Short Term Planner

Jobot; Strawberry Plains (TN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Vacation, sick, and paid holidays

Life Insurance

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Short Term Planner for an underground mining project in East Tennessee, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. The position emphasizes developing safe, compliant mine plans, 7+21/RoFo planning, and collaboration with engineering and operations teams.

Ideal candidates will have underground planning experience, Deswik proficiency, and a track record of driving continuous improvement in mine design and scheduling.

Qualifications

• Experience in Underground mine planning and scheduling.
• Ability to develop safe and compliant mine plans under ROFO and 7+21 frameworks.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Promote, lead, and demonstrate safe behaviors at all times
• Comply with the site’s standards and procedures in SHEC
• Demonstrate effective performance in achieving SHEC goals
• Demonstrate leadership in SHEC through personal behaviors and reporting SHEC incidents
• Take responsibility for the safety of all personnel
• Develop plans and schedules considering statutory requirements
• Develop weekly 7+21 plans to achieve the Rolling 3-month plan (RoFo)
• Generate drill and blast designs
• Develop short-term level designs
• Develop waste/back filling plans if required
• Work with Mine Operations, Geology, Survey, Geotech and Mine Design
• Undertake regular Underground site visits to ensure plan compliance
• Attend safety meetings and demonstrate safety leadership
• Assist in SOP and JSEA development
• Coordinate with senior planner to align ROFO with ROFO plan
• Complete weekly and daily plan compliance and support UG Mine Manager and Shift Boss

Skills

Underground mine planning

Scheduling

Leadership

Education

Tertiary Qualifications in Mining Related Discipline

Tools

Deswik

Job description

Short Term Planner - Competitive Salary and Benefits

Job details: This Jobot Job is hosted by: Sean Copeland.

Salary: $115,000 - $125,000 per year.

A bit about us:

Manufacturer in East TN

Why join us?

• Full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401 (K) with generous company match
• Generous Paid time off (PTO)
• Vacation, sick, and paid holidays
• Life Insurance coverage

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Promote, lead, and demonstrate safe behaviors at all times
• Comply with the site’s standards and procedures in SHEC
• Demonstrate effective performance in achieving agreed SHEC goals in support of the department/company standards
• Demonstrate leadership in SHEC through personal behaviors and conversations and report all SHEC incidents and participate in SHEC initiatives
• Take responsibility for the safety of all personnel
• Develop plans and schedules in consideration of statutory requirements
• Awareness and understanding of Nyrstar and TN Mine operations related to standards including specific governance and local legislative requirements
• Developing the weekly (7+21) plan to achieve the Rolling 3-month plan (RoFo)
• Generating drill and blast designs
• Developing short terms level designs
• Developing waste/back filling plans if required
• Work closely with Mine Operations, Geology, Survey, Geotech and Mine Design when developing the mine plans and schedule
• Undertaking regular Underground site visits to ensure that execution is compliant to the plan
• Attend safety meetings and demonstrate safely leadership
• Assist in development of SOPs and JSEA procedures
• Work closely with senior mine planner to ensure that the 7+21 plan is complaint to the ROFO plan
• Complete the weekly and daily compliance to plan and support the UG Mine Manager and Shift Boss in the reporting and meeting space

Team Relationships

• Work closely with the engineering, geology and Mine Operations team to develop a robust mine plans, designs and schedules
• Operate within the ROFO mine plan and aim to exceed the ROFO KPIs when developing schedule
• Ensure integration with maintenance and other departmental planners to ensure mine plan is achievable and based on reasonable estimates and timelines.
• Ensure all work is planned in advance and everyone on the team is able to know what their plan is.

Systems

• Ensure that the 7+21 mine plan is compliant to the approved template provided by the senior planner
• Ensure that the compliance to plan is developed and compliant to the MOS
• Operate within the MOS and drive compliance in all interactions

Qualifications

Essential

• Experience in Underground mine planning and scheduling

Desirable

• Tertiary Qualifications in a Mining Related Discipline
• Experience in driving best practice through your department and into the business.
• Ability to understand functionality of business systems and extract relevant data for business purposes
• Track record in driving continuous improvement
• Preference for experience in Deswik

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.