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

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:-

The Mining Manager (Section 3.1(a) Appointee) is responsible for overseeing underground mechanised mining operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and optimizing machinery and processes to meet production and safety targets. Key responsibilities include legal accountability for health and safety, strategic leadership, cost-effective management, and effective team development. The role requires a degree in Mining Engineering, relevant certificates, and extensive experience in underground mechanised mining.

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

Vacancy Details Employer: Orion Minerals

The position of Mining Manager (Section 3.1(a) Appointee) entails the comprehensive, lawful, and efficient oversight of underground mechanised mining operations, adhering to the stipulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996. The role mandates full legal accountability for safeguarding the health and safety of employees and contractors, maintaining discipline, and ensuring compliance with the MHSA, MPRDA, and other pertinent mining and environmental regulations. The appointed individual will provide both strategic and tactical leadership over personnel, equipment, and systems to achieve production, cost, quality, and safety objectives, emphasizing the optimization of Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) fleets, mechanised development, and mechanised stoping operations. This role is essential for ensuring that PCZM’s underground mining operations are led by a qualified and experienced statutory appointee who fosters regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and a robust safety culture.

Key Responsibilities: - Hold the legal Section 3.1(a) appointment under the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, with full statutory accountability. - Ensure safe, productive, and cost-effective day-to-day management. - Provide tactical and strategic leadership to meet production, efficiency, cost, and safety targets. - Drive optimal performance of Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) fleets, encompassing planning, utilization, maintenance coordination, and productivity enhancement. - Oversee and optimize mechanised development and mechanised stoping operations. - Implement and maintain robust health and safety systems, ensuring compliance with the MHSA, MPRDA, and related mining and environmental legislation. - Lead risk identification and management processes, including hazard identification, incident investigation, and the implementation of corrective and preventive actions. - Ensure effective mine planning and scheduling in alignment with the mine plan, budgets, and business strategy. - Manage and develop a competent team, including supervisors, section managers, and contractors, ensuring appropriate training, authorization, and performance management. - Collaborate with support functions (survey, ventilation, rock engineering, geology, engineering, finance, HR, ER/IR) to ensure integrated and efficient section performance. - Monitor and control section costs and budgets, identifying opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency gains without compromising safety or compliance. - Serve as a key interface with regulators (e.g., DMRE) and internal stakeholders on matters relating to safety, production, and compliance for the underground mechanised 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 mechanised (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 mechanised 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 mechanised development and mechanised 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.