Location: Sub Saharan Africa
Job ID: HQ00009046
Job Type: Permanent
Date Added: 07/30/14
Successful Mining Company with operations in East Africa are looking for a Mining Supervisor at their copper open cast hard rock mining operation.
Position Overview and Key Responsibilities
- In Supervise operators and mining equipment to achieve a safe working environment and exceed production targets.
- Provided effective leadership to all crew members and drive a high performance culture and ensuring high level of standard to be achieved
- Ensure all mining crews are trained and authorised to operate mining equipment.
- Create and maintain professional relationships with all crew members and staff
- Drive high level of safety standard throughout the pit, waste dump, stockpile, ROM and all areas within Bisha Mine
- Exceed production targets at Bisha Mine Open pit by improving utilisation, reduce idle, queuing time and increase operating hours
- Train and mentor local operators by creating a culture of pride, passion and perseverance with the crew
- Lead the team to achieve production targets on a regular basis
- Be part of the weekly planning meeting every Thursday.
- Comply and meet the engineering department, daily, weekly and monthly production plan.
- Provide advice and guidance to make the plan realistic and achievable
- Operating machinery and proactively jumping into the machine to continuously improve the methodologies of the operation to attain a world class mining operation.
- Provide practical strategic review against the 3mnth plan to ensure the plan is achievable
- Management of manning levels to ensure sufficient operators are available to do the job and sufficient people allocated for training
- Management of PPE for the crew.
- Participate in budget review and managing cost for the operation.
Qualifications and Experience
- Certificate / Diploma in Mining
- Train the Trainer Certificate
- Bachelor Degree in Mining
Working Experience
- 12 years previous open pit
- 10 years operator experience
- 3-5 years of dewatering experience
Leadership Experience
- 6 years as a shift supervisor experience.
Other skills and abilities
- Able to Operate Efficiently and competently:
- RH40 to RH200 Face Shovel and Excavator
- CAT 330 to 390 Excavator
- CAT 14H to 16H Grader
- CAT D8 to D9 Dozer
- CAT 773 to 777 Dump Truck
- CAT 740 to 740B Articulated Dump Truck
- CAT 996 to 992 Loader
- Sleepers
- Iveco Tipper Trucks - 10t
