MTS Manager X 1 REF: IVP-MTS-2025-01

Ivanhoe Mines; Limpopo; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivanplats (Pty) Ltd invites suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the role of MTS Manager X 1. The role focuses on revenue optimisation through efficient mine planning and cost control in a mechanised underground mining operation in the Limpopo province near Mokopane.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or equivalent, 15+ years post-qualification experience, and extensive expertise in mine design, planning, rock engineering, ventilation, and safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, mineral resource management or equivalent; additional and relevant post graduate qualifications would be advantageous.
• Minimum of 15 years’ post qualification work experience.
• Mechanised underground mining experience, which must include experience in mine design, mine planning, rock engineering, mine ventilation, project management, resource management and cost control.
• Knowledge of engineering techniques as they apply to ore body evaluation and mine operations.
• Extensive experience in production reporting, daily, monthly and yearly.

Responsibilities

• Manage revenue optimisation through coordinating and ensuring that mine plans and costs are safely and efficiently optimised
• Ensuring costs are safely deferred or minimized and so not adversely impact production efficiency
• Accountable for ensuring mineral resources are always available to the business and never adversely impact production or halt the production process
• develop and implement the Technical Services Department standards in accordance with international and company standards i.e. planning cost schedules
• Optimize the value of the mine using excellent mine planning and design and preparing cost models for underground mining
• Apply company propriety knowledge and systems to deposit modelling and calculations
• Lead a multidisciplinary team
• Manage and ensure that the Technical Services Department provides full effective and timely support to their customer, the mining operation
• Provide relief to the Mining Manager as required
• Co-ordinate with various 3rd party contractor staff within area of accountability

Skills

15+ years post-qualification exp

Mechanised underground mining

Mine design

Mine planning

Rock engineering

Mine ventilation

Project management

Resource management

Cost control

Production reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or equivalent

Postgraduate qualifications advantageous

Job description

Ivanplats is looking for a MTS Manager X 1 REF: IVP-MTS-2025-01

IVANPLATS (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, is advancing the development of its world-class palladium-rhodium-nickel-copper-gold project in the Limpopo Province near Mokopane. This unique mineral deposit will be exploited using large mechanised state-of-the-art underground mining methods, deploying the latest technology to develop this “mine of the future”. Suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply for the following vacancies required for the project development.

Suitable candidate must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, mineral resource management or equivalent; additional and relevant post graduate qualifications would be advantageous.
• Minimum of 15 years’ post qualification work experience.
• Mechanised underground mining experience, which must include experience in mine design, mine planning, rock engineering, mine ventilation, project management, resource management and cost control.
• Knowledge of engineering techniques as they apply to ore body evaluation and mine operations.
• Extensive experience in production reporting, daily, monthly and yearly.

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• Manage revenue optimisation through coordinating and ensuring that mine plans and costs are safely and efficiently optimised
• Ensuring costs are safely deferred or minimized and so not adversely impact production efficiency
• Accountable for ensuring mineral resources are always available to the business and never adversely impact production or halt the production process
• develop and implement the Technical Services Department standards in accordance with international and company standards i.e. planning cost schedules
• Optimize the value of the mine using excellent mine planning and design and preparing cost models for underground mining
• Apply company propriety knowledge and systems to deposit modelling and calculations
• Lead a multidisciplinary team
• Manage and ensure that the Technical Services Department provides full effective and timely support to their customer, the mining operation
• Provide relief to the Mining Manager as required
• Co-ordinate with various 3rd party contractor staff within area of accountability

Your successful candidate will be responsible for, but not be limited to:

• Adherence and enforce all safety protocols for safe working environment.
• Have extensive knowledge and experience in ore accounting and metal accounting.
• Work closely with all stakeholders for integration of mine production planning and processing.
• Advise and cooperate with all affected by changes in mine operations and assist in overall mine management through interaction with other departments.

The Finer Details

Closing date: 15 September 2025

Preference will be given to Historically Disadvantaged South Africans (HDSA) from local communities surrounding Ivanplats Platreef mine and Women. Applications are only open to South African Citizens.