Acacia Mining seeks to employ an Underground Production Engineer based at North Mara Mine in Tanzania. This role reports to the Underground Mining Section Leader and the role holder will be accountable for underground mine design, medium term planning and production Drill & Blast.
This is a permanent role, with the work roster being six weeks on and three weeks off.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Ensure safe work practices by attending compulsory safety courses and meetings, use of required PPE, incident/accident reporting and ensuring total adherence to all Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Policies of Acacia, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Development of mine design and layouts, ensuring compliance to the layout implementation.
• Monitor compliance to the daily tracking and weekly plan.
• Production Drill & Blast
o Ensure compliance to the required stope notes for all stopes.
o Completion of drill design for all production drill activities
o Preparation of blast design for all production blast activities
o Reconciliation of drill and blast performance, ensuring compliance to all stope reconcilliation
o Maintain compliance to logging and firing of IKON electronic blasts
• Maintain Ventilation, Cement Aggregate Fill (CAF), Drill & Blast (D&B), and Long-Hole Open Stoping (LHOS) engineering systems.
• Assist with the underground optimisation projects as required.
• Prepare regular production reports and stope file notes for the underground operation.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Qualification Requirements:
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering
Experience Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an underground mining operation
• At least 1 years’ experience as production drill and blast engineer
• Experience in the Gold Mining Industry is preferred
Skills / Knowledge Requirements:
• Underground Mining Methods and Systems
• Mine design and planning
• OHS Legislation
• Mines Regulations and Act
• Electronic blasting system IKON
• Production Drill and Blast in open stoping mines
• Use of mine design software Deswick, Surpac, Studio5DP or similar
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• Computer skills in MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook, Access
• Analysis and diagnosis of data
• Team Membership
Job Mining - Underground
Primary Location: Tanzania - Mara Region - North Mara Gold Mine
How To Apply:
Click here to apply for this job online - Underground Production Engineer
Deadline Date: Jan 19, 2017, 7:59:00 AM
This is a permanent role, with the work roster being six weeks on and three weeks off.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Ensure safe work practices by attending compulsory safety courses and meetings, use of required PPE, incident/accident reporting and ensuring total adherence to all Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Policies of Acacia, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Development of mine design and layouts, ensuring compliance to the layout implementation.
• Monitor compliance to the daily tracking and weekly plan.
• Production Drill & Blast
o Ensure compliance to the required stope notes for all stopes.
o Completion of drill design for all production drill activities
o Preparation of blast design for all production blast activities
o Reconciliation of drill and blast performance, ensuring compliance to all stope reconcilliation
o Maintain compliance to logging and firing of IKON electronic blasts
• Maintain Ventilation, Cement Aggregate Fill (CAF), Drill & Blast (D&B), and Long-Hole Open Stoping (LHOS) engineering systems.
• Assist with the underground optimisation projects as required.
• Prepare regular production reports and stope file notes for the underground operation.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Qualification Requirements:
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering
Experience Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an underground mining operation
• At least 1 years’ experience as production drill and blast engineer
• Experience in the Gold Mining Industry is preferred
Skills / Knowledge Requirements:
• Underground Mining Methods and Systems
• Mine design and planning
• OHS Legislation
• Mines Regulations and Act
• Electronic blasting system IKON
• Production Drill and Blast in open stoping mines
• Use of mine design software Deswick, Surpac, Studio5DP or similar
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• Computer skills in MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook, Access
• Analysis and diagnosis of data
• Team Membership
Job Mining - Underground
Primary Location: Tanzania - Mara Region - North Mara Gold Mine
How To Apply:
Click here to apply for this job online - Underground Production Engineer
Deadline Date: Jan 19, 2017, 7:59:00 AM