Quality policies, procedures and standards
- Oversee the entire mining value chain in terms of H&S and quality
- Complete over inspections of systems and processes to ensure safe working environment.
- Promote and enforce culture of safety, health and environmental compliance.
- Demonstrate personal commitment regarding safety, health and environmental practices.

**Financial**:

- Ensure financial management and cost is adhered to as per project budget
- Ensure surveys are accurately completed and feed into the invoicing process
- Validate equipment requirements for maximum utilisation.
- Identify business improvement opportunities.
- Assist in contract tenders, validations, assessments for sub-contractors or service providers. Provide input into the development of the business plan
- Review and authorize payments in line with approved budget and policy

**General Management**:

- Plays a key role in all people management processes, in particular developing of site team technical and operational skills through training, mentoring and assisting teams.
- Responsible for ensuring all administrative requirements are met
- Manage all associated Geotech risks and processes
- Plan, organize, execute and monitor the bench preparation, drill & blast as well as load and haul processes.
- Dump planning, optimisation and sequencing for optimal operation.
- Ensure surveying is completed timeously and submitted for financial review
- Oversee the daily, weekly, monthly and annual planning for the operation
- Ensure all mining departments are adequately staffed
- Manage subordinates’ key performance indicators by setting and monitoring performance standards and taking action to correct deviations to achieve objectives
- Responsible for managing training against development plans and performance contract

**Knowledge Skills & Abilities**:

- Knowledge of Xpac / Surpac will be an advantage.
- Vast knowledge of an Open Cast Mining Operation.
- Vast knowledge of Loading & Hauling procedures, laws, regulations and blast management.
- Solid knowledge of IR Procedures
- Business Aptitude - The ability to drive profits, exceed targets and minimize losses.
- Technical Aptitude - The capacity for using specific knowledge, tools or other equipment to enhance performance.
- Strong computer literacy in the following: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, blast design software.
- Planning and Organizing
- Effective resource management

**Behavioural Competencies**:

- Pursuing Goals - Strives to achieve outstanding results; is ambitious and acts with determination; persists through difficulties to achieve results.
- Interacting with People - Is lively and projects enthusiasm; is talkative in making contact; is focused on interacting and networking with people.
- Taking Action - Takes action to make things happen; uses initiative to start things up; shows drive and invests personal energy.
- Examining Information - Analyses and processes information; asks probing questions; strives to find solutions to problems.
- Thinking Positively - Is optimistic and positive; recovers easily from setbacks and obstructions; is jovial and projects cheerfulness.
- Resolving Conflict - Is comfortable calming upset people; handles angry individuals well; is focused on resolving conflict and arguments.
- Meeting Timescales - Is target focused and meets deadlines; is punctual and keeps to schedule; is reliable in finishing tasks.
- Generating Ideas - Is creative in producing ideas; assumes an original approach when generating ideas; adopts radical solutions.
- Interpreting Data - Int