SENIOR MINE PLANNING ENGINEER
BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION:
The Senior Mine Planning Engineer will be responsible for delivering all short-term and medium-term mine schedule requirements for the operation. The scope of this role includes the development of Mine Area Designs (MADs) and the preparation of 3-month rolling mine plans.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Your key accountabilities include:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE:
The Senior Mine Planning Engineer will be responsible for delivering all short-term and medium-term mine schedule requirements for the operation. The scope of this role includes the development of Mine Area Designs (MADs) and the preparation of 3-month rolling mine plans.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Your key accountabilities include:
- Translating broadly stated company objectives into detailed MADs, a three-month rolling plan, and infrastructure schedules.
- Developing and maintaining a 3-month rolling integrated production schedule for underground development, stoping activities, service holes, raise bore, diamond drill and infrastructure schedule aligned to the approved budget.
- Translating the 3-month plan into detailed weekly schedules.
- Sequencing mining activities to optimize: Production physicals, Grade delivery, Equipment utilization and Ventilation constraints.
- Ensuring the operational schedule compliance in relation to: Development, Slot raises, Stope drilling, Charging and blasting, Mucking, and Paste backfilling.
- Participating in weekly production schedules with operations teams.
- Supporting short interval control (SIC) processes to track schedule performance.
- Updating schedules based on operational feedback.
- Monitoring actual performance against the short-term schedule.
- Analysing deviations in: Production tonnage, Development meters, Drill and blast performance, and Equipment utilization.
- Producing monthly planning reports highlighting: Variances from plan, Root cause analysis, Corrective actions.
- Developing, implementing and maintaining work quality requirements and work instructions for Scheduling activities and MADs.
- Training and developing knowledge and skills in the mine scheduling team to ensure high standards of work, succession planning and continual coverage.
- Supporting short term scheduling including the transfer of final designs into the short term mine schedule (3ms and weekly scheduling).
- Supporting business improvement initiatives.
- Completing projects and studies on time.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE:
- Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in an underground mining environment with at least 5 years spent in mine planning and scheduling.
- Underground Mining Blasting License.
- Registered with Engineers Registration Board of Botswana.
- Experience managing short-term production schedules in underground operations.
- Operational experience and practical experience in drill and blast.
- Experience in Long hole Open stoping design and planning will be advantageous.