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  • Posted: Apr 11, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • As a global and diversified mining business, we use the latest technologies to find new resources, plan and build our mines and mine, process, move and market our products to customers around the world. For almost 100 years, we have been mining the minerals that society needs to develop and prosper. We provide our investors with a balanced portfolio of oppo...
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    Section Manager Production Geology & Ore Control Kolomela

    Job Description:
    As Section Manager Production Geology & Ore Controlyou will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

    • Safety, Health, and Environment
    • Manage a safe and healthy work environment where workers and contractor can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.
    • Keep environmental impact within statutory requirements to ensure compliance.
    • Active participation in VFLs, Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.

    Performance and Delivery:
    Production Geology:

    • Manage the delivery of predicted material classifications following KIO standards and within the designated timeframe.
    • Add value to the prediction of blocks by providing insightful remarks on selective mining and geology.
    • Ensure that the graphic representation of the predicted blocks meets set standards and is clear and legible.
    • Conduct risk assessments on predicted blocks in compliance with established standards.
    • Establish practical loading dimensions and orientations for predicted material demarcations on final blast blocks.
    • Manage the accurate and timely material classification on final blast blocks based on grade and tonnage.
    • Deliver the final material classifications in compliance with KIO standards and within the designated timeframe.
    • Ensure that the graphic representation of the final blocks complies with the set standards and is legible and clear.
    • Implement value-based ore control parameters during the block demarcation to ensure practical loading dimensions and orientations.
    • Advise Grade Control on the best value ore destinations derived from the Value-based ore control demarcations.
    • Make blast movement adjustments on block demarcations to ensure optimal mining practices and conditions
    • Reconcile the resource and grade control nodes in geological reconciliation to ensure they align.
    • Investigate and explain differences between resource and grade control nodes during geological reconciliation.
    • Coordinate grade control infill drilling on the mine to ensure adequate coverage in the mine's monthly and yearly plans.
    • Complete drilling planning timeously and communicate it to relevant stakeholders.
    • Ensure an adequate budget and resources are allowed for drilling and measure drilling compliance according to the budget, month plan, and year plan to meet the required standard.
    • Plan, coordinate and execute various MRM projects to ensure optimum mining practices and conditions.
    • Monitor project status and progress and recommend alternatives when obstacles arise.
    • Adhere to project timelines and budgets and manage deviations accordingly.
    • Investigate the viability of all newly suggested projects before registering them as a project.

    Ore Control:

    • Ensure consultation with the short-term planning, Sishen plants, logistics, and marketing to optimise the ore reserve.
    • Develop a feed strategy and plan to ensure delivery of on-specification iron ore products.
    • Align marketing efforts with the delivery plan to meet market requirements.
    • Integrate the production process to optimise efficiency and quality control.
    • Manage budget and costs to ensure profitability and sustainability.

    People Management:

    • Optimise human resources in a way that the section delivers maximum output.
    • Ensure work ethics is of such a nature that workers continuously strive towards improving their performance.
    • This role is in the Discovery & Geosciences (GEO) NC at a Band 6 level reporting to the Manager Geology.

    Qualifications:

    • Grade 12
    • B–Geology or BEng Mining or BEng Metallurgy or BEng Industrial (NQF7)
    • Registered member (full) of SACNASP/ECSA
    • SA Drivers License Code B

    Experience

    • 6-8 years of relevant experience in production geology and ore control.
    • Geoscientific understanding to guide mining/production activities for productivity and quality targets across multidisciplinary teams.
    • Knowledge in managing finances, labour, and projects, analysing critical performance data, and implementing improvements.
    • Proactive risk identification, reporting, management, and testing/implementation of safety and health solutions to ensure a safe and secure mining environment
    • Understand the implications of safety and health risks on Group objectives and risk levels, engineering solutions, embedding standards, and promoting local ownership of risk management to mitigate such risks.
    • Knowledge of safe operational practices and their importance in the mining industry.

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