Mining Engineer, Ewekoro

Role
Purpose

The purpose of the role is to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the Quarry, delivering the required quality and quantity of raw materials to the Crushers while maintaining high standards of safety, housekeeping and environmental compliance.

The role is responsible for the management and control of explosives and diesel stocks, including the preparation of required documentation and reports for relevant governmental authorities. It will also coordinate the activities of supporting teams, including Drill & Blast, Overburden, Quarry Operations, Fuel Station, Mechanical Workshop and Crushing, to achieve production targets and ensure effective reporting on equipment condition.

The role will ensure adherence to the short-term mining plan, safety standards, environmental procedures and applicable regulatory requirements, while promoting efficient resource utilisation and continuous improvement in quarry operations.

Role Responsibilities

• Enforce the
  implementation of an effective safety action plan including training, communication, audit that is aligned with the HSMS developed by the
  region as well as weekly safety briefings and inspections of the Quarry in accordance with the Quarry
  Safety Handbook
  
• Coordinating
  and monitoring drilling and blasting designs and planning with the team and to
  ensure maximum utilization of production drilling equipment as it relates to
  Production and Geo-technical Wall
  Control blasting
  
• Improving
  of production rates for excavators and dump trucks as well as drilling and
  blasting patterns to increase fragmentation
  
• Daily
  supervision of production equipment and ensuring that daily pre-start checks
  are done and all necessary safety
  documentations are carried out.
  
• Daily
  inspection of blasted patterns to make sure meeting the required fragmentation
  and ensuring that the drill and blast procedures are adhered to at all times.
  
• Defining
  the strategy of mining operations on daily basis (Grade control drilling, Drill and blast, Load and haul)
  
• Crusher feed blending through upcoming week to meet budget targets.
  
• Daily
  forecast calculations of Grade Control and Blast Holes drilling meters, total waste material to be mined
  and supervision of the overburden movement activities.
  
• Total ore
  to be mined, average ore mined grade and Crusher feed tonnage and its average grade.
  
• Daily
  supervision on the field to make sure of digging units’ bench setup and
  productivity, shortest haulage cycles for all trucks, waste dumps’ conditions,
  haul road conditions, mechanical problems facing production and ancillary equipment to discuss it with heavy mobile equipment maintenance manager.
  
• Coordinate
  with Quarry Supervisor to ensure maximum utilization of digging units and dump trucks.
  
• Daily
  and Weekly QA/QC for blasted patterns to identify problems that may affect the production and find out the best way to
  avoid it.
  
• Consult
  with mine planner on issues relating to production drilling, blast and mine
  design and to identify the geological structures and hardness of rock to make
  modifications in blasting parameters to overcome any expected problems.
  
• Assisting
  in developing drill and blast budgets and forecasts as required and making cost
  studies for blasting operations with different parameters to meet budgeted cost
  and operations inquiries.
  
• Any
  other task that may be assigned from time to time
  

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