Senior Long Term Planner - West Africa

My client is a growing exploration and mining company in West Africa, currently seeking a long- range planner for their open-pit operations,

Responsibilities:

·         To ensure that mining plans optimize the utilization of the resource over time;

·         To provide quarterly updates to mine design and mine plans that conform to the budgeted ounce delivery schedule and stripping ratios;

·         Provide mine designs and waste dump designs appropriate to the selected gold price;

·         Perform sensitivity analysis on the above, and on differential mining scenarios;

·         Ensure that all medium and long range plans are communicated to the Senior mining engineering staff, and that all plans are conformed to in the short term;

·         Ensure the mining fleet is configured appropriately to the medium and long range plans;

·         Compilation of mining data for budgeting purposes;

·         Calculate reserves;

·         Liaise with other departments to ensure that ground prep (condemnation drilling and environmental clearance), are scheduled well ahead of mining and dumping operations;

·         Liaise with management on issues of mining and development;

·         Provide guidance to Senior Mine Engineers on issues of design and planning feasibility;

·         Strategic Planning

o    To align corporate business goals and objectives with SGO operations

o    To determine SGO Strategic Action Plan and Departmental Tactical Plans

·         LOM and annual plans

o    To outline the operational hours of the mobile fleet

o    To provide a basis on which Maintenance can forecast PM schedules

o    To provide a basis on which the open pit budget can be developed in detail

o    To produce annual and LOM Forecast and Budget

·         Mine Design

o    The use of mining software (ie Vulcan) to carry out the following as required:

o    Pit Designs, Waste Dump Designs, Haul Road Designs, Other infrastructure designs(dams, drain ditches, etc.)

·         Mine Planning and Scheduling

o    Responsible for mine planning and scheduling on site using software such as spreadsheets, iGantt etc to ensure practical schedules are produced for production, budgeting and forecasting purposes.

o    This includes  medium (quarterly) and long term (yearly and life of mine) planning and scheduling.

·         Mine Development planning

o    Ensure that proper clearance is in order before mining operations move into new areas of the mine-lease.  This includes:

o    Road relocation, Pit expansion and Waste dump development

·         Safety and Environment

o    Pro-active in abiding by SGO’s safety and environmental policies and reporting any safety or environmental issues.

·         Teamwork

o    To work as part of a team with fellow Mining Engineers, Geologists, Surveyors and Production personnel to ensure production target/budgets are achieved.

o    To mentor and assist Junior Mining Engineers to increase their skills and mining knowledge.

·         Chief Mining Engineer

o    Deputise for Chief Mining Engineer when on field breaks.

o    Assist Chief Mining Engineer with the allocation of resources within the mining department to achieve objectives outlined above

Requirements

·         Engineering Degree

·         At least 10 years experience in mining

·         Thorough working knowledge of mining activities;

·         High level of computer skills and knowledge of MS Office Suite, CAD software, etc...

·         Strong communication skills, ability to speak and write in English

·         Ability to train less experienced members of the staff;

·         Ability to liaise and promote liaison between maintenance, mining and contracting personnel;

·         Maintenance of safe working environment practices;