Mining Engineering Jobs - 5591 - Manager Mine Planning and Technical Services - WA - Details - Mining Employment Services - For Mining Jobs

Our Client, a West Australian based supplier of iron ore to the Chinese and Japanese markets is now seeking a Manager Mine Planning & Technical Services to become an integral part their team.

Key responsibilities include;

• Promotes and implements health and safety programs targeting an injury free workplace and establishes a culture of safety awareness underpinned by superior safety leadership and the application of safe work practices and the principles of duty of care.
• Ensures that procedures and programs designed to minimise the impact of the operations on the environment are implemented and monitored across the Area of accountability.
• Leadership and management of all activities within the Area of accountability in accordance within relevant Statutory requirements and establish the company’s policies and procedures.
•  Ensuring that the wellbeing and conduct of staff is beyond reproach at all times including outside of general working hours.
• Through superior managerial leadership, on an individual level create a culture that is receptive to change, responds to feedback and strives for excellence and continuous improvement.
• Responsible for the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of all aspects of the Mine Planning & Technical Services function within the operations - covering the following activities:
• Development of short & long term mine plans and production schedules that delivers to customer’s consistently high quality products that meet all specifications.
• Optimising the end-to-end planning process incorporating the various stages from Life-of-Mine planning through to short term scheduling.
• Providing technical support and oversight of the operational/production mining activities to ensure safe, effective and cost efficient implementation of the short term plans/schedules.
• Key functions/activities include: survey; geology/geotech; mine planning & scheduling
• In collaboration with the Manager Operations, optimizes mining plans and schedules that optimize both ore production and mining fleet efficiencies.
• Providing mining engineering solutions to effectively manage technical risks associated with open-cut mining, by ensuring relevant geological, geotechnical and hydrogeological analyses and reviews.
• Ensuring that effective working relationships are built and maintained with other departments/stakeholders within the company and other business units to ensure that shared strategic Company goals and targets are collectively achieved.
• Developing current and long-range cost-effective plans and objectives for the Mining & Technical Services area and reviews analyses of their progressive attainment. 
• Identification and implementation of improvement initiatives to increase productivity and reduce costs, ensuring opportunities and projects are appropriately planned and implemented and benefits realized.
• Reviewing projections for capital and operating expenditure and regularly monitors and controls performance against budgeted financial targets. 
• Measuring the performance of the Mine Planning & Technical Services team and provides effective leadership.
• Ensuring that employees in the Mine Planning & Technical Services area are motivated, competent and well trained and effective monitoring is in place to provide feedback on performance levels and encourage a high performance work culture.
• Responsible for effective top-down and bottom-up communications systems throughout the Mine Planning & Technical Services area.

The successful candidate will possess:

• 10+ years proven experience in operational and technical management of open-pit mining operations.
• A solid grounding in both practical open pit mining operations and mine design and planning.
• Degree in Mining Engineering.
• Unrestricted Quarry Manager Certificate (or ability to acquire certification

If you are interested in this role and would like more information please contact Konrad Forrest on 08 9240 7399 or email konrad@miningemployment.com.au

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