Mine Planning Engineer

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Senior Mine Planning Engineer, the Mine Planning Engineer is responsible to provide operational expertise ensuring the short and medium mine plans are prepared in a structured, accurate and timely manner.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

Mine Planning

• Provide monthly mine planning aligned to the Long Term Plan guidance. (Plan to show amount of ROM to be mined at what grade and cost).
• Provide the optimisation of pit stage designs, assess and manage the mineability of the 12 month Rolling Plan. 
• Monitoring the implementation of mine plans by ensuring that actual loading, hauling and dumping are done according to plan. 
• Prepare a schedule for waste dumping (where waste material must go and in what quantities).
• Prepare a month-end report; showing what was planned for against what was mined. 
• Ensure that mining is done to specification/plan/design. 
• Ensure that plans are communicated and understood by relevant parties. 
• Ensure that whatever is planned for will enhance performance. 
• Ensure that planning is done in a way that wastage will be minimized. 
• Ensure that planning is done in compliance with legislation, regulations and standards. 
• Ensure that the required outputs are maintained and monitored for continuous improvement. 
• Monitor the activities of the blasting section in order to control wall limits. 
• Lead planning for mining, crusher feed, ore stockpiling and waste dumping using the mine planning scheduling and design tools.
• Provide data and justifications in appropriate formats to site Management to support mine plans which have been generated.  
• Co-ordinate inputs from Geology, Processing, Mining, Business and Management as required.
• Ensure development and operational schedules are aligned with current Budget and the Long Term Plan.

Design, Analysis, Evaluation

• Assist with pit optimisations to generate optimal pit shells.  
• Assist with the creation of pit stage and bench development designs, and ensure any changes remain aligned to the Long-Term Plan.
• Assist with the creation of waste dump stage and development designs and ensure any changes remain aligned to the Long-Term Plan.
• Assist with the 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.
• Provide technical support to Technical Services, Geology and Mine Operations where required.
• Evaluate mine development and operational options.

Compliance

• Promote and adhere to internal methodologies, policies, procedures and standards by consistently maintaining a high quality of work across all allocated functions.
• Document workflows and processes and ensure auditable processes exist for budgeting, reforecast, analysis and design work.
• Assist with documentation and update of the modelling technical processes including updates to models and appropriate QAQC and documentation.

Safety Management

• Demonstrate personal commitment in regard to safety and environmental and Social Responsibility practices.
• Ensure that agreed procedures, safeguards and controls are applied and used.
• Ensure all activities are conducted safely and in accordance with Company standards and procedures
• Ensure hazard management plans are observed. 
• Keep statutory and internal reporting as required.
• Active participation to the Health & Safety Committee.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or similar.

Relevant experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in open pit mining within similar environment.
• Proficient in the use of mine planning software including SURPAC, MineSight, DataMine, Whittle, Xpac.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, software preferably). 
• High-level of knowledge of mine planning.
• French language skills.
• Experience in a developing country with a preference for West African experience.
• Experience working in multicultural environment.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation and build effective relationships and networks.
• Possesses strong training and mentoring skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to respond to a changing work environment.
• The ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at the same time.
• A reputation for integrity and ethics.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.

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