Underground Mining: Technical Services Manager

Ivanhoe; Limpopo; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivanplats invites suitably qualified candidates for the role of MTS Manager at our Limpopo project. The successful candidate will lead the Technical Services Department, oversee mine design, planning, rock engineering, ventilation, and cost control to optimize underground production.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or related field, 15+ years post-qualification experience, and extensive experience in mechanized underground mining, reporting, and multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, mineral resource management or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years post qualification work experience.
• Mechanized underground mining, including mine design, mine planning, rock engineering, mine ventilation, project management, resource management and cost control.
• Extensive experience in production reporting (daily, monthly, yearly).

Responsibilities

• Manage revenue optimization through coordinating and ensuring that mine plans and costs are safely and efficiently optimized.
• Ensure costs are safely deferred or minimized and do 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 (planning cost schedules).
• Optimize the value of the mine using excellent mine planning and design and preparing cost models for underground mining.
• Apply company proprietary knowledge and systems to deposit modeling 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.
• Coordinate with various 3rd party contractor staff within area of accountability.

Skills

15 years post-qualification experience

Mechanized underground mining

Mine design

Mine planning

Rock engineering

Mine ventilation

Project management

Resource management

Cost control

Ore accounting

Metal accounting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, mineral resource management or equivalent

Postgraduate qualifications advantageous

Job description

Ivanplats invites suitably qualified candidates for the role of MTS Manager at our Limpopo project. The successful candidate will lead the Technical Services Department, oversee mine design, planning, rock engineering, ventilation, and cost control to optimize underground production.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or related field, 15+ years post-qualification experience, and extensive experience in mechanized underground mining, reporting, and multidisciplinary