MGM Matongo Gold Mine is seeking an Underground Mining Engineer to plan, coordinate, supervise, and monitor underground mining activities for safe, efficient, and economical gold production at the Matongo Underground Gold Mine in Tanzania.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and implement daily, weekly, and monthly underground mining plans.
- Plan and supervise underground development and production activities.
- Monitor production against planned tonnes, grade, ounces, and development metres.
- Coordinate and optimize underground mining activities involving shafts, winches, and other mining equipment.
- Plan and monitor mining activities using sublevel stoping and shrinkage stoping methods.
- Prepare and review drilling and blasting patterns and monitor blasting performance.
- Monitor explosive consumption, fragmentation, dilution, overbreak, and powder factor.
- Supervise and monitor underground ground-support installation, including split sets, mesh, and concrete support.
- Monitor underground ventilation, dewatering, haulage, and access conditions.
- Identify production constraints and recommend practical engineering solutions.
- Participate in workplace inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and safety improvement initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with approved mining procedures, safety standards, and applicable mining regulations.
- Prepare accurate daily, weekly, and monthly mining reports.
- Monitor mining KPIs, equipment utilization, labour productivity, mining costs, and production performance.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing productivity and reducing operating costs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or an equivalent recognized qualification
- Registered with, or eligible for registration with, the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) of Tanzania
- At least two years of underground mining experience, ideally in hard-rock (preferably gold) mining
- Strong practical knowledge of underground mining
- Good leadership, supervision, and communication skills
- Strong safety awareness and commitment
- Good planning, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work under pressure, work independently, and meet production targets
- Experience in narrow-vein mining, manual and semi-mechanized underground operations, or shaft and winch-based ore handling is preferred
- Strong practical knowledge of underground mining.
- Good leadership, supervision, and communication skills.
- Strong safety awareness and commitment.
- Good planning, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet production targets.
- Ability to work independently and make sound engineering decisions underground.
- Strong commitment to productivity, cost control, and continuous improvement.
- Experience in narrow-vein mining, manual and semi-mechanized underground operations, shaft and winch-based ore handling, or underground production optimization is preferred.
Document Requirements
Application Instructions
- Submit an updated CV with a cover letter, copies of academic and professional certificates, professional registration documents, and contact details of at least two professional referees.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
