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Junior Mine Engineer

Employer
Kinross Gold Corporation
Location
Tasiast, Inchiri Region, Mauritania
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 7, 2021

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Category
Engineering, Mining Production
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English
Description du poste

Accountable to Mine Engineer and Senior Mine Engineer and Mine Engineering Superintendent. Liaising between various departments to create practical and efficient short-range plans. Aiding in other planning tasks such as design work/monthly reporting etc.

Responsabilités associées au poste

Includes but not limited to:

  • Data presentation/collation for morning meetings.
  • Co-ordination with Load and Haul/Drill and Blast on daily plan actions.
  • Presentation of Daily and Weekly Mine Plan.
  • Data collection and analysis to inform KPI targets.
  • Use of Geovia Surpac for mine design work.
  • Use of Geovia Minesched for Weekly Mine Plan scheduling.
  • Use of Haulsim for haul route optimization.


Comply with all Kinross Occupational Health and Safety requirements

  • Review recent incidents and safety concerns with your Supervisor to determine best subject matter for the Daily Toolbox meeting.
  • 4 Safewatch every month


Daily Planning

  • Pit tours with operations to inform plan/monitor progress.
  • Updating of bench plans/sequence and presentations.
  • Update and monitoring of dumping/stockpiling locations.
  • Updating management on developing issues.
  • Co-ordinate with Survey team on set-out requirements.
  • Monitoring and reporting on any ongoing projects.
  • Coordinate with Geology/Geotechnical to ensure that the plan meets their requirements.


Weekly Planning

  • Coordinating with load haul drill and blast on planning parameters to be used in the weekly planning process.
  • Co-ordination with Mine Engineer and above to ensure that the weekly plan aligns with the medium range plan.
  • Coordinate with Geology/Geotechnical to ensure that the plan meets their requirements.
  • Coordinating with processing department on their assumptions.


Monthly Planning

  • Coordinating with load haul drill and blast on planning parameters to be used in the monthly planning process.
  • Co-ordination with Mine Engineer and above to ensure that the monthly plan aligns with the budget/long range plan.
  • Coordinate with Geology/Geotechnical to ensure that the plan meets their requirements.
  • Coordinating with processing department on their assumptions.


Design Work

  • Design of temporary ramps, ramp flares, truck access etc.
  • Stockpile and dump design. o Bench design.
  • Road design/traffic management design.


Indicateurs Clés de Performance

Your performance and ability to effectively and efficiently run your area of responsibility will be measured with the following budgeted KPI's

Safety Performance & Record o Reports all reportable incidents.

  • 4 Safewatch every month.
  • 4 Hazard Reports every month


Daily Cycle

  • Circulation of Blasted Inventory Report
  • Circulation of project updates.
  • Morning action meeting.
  • Morning/afternoon pit tour.
  • Daily Plan Presentation.


Weekly Cycle

  • Collection and presentation of planning parameters/proposed drill, blast and mining sequence.
  • Creation and presentation of weekly mine plan to various operations departments.
  • Presentation of Weekly Ore Movement plan.


Adequate handover with cross-shift.

  • Collection and presentation of planning parameters/proposed drill, blast and mining sequence.
  • Creation and presentation of weekly mine plan to various operations departments.
  • Presentation of Weekly Ore Movement plan.


Compétences & Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements for this position:

  • Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or related discipline.
  • 1-3 years previous experience in open pit mining operation highly valued.
  • Mauritanian Drivers License.
  • Excellent communication skills and the proven ability to facilitate group meetings.
  • Strong leadership and a company oriented outlook.
  • Ability to enforce company policy and procedure.
  • Willingness to make difficult decisions when circumstances require.


Desirable Skill, Knowledge, Training, and Experience:

  • Ability to read, write and speak English, Arabic and French
  • Experience in technical services/mining.
  • Ability and desire to listen and continually improve both yourself and the business.
  • High skill level with Microsoft Office packages (Excel/Powerpoint/Word etc.)

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