Mining Manager (Section 3.1 (a) Appointee) Northern Cape

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:-

The Mining Manager (Section 3.1(a) Appointee) oversees underground mechanized mining operations, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency in accordance with mining and environmental regulations. Key responsibilities include managing TMM fleets, mechanized development, and stoping operations, while implementing health and safety systems, leading risk management, and managing budgets and personnel. Minimum requirements include a relevant engineering degree, various mining certifications, and extensive experience in underground mechanized mining.

Salary: Market Related Job Type: Permanent Sectors: Mining Reference: 198383

Vacancy Details Employer: Orion Minerals

The role of Mining Manager (Section 3.1(a) Appointee) entails overseeing the safe, compliant, and efficient operation of underground mechanized mining sections according to the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996. The incumbent holds full legal responsibility for implementing all necessary measures to safeguard the health and safety of employees and contractors, ensuring adherence to the MHSA, MPRDA, and other pertinent mining and environmental regulations. The position demands both tactical and strategic leadership in managing people, equipment, and systems to achieve production, cost, quality, and safety objectives, with a specific focus on optimizing Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) fleets, mechanized development, and mechanized stoping operations. This role is vital for ensuring that PCZM’s underground mining operations are governed by a qualified and experienced statutory appointee who promotes regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and a robust safety culture.

Key responsibilities include: - Holding the Section 3.1(a) legal appointment under the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, with full statutory accountability. - Ensuring safe, productive, and cost-effective day-to-day management. - Providing tactical and strategic leadership to meet production, efficiency, cost, and safety targets. - Driving optimal performance of Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) fleets, including planning, utilization, maintenance coordination, and productivity enhancement. - Overseeing and optimizing mechanized development and mechanized stoping operations. - Implementing and maintaining robust health and safety systems, ensuring compliance with the MHSA, MPRDA, and related mining and environmental legislation. - Leading risk identification and management processes, including hazard identification, incident investigation, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions. - Ensuring effective mine planning and scheduling aligned with the mine plan, budgets, and business strategy. - Managing and developing a competent team, including supervisors, section managers, and contractors, ensuring appropriate training, authorization, and performance management. - Collaborating with support functions (survey, ventilation, rock engineering, geology, engineering, finance, HR, ER/IR) to ensure integrated and efficient section performance. - Monitoring and controlling section costs and budgets, identifying opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency gains without compromising safety or compliance. - Serving as a key interface with regulators (e.g., DMRE) and internal stakeholders on matters relating to safety, production, and compliance for the underground mechanized sections.

Minimum Requirements: - B degree/ B-Tech / Higher Diploma in Mining Engineering or equivalent (NQF 7). - Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency (Metalliferous). - Mine Overseer’s Certificate of Competency. - Blasting Certificate (Underground, Metalliferous). - Professional registration (SAIMM, AMMSA/MMSA) – desirable. - Management Development Programme – desirable.

Experience: - Minimum 12–15 years’ overall mining experience, with at least 5 years in an underground mechanized (trackless) mining environment. - Minimum 10 years’ experience either holding a Section 3.1(a) legal appointment or acting as a subordinate (2.6.1) manager under such an appointment. - At least 3–5 years’ experience as a Mine Overseer in an underground mechanized operation. - Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Shift Supervisor or Production Supervisor in a mining environment. - Proven track record of managing trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) fleets, including mechanized development and mechanized stoping operations. - Strong working knowledge of: stoping, mine development, and shaft/decline systems; core mining disciplines: survey, ventilation, rock engineering, geology, accounting, and engineering; human resources and employee/industrial relations (ER/IR); key legislation: Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), MPRDA, and related mining and environmental laws.