This position will be required to adhere to all relevant requirements, policies, procedures and legal regulations pertaining to health, safety, environment and quality, as well as finance, human resources, and any other regulations as required by the company and relevant to the level of the role and responsibilities of the function.
Developing long term mining plans and schedules to achieve consistency with the life of mine objectives, and taking ownership of mining schedules for the annual financial budgets and 5-year plans.
Mine optimisations based on Whittle, involving liaison with geologists, mining engineers, metallurgists, financial staff, geotechnical engineers, and so on, to compile optimisation parameters. Be able to oversee the optimisation processes and sensitivity studies.
Final and staged mine designs of a standard able to directly set out crests, toes and ramps in the pit; interrogation of block models and grade control models.
Scheduling on various time and geographical scales, from life of mine to monthly plans, from whole pits to cutbacks and benches.
Scheduling various scenarios to test cost effectiveness and realism of mine plans to ensure an optimum ramp-up of production
Input into mine costings and assist the financial department in the calculation and presentation of financial data. Be responsible for mine planning statistical data.
Coordinate the (prior/post) construction or placement of ramps, roadways and storm water management Drainages/Ponds.
Perform quarterly performance reviews with all direct reports.
Advise and support direct reports in the execution of their duties and counsel employees regarding poor performance
Ensure mine development is to plan, optimising the extraction of all ore above target grades.
Able to work alongside and assist the short-term planner with bench plans and Blastmasters.
Attend daily, weekly and monthly planning meetings with mine production [contractors].
Qualifications
Beng/BSc in Mining Engineering
Proven track record in mine planning of hard-rock open-pits, and some exposure to an ore-blending strategy
Experience/Operational Requirements
A minimum of 7 years relevant experience in an open pit mining environment
Some knowledge of ore body modelling would be advantageous
A good understanding of a 3D-mine planning software – Surpac and Datamine
A good understanding of a mine scheduling package – MineSched and Runge OPMS
A good knowledge of a haul profile and fleet optimisation package
Fluent in Microsoft office packages – Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Power BI
Be able to work in a dynamic team environment
An eye for detail and the ability to identify opportunities for improvement
English speaking with strong communication skills both written and verbal
Outcomes focus and orientation is essential
Sound and systematic planning and coordination skills
First Quantum is a global copper company. We produce copper in the form of concentrate, cathode and anode, and have inventories of nickel, gold and cobalt. We operate long life mines in several countries and employ approximately 20,000 people world-w... Read More
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