Mine Operations Planning Engineer Kolomela & Sishen - Kathu at Anglo American

Job Description:
As our Mine Operations Planning Engineer (Sishen & Kolomela)of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Safety, Health, and Environment
• Consistently apply safety and health principles in all site interactions within and beyond the site Supervisor's work area.
• Identify specific risks within the working area and adhere to discipline-specific plans/systems to avoid these risks.
• Ensure mining plans and designs adhere to safety regulations and environmental standards and propose measures to mitigate potential risks.
• Performance and Delivery
• Mine Operations Planning:
• Meet mining objectives by ensuring all planning systems are up to date and aligned with the 12-month plan through continuous liaison with OMS specialists and alignment of deployment strategies.
• Ensure the 3-month mine plan has sufficient detail to construct weekly plans for loading and hauling, drilling and blasting, associated infrastructure work, waste dumping locations and spaces, and Mine Designs.
• Ensure that the monthly plan caters to the short-term HME capabilities, ore blending, and ore flow (crushing and stockpiling) of different material types and classes.
• Ensure plans are adjusted according to operating conditions, rain forecast, geological deviations, and plant needs, aligning with appropriate change management processes.
• Construct terms of reference to specify inputs into monthly plans – consult with different stakeholders to ensure realistic productivity assumptions.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve the short-term planning processes to minimise changes and maximise stability.
• Create plans following the Mine Health and Safety Act and the Mine’s regulations that are within budget and direct mine production activities to achieve short-term targets.
• Review the plan design with mine production and ensure that the plan tonnages, quality, rehabilitation, and safety comply with longer-term plans.
• The Work: Key Outputs and Accountabilities
• Partakes in reconciliation processes by releasing quality and reconcilable plans and contributing towards the gathering process.
• Ensure that infrastructure planning is aligned with shorter-term plans (including road positioning, electrical and water networks).
• Attend pit visits and all other meetings necessary to channel the operation back to the 3-month plan.
• Undertake tasks as assigned on implementing the Anglo Operating Model in Operational Mine Planning.
• Data management and validation:
• Analyse & ensure that the generated output path is aligned with the inputs provided in the input meeting.
• Consider the impacts of operational challenges on output rates presented in input meetings and be able to challenge them.
• QAQC:
• Change management & tracking of block shape change request and their alignment with Master Survey Layout.
• Ad-Hoc Projects:
• Support the section Manager Mine Planning to evaluate Ad-hoc projects and new technology.
• This role is in the Technical & Integrated Planning (T&IP) NC discipline at a 6.11 level reporting to Section Manager MT Planning

Qualifications:

• National Diploma in Mining Engineering
• BTech/BSc/BEng Advantageous
• SA Drivers Licence

Technical Knowledge

• Specialized knowledge in Mining Engineering, including mineral extraction, mine design, and geotechnical engineering.
• Familiarity with relevant legislation, such as MHSA, to ensure compliance and safety within the mining environment.
• Proficiency in project management, planning/scheduling, and understanding of the unique challenges faced in mining.
• Ability to apply the mine planning cycle, including exploration, design, construction, and operations.
• Understanding of financial metrics, budgeting tools, and cost analysis.
• Knowledge of risk management techniques and critical controls, including hazard identification and mitigation strategies.
• Awareness of safety, health, and environmental requirements and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in mine scheduling software, such as OPMS, Deswik, Xecure, and MicroStation, for effective mine planning and scheduling.