Job Detail

Job Description

Purpose of the role:

To continuously liaise with key stakeholders to ensure ore loss, ore dilution, and misclassification is minimized within the pit.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct daily field ore delineation and control

• Champion efforts to minimize unplanned dilution, ore loss, and misclassification

• Assist the mine planning engineering team, via set escalation processes, in identifying and highlighting non-compliance to mine plans and/or planned feed grade deviations where feasible.

• Communicate implications of major daily ore feed plan changes to key stakeholders i.e. process team

• Assist the mining operations team with any clarification or information required to better understand the daily ore feed implications.

• Undertake field assessments and ‘ground-truthing’ checks of key material characteristics at active mining faces to ensure model data is aligned.

• On-shift leadership and supervision of the ore control support teams

• Provide valuable and continuous feedback to the geology team highlighting opportunities, challenges, or risks that could impact ore control

• Provide daily operational reports and other official communications where necessary and attend all shift handovers (start/finish).

• Continuously develop in complimentary technical mine geology areas (production, ore control drilling etc.) where opportunity allows.

• Any other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications & Experience

• Familiarity with Central African Copperbelt Geology and metallogeny

• Operational experience in open pit deposits advantageous

• Strong general IT skills

• Full Grade Twelve certificate (12)

• Tertiary Qualification in Geoscience from a recognized Zambian University

• Full manual driving licence and driving experience considered highly advantageous

Job Specific Competencies

• Solid understanding of general safety and quality principles.

• Excellent team ethic and practical leadership potential

• Excellent scientific and analytical potential

• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, including report writing

Key Job Attributes

• Shows potential for leading and coaching a small support team towards technical excellence

• Ability to readily develop rapport and trust with key stakeholders

• Attention to detail and thorough methodical approach is essential

• Ability to prioritize based on understanding of business and team requirements

• Ability to take responsibility and manage tasks through to completion

• Proactive, honest, reliable, and passionate about driving continuous improvements and excellent standards

• Skilled at working under strict time constraints and under pressure

• Must be willing to work with and assimilate experience from colleagues from a variety of skills and national backgrounds

• Must be willing to do shift work as routine

Skills Required

• Technical acumen