Reference No. CV70

Reference Number: CV70

Job Description:

Our client, an international mining house, is seeking a Senior Mine Engineer who will provide mine engineering and planning support to the underground operation to ensure optimal production and backfilling operations.

Responsibilities:

• Design and optimise stopes based on drilling results as well as economic, operational and geotechnical factors for optimum reserve extraction.
• Design development and auxiliary infrastructure that supports optimum operations.
• Develop and update ore and waste rock dump designs.
• Plan, schedule, track, and coordinate long-term production schedules incorporating all related underground mining and support activities, including diamond drilling, blast schedules, advance rates, equipment availability, utilisation, backfill, dewatering, ground support, ventilation and construction.
• Identify and drive operational efficiencies.
• Guide contractor to achieve contractual and budget operations and safety targets.
• Compare actual excavations to design and identify deviations and causes and minimise these through appropriate interventions or design changes.
• Do weekly and monthly production reconciliations (design vs actual vs Budget) of operations and guide operations to achieve MTP and budget.
• Assist with the compilation of the operational budget.
• Comply with the Namibian Mining Act (Labour Act, Ordinance, Minerals Act, Explosives Act) and Regulation’s clauses that apply to designated work areas.
• Actively participate in implementing and improving the Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (OHSE) Management System.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• 7+ years of experience as a mechanised hard-rock underground mine engineer with at least 3 years of supervisory experience.
• Minimum Degree in Mining Engineering (B. Eng.) NQF level 7.
• Strong understanding on technical mine and ventilation design.
• Proven knowledge and experience in economic assessment / feasibility studies.
• Proven knowledge and experience contract management or mine planning and scheduling.
• Excellent knowledge of mine design and scheduling software: MineSight, Deswik, Vulcan, Mine 2-4d, EPS Scheduler, etc.
• Valid Code BE driver’s licence.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Competitive annual package

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Christo van der Ham at cvanderham@camining.com

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Christo van der Ham

Senior Consultant

CA Mining

CA Mining will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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