Introduction
Provide Mine Engineering and planning support to the underground operation to ensure optimal production and backfilling operations.
Job description
Location and reporting structure
This position will be based at the Otjikoto Mine [Namibia] and will report directly to the Technical Advisor & Mining Projects Manager. Expatriate contracts will be considered.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage the underground development and production contractors, ensuring that production, safety and quality targets are achieved
- Conduct conceptual mining expansion studies and lead approved projects to execution
- Conduct economic analyses and trade off studies of different schedules and operating scenarios
- Oversee and coordinate Short, Medium and Long Term Planning functions
- Manage underground production and construction related projects
- Oversee longhole stope designs, stope optimisation and blast ring designs, to ensure efficient and optimal reserve extraction
- Manage the underground mine planning database
- Analyse production data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Reconcile actual excavations with design, identifying deviations and enhancement initiatives
- Ensure compliance to all B2Gold Safety, Health and Environmental policies and procedures
Minimum requirements
- Grade 12
- Degree in Mining Engineering (B. Eng.) (NQF Level 7)
- Minimum 7 years of experience as a mine engineer in a mechanized hard-rock underground mine with at least 3 years supervisory experience
- Strong knowledge, expertise and understand of underground mining techniques, long hole open stoping and backfill
- Previous experience with long hole Open Stoping mining methods
- Experience with cemented rock fill will be an added advantage
- Valid Code BE drivers license
- Excellent knowledge of mine design software: MineSight, Deswik, Vulcan, Mine 2-4d, EPS Scheduler, etc.