- Location
- Sentinel, Zambia
- Department
- Engineering
- Source
- Workday
Description
Overall Job Purpose
- The Mining Engineer – Load and Haul Scheduling, is responsible and accountable for delivering and controlling a short term mine plan that is in line with the medium term plan. This includes any mine design requirement
Specific Job Responsibility
- Mine production scheduling and alignment to the medium term plan to achieve desired outcomes
- Be first point of contact for the mining production team regarding planning of load and haul operations.
- Ensuring that equipment are being applied optimally in suitable conditions
- Maintain high performing service support functions
- Issuing of mining control data to be used by surveyors
- Plan, organize and follow up on work, ensuring that tasks and schedules are fully understood within the team, handing over or escalating as required.
- Ensure relevant mining production personnel are up to date on any changes in the mine plan.
- Develop and maintain procedures where required
- Documentation of relevant knowledge and upskilling of the assistant Mining Engineers
- Continuous commitment to health and safety practises.
- Advise and provide recommendations for continuous improvement opportunities in work processes.
- Be accountable for the quality of service and performance
Job Specific Competencies
- Advanced mining knowledge and experience
- Advanced skills in the MS office suite and mine scheduling software
- Skilled in the delivery of a wide range of mine planning services, able to provide the highest level of customer support, with excellent leadership and people management skills.
- Operational skills to include troubleshooting, problem solving and decision making.
- Strong and motivated team lead with well-developed interpersonal, collaboration and facilitation skills.
- Time management - having the ability to work on multiple activities and manage competing priorities.
Key Job Attributes
- Motivated & passionate
- Self-disciplined
- Self-starter
- Able to engage with stakeholders at all levels
- Professionalism
- Enthusiastic
- Holistic understanding of the mining process
Experience required to perform in this job
- 5+ years’ experience in a large hard rock open pit mining environment.
- Experience in mine scheduling.
- Exposure to multicultural environments.
- Work experience in the mining sector.
Qualifications
- B Eng. Mining Engineering degree
- Blasting License – preferred
- EIZ and ERB registration
- Current driving license
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