Senior Mining Engineer – Life-of-Mine Planning & Projects

De Beers Group; Musina; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

De Beers Group in Limpopo is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to lead and deliver integrated mining technical services across Life of Mine planning, 3MRS, studies and Resource & Reserve reporting.

The role requires integrating Deswik mine plans with project schedules, ensuring alignment with care and maintenance, asset preservation and project delivery objectives, and providing decision-ready inputs for planning teams.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years' experience in mining technical services, mine planning, studies and project environments.
• Demonstrated experience in Life of Mine planning, mine scheduling and mining optimisation.
• Experience integrating mining plans with project execution schedules.
• Experience within care and maintenance, brownfield projects, operational readiness or asset preservation environments.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders, consultants and contractors without direct reporting authority.
• Underground mining operations and technical project environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and coordination of 3MRS planning activities and outputs.
• Align development schedules with Life of Mine strategy and project requirements.
• Ensure integration of development schedules with infrastructure, preservation and project execution plans.
• Evaluate alternative mining sequences to maximise value and flexibility.
• Provide mining technical inputs into concept, pre-feasibility, feasibility, execution and operational readiness studies.
• Coordinate inputs across mining, engineering, geology, and project controls to ensure schedule integrity.

Skills

Life of Mine planning

Mine scheduling

Mining optimisation

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Mining Engineering

Professional registration (advantageous)

Valid driver’s licence

Tools

Deswik planning

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

De Beers Group in Limpopo is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to lead and deliver integrated mining technical services across Life of Mine planning, 3MRS, studies and Resource & Reserve reporting.

The role requires integrating Deswik mine plans with project schedules, ensuring alignment with care and maintenance, asset preservation and project delivery objectives, and providing decision-ready inputs for planning teams.