Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
• Manage the Underground mining operation in compliance with Tanzanian Mining (safe working) Regulations and Barrick’s Health Safety and Environmental site requirements.
• Leadership necessary to ensure that employees and contractors adhere to safety standards that exceed world industry standards and any applicable legislation and achieve Zero Lost Time Injury (LTI) Frequency Rate.
• Assist in developing mine plans with the mine planning department and execute the mining plan to ensure optimum exploitation of North Mara ore body.
• Manage the Underground mining operation to ensure ore is delivered to the ROM stockpile at optimum cost and in a timely manner.
• Cooperative management and leadership with Engineering Manager and Geology Manager to ensure best results for equipment availability, utilization and optimum dilution control and ore reserve management.
• Develop and implement monitoring systems and procedures to ensure all underground mining costs are minimized and that all adverse variations are reported, followed up and remedied.
• Create a working environment which ensures that employees and contractors gain new skills and achieve their full potential by developing and implementing effective training and mentoring programs.
• Continually review every aspect of the mine department to ensure that opportunities to add value and increase shareholder wealth are identified and implemented.
• Implement employee performance management processes to ensure optimum employee performance, in order to identify and remedy substandard performance and behavior.
• Play a leading role in all appropriate industry committees, government working parties and community groups to ensure that North Mara interests are represented and protected.
• Participate in the North Mara senior management team to ensure that targets for resources exploitation, capital management, cost control, safety performance, employee development, environmental management and corporate governance are achieved.
• Manage Succession Planning within the Underground Mining Team to ensure progressive development of Tanzanian employees to assume positions of increasing accountability.
• To be pro-active in all aspects of operational safety, efficient utilization of the resources, Continuous Improvement ideas and Projects; and encourage teamwork across the departments.
• Manage business decisions and transaction in compliance to the Company Code of Ethics and compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) law and standards.
• Ensure the Underground mining fleet dispatching system is fully functional and operational and is used to maximum efficiency for optimal mine operations.
• Ensure all equipment damages are reduced to zero with an effective drive on operational excellence.
• Taking accountability for the effectiveness of the environmental management system.
• Ensuring that the environmental policy and environmental objectives are established and are compatible with the strategic direction and the context of the organization.
• Ensuring that the resources needed for the environmental management system are available.
• Communicating the importance of effective environmental management and of conforming to the environmental management system requirements.
• Ensuring that the environmental management system achieves its intended outcomes.
• Directing and supporting persons to contribute to the effectiveness of the environmental management system.
• Promoting continual improvements and supporting other relevant management roles to demonstrate their leadership as it applies to their area of responsibility.

Qualification requirements
• Degree in Mining Engineering or similar Technical Degree that is supported by practical work experience in Underground Mining

Experience and Competencies needed
• Minimum of 15 years progressive experience in large Underground hard rock mining with at least 5 years recent experience in the Gold mining industry, of which 5 years in a managerial role, is essential.
• Underground Mining operation management.
• Strategic and short term mine planning.
• Underground Mining equipment selection and performance.
• Contracts and Contractor management.
• Strong conceptual thinking ability.
• Resilience and Resourcefulness.
• Performance Orientation.
• Strong Influencing Skills.
• High level of interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated skills with capital justification, budget development, expenditure and controls.
• Experience with operations and project development in a developing country environment.
• Awareness of culture, business environment and infrastructures issues.
• Experience in systematic coaching and training of employees in developing country

What We Can Offer You
• A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
• The ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 180

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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