Mining Engineer: Medium-Term Planning at Glencore

The incumbent in the role is responsible for supporting the Complex by ensuring optimal exploitation of coal reserves and assisting in meeting operational and strategic business objectives.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting medium-term planning activities for the opencast operations.
• Supporting the production process to achieve planned targets.
• Fulfilling daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting duties.
• Supporting the preparation of reserves and parameters.
• Conducting viability studies.

 Minimum Qualifications:

• A relevant degree in Mining Engineering.
• A Surface Blasting Certificate for Coal Mines.
• A Mine Managers’ Certificate of Competency or Glencore internal Law Examination will be an added advantage.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an Opencast Production environment at a Production Superintendent level.
• Technical Mine Planning experience in an opencast environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Mine Design and Scheduling software.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Ability to take the lead, set objectives, sequence processes/initiatives/projects and organize resources to manage risk and achieve objectives.
• Ability to drill into the detail of issues to determine root cause whilst considering urgency, importance, risk and reward factors.
• Ability to carefully and objectively analyse and evaluate information to inform decisions and key actions.
• Ability to work consistently hard to achieve deliverables and honour commitments made.
• Ability to maintain high levels of individual and team performance by driving the achievement of goals, targets and financial objectives.