Mining Superintendent

Reporting to the Mine Manager, the Mining Superintendent is responsible to manage Production Engineering, Drill & Blast Engineering, Contracts Engineering and ensure contractors operations mine according to plan and achieve production, safety, budget and schedule targets.

Responsibilities:

Technical Accountabilities

• Ensuring weekly/monthly ore and waste delivery targets are met
• Utilizing the appropriate systems (including safety, production, quality, performance reporting) to ensure processes are place and are operating effectively in all areas of open pit mining operations
• Implementing and accountability for all short term (< 1 month) mine plans
• Ensuring the necessary people are available and properly trained to meet planned future requirements
• Contributing to the wider effectiveness of the Ity Operation

Manage Production Engineering section

• Develop haul optimisation, haul productivity modelling and fleet requirement
• Provide daily analysis and reports of production against daily, weekly and monthly plans key performance indicators and time models
• Provide a monthly reconciliation against the month plan / forecast and actual performance.
• Undertake project work for the development of production infrastructure and earthworks related to production

• Creation of haul cycle time datasets for use with mine planning software and ensure that regular validation and calibration against actual cycle time data is performed.
• Prepare a month-end report; showing what was planned for against what was mined and achieved.
• Ensure that mining is done to specification/plan/design.
• Ensure that plans and analyses are communicated and understood by relevant parties.
• Ensure that whatever is planned for will enhance performance of resources.
• Ensure that production is done in a way that wastage will be minimized.
• Ensure that Production is executed in compliance with legislation, regulations and standards.
• Ensure that the required outputs are maintained and monitored for continuous improvement
• Analyse operational performance
• Provide data and justifications in appropriate formats to site Management to support mine plans which have been generated. 

Manage Drill &Blast Engineering section

• Ensure the drill and blast procedures are up to date and provide optimum balance between safe and economical production.
• Ensure all designs minimise dilution and take into consideration geotechnical aspects, geological consideration and mining parameters.
• Maintain drill stocks and drill designs as far ahead of production as is practicable.
• Ensure all weekly and daily drill requirements are marked out and plans issued before the required day of drilling.
• Be actively involved with the preparation of the weekly schedule for drilling and blasting activities.
• Report daily drilling and blasting results against planned targets and explain any variances to the plan.
• Communicate all drill and blast designs and requirements to the mine Superintendent, planning Engineer, Drilling contractor and Blasting contractor.
• Liaise with the planning engineer to ensure required stripping and all preparation work for the drilling and blasting is scheduled.
• Ensure drill and blasts designs will satisfy the required production rate as per the mine schedule and plan without jeopardising the safety of the operation.
• Use of SURPAC to create blast plans
• Use Blasting software to connect the tie up design
• Co-ordinate inputs from Geology, Processing, Mining, Business and Management as required for budgets, reforecasts and strategic scenarios.
• Support the creation of Planning Block Models.
• Ensure development and operational schedules are aligned with current Budget and the Long Term Plan.
• Ensure all reports, plans, designs and schedules are completed accurately to the required deadlines and are given the appropriate priorities.
• Ensure the geological and survey departments are informed of the operations requirements and priorities towards drill and blast.
• Ensure Explosives stock levels are forecasted and sufficient for 3 months
• Ensure as far as possible that blast results create downstream benefits for Operation and Process activities
• As directed, gather inputs specific to your area during the budget preparation process.
• Reports on post blast analysis
• Analyses the actual blast vs plans -  meters, explosive usage, penetration of the machines
• Accountable for approval of purchases and expenditure within delegated limits of authority.

Mine Operations Management – Contractor operations

• Responsible for the Load & Haul activity
• Ensure mining objectives are achieved on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually
• Effective management of mining resources – equipment
• Management of required human resources – personnel
• Management of cost under his responsibility – equipment, personnel, consumables
• Implement and manage strategy to ensure objectives are reached and value added to company and client
• Manage scheduling of resources to achieve weekly and monthly plans
• Revise daily the planning according to the problems faced or per request
• Participate in the assessment, the recruitment, the selection of Load and Haul personnel
• Determine and edit the request of personnel
• Management of disciplinary procedures and protocols
• Knowledge and skill transfer to local personnel
• Communicate regularly with the different plant / maintenance responsible
• Professional and sustainable interaction and relationship management with client representatives
• Reduce or eliminate wasted time and turn into productive time
• Implementation of productive system in the activity
• Control reporting of daily achievements in his activity
• Inspect pit operations daily and weekly to ensure safe and quality work
• Ensure the good functioning of the machines to achieve highest utilization
• Protecting of machines in the work environment to avoid internal or external damage of equipment
• Define the training needs and establish training program for HSE and production requirements of personnel

Staff Development

• Provide regular communications and leadership to all operators and staff on issues and overall performance of the business
• Ensure that all staff are appropriately trained and competent to safely and efficiently carry out their roles.
• Address performance by way of regular meetings with staff on an individual as well as on a team basis to set objectives, evaluate performance and provide the necessary feedback and support.
• Leading, motivating and developing an effective large Open Pit team.
• Continuously evaluate and improve own and team’s performance.

Safety Management

• Demonstrate personal commitment in regard to safety, environmental and social responsibility practices.
• Ensure every person within the team is fit for work.
• Ensure that agreed procedures, safeguards and controls are applied and used.
• Ensure hazard management plans are in place and observed.

• Ensure proper record keeping on statutory and internal safety issues.
• Regularly audit your work environment
• Active participation to the Health & Safety Committee

The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Requirements 

• Bachelor in Mining Engineering degree or 15 years Open Pit experience
• Minimum 15 years mine production/Engineering experience including 10 years in a senior supervisory/ engineering position with large owner operated or Contractor operations involving hard rock truck & excavator operations
• Previous track record for developing a work environment and culture that delivers a high level of safety and production performances from their teams
• Excellent understanding of the mining industry, industry practices, regulations and technical advancements.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety.
• Demonstrated understanding of risk analysis.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Vision to perceive risks and opportunities with superior decision-making ability to act on these accordingly.
• French language skills are preferred but not essential
• Experience working in multicultural environment.
• Experience in systematic coaching and training of employees in developing country.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation and build effective relationships and networks.
• Ability to respond to a changing work environment.
• A reputation for integrity and ethics.