The Specialist - Underground Mine Planning supports the Director Technical Services, Planning Manager and Superintendent at Geita Gold Mine to develop an effective team that delivers the life of mine plan, and promotes integration between underground and open pit planning teams. This is a fixed-term position.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist support to develop and assess asset options and recommend preferred planning outcomes to optimise value.
- Support delivery of the annual Strategic Planning budget and integrate long-, medium- and short-term plans across the three underground operations to achieve key physicals and ore blend requirements.
- Monitor performance against plan through KPI tracking, analysis and audits, and implement design updates, rescheduling and cross-team collaboration to address variances.
- Support annual Mineral Reserve Reporting work packages for underground operations in accordance with S-K 1300 and AngloGold Ashanti guidelines.
- Build planning team capability through training, coaching and mentoring, and develop integrated planning systems that improve work planning, monitoring and efficiency.
- Promote safety, health and environmental compliance, drive value improvement initiatives, and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Engineering in Mining Engineering or a relevant mining discipline
- Registration with the Engineers Registration Board
- Competent Person in accordance with S-K 1300, JORC, SAMREC or NI43-101
- At least 10 years' experience in underground mining operations
- Experience in studies management of mine evaluation and optimisation
- Experience with mine design and scheduling software, including Deswik (preferred), Studio UG, EPS, Ventsim, Vulcan and Mineable Stope Optimiser
- Knowledge of resource and reserve estimation, underground mine design, scheduling, equipment selection, cost estimation, discounted cash flow analysis and budgeting
- Sound understanding of geological value drivers, risk drivers, geology and geotechnical principles
- Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, coaching and conflict resolution skills
- Physically fit and able to pass pre-employment medical examinations and screening
- Underground mine planning
- Mining engineering
- Mine design
- Production scheduling
- Mineral reserve reporting
- Deswik
- Studio UG
- Ventsim
- Vulcan
