Section Manager Drilling at Anglo American

Job Description

As our Section Manager Drilling, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring holes are drilled according to the weekly schedule and correct specifications to ensure the required blasting results are achieved.
• Sampling drilled holes correctly and as per WI, forward to Geologist for analysis and block classifications.
• Optimizing equipment capacity through CI projects in order to improve production throughout.
• Drilling supporting holes when the burden is too wide, to ensure the correct fragmentation.
• Monitor performance data across the Section to be able to improve individual Supervisor and crew performance. Source technical and operational expertise as required.
• Budget and Cost Control Management.
• Continuous identification of opportunities for cost cutting measures.
• Optimizing human resources in a way that maximum output is delivered by the section.
• Ensuring work ethics is of such a nature that workers continuously strive towards improving their own performance.
• Assessing the training needs of the Section against the defined skill requirements and develop and implement a training plan within your authority limits.
• Setting expectations for the Supervisors about crew leave. Monitor leave and turnover data and initiate/authorize recruitment activity so that crew strength is maintained.
• Fully understanding the policies, processes and systems which apply to your team’s work and provide leadership so that your team.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management.
• Ensuring improvement initiatives.
• Managing mine operations and processes safely, efficiently and cost effectively to meet short term and long term production and project objectives.
• Improving measures and solutions to eliminate reoccurrence of incidents and pollution
• Ensuring compliance with all legal, environmental, occupational health, safety and risk management standards and best practices.
• Ensuring all activities conducted are in accordance with the Minerals Act and Regulations and compliance to OSHAS and MHS Acts.
• Assessing and respond to risk in the workplace and implementing safety improvement plans at the operations.

This role is in the Mining department on a band 6 level and reporting to the Manager Mining (Drilling)

Qualifications

You will be required to have the following:

• Degree in Mining Engineering (B.Sc./B.Eng.or B. Tech)
• Open Cast Blasting Certificate
• Mine Managers Certificate of Competence advantageous.
• Computer literate in MS Office and SAP
• Valid South African Driver’s license

Experience:

• 5 - 8 years relevant Mining production experience
• 5 years’ experience in a Mine Overseer role
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Drilling and Blasting
• 3 - 5 Experience in Managing contractors advantageous.