Section Manager Production Mining

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Focus on compliance to standards and best practice in health, safety, environmental. supports a culture toward zero harm.
• Ensures site work is completed in adherence to the Project Safety, Health and Environmental Plan and the Anglo Platinum Safety, Health and Environmental standards and systems.
• Ensure agreed and approved mine plans and schedules are executed by the mining contractor (and supported by owners teams) to achieve a high compliance delivery to plan.
• Liaise and co-ordinate between the site contractor’s management teams, the EPC and project owners + site teams to ensure effective engagement, planning and execution of work.
• Effective management of mining contractor performance, ensuring high operating performance standards, productive use of equipment and resources, and an uncompromising approach to Safety.
• Drives and supports a collaborative approach to continuous improvement in performance outcomes and productivity of the mining contractor and owners team.
• Actively manages and contributes to improvement initiatives in the underground mine to establish best practice mechanised mining performance.
• Co-ordinates meetings and management routines between the Owner and Mining Contractor (and other contractors as required) to ensure effective Short Interval control processes are applied to support a high performance and compliance, high reliability work culture within the mine contractor and owners mining team.
• Effective engagement and management of interfaces and relationship with Owner team underground Mining Technical support functions – Ventilation, Geotechnical, Mine Planning, Survey and operational Geology to support efficient mechanised mining performance.
• Monitor contractor risk and safety management performance, ensuring critical risks and hazards continuously identified and controlled. Compliance to risk management standards.
• Develop and maintain an integrated team approach between the Owners + site teams, mining contractor, EPCM, suppliers, internal and external company stakeholders (Anglo and DB).
• Ensure all site mining activities meet requirements as defined by standards and requirements (per “Outputs”).
• Manages work priorities in support of the Mine Manager as required.
• Carries a statutory Appointment as required by Mine Manager, (MHSA 2.6.1).
• Implement a purpose-driven, high-performing culture that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity, supports engagement and fosters continuous improvement to work processes.

This role is at a band 6 level reporting to the Senior Manager Mining.

• An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in a relevant mining engineering discipline. Statutory holder qualifications as required.
• Post graduate Mining qualification will be advantageous
• Mine Managers Certification (DMRE)

• 5+ years’ experience managing a modern mechanised high-performance underground mine – development and production experience.
• 10+ years’ experience in underground hard rock mining management – ideally combination of projects, development & production.
• Demonstrated proven track record as a manager in mine development and production (mining manager) in a large scale modern mechanised underground mining environment (essential).
• Understanding of application of key mining cycle activities and enablers to enable high performance best practice high speed development and production - including in-cycle shotcreting, mechanised ground support and application of modern semi-autonomous and autonomous operations for key cycle processes.
• Experience with direct line management of a high-performance underground mining contractor for development, production, services and general mine construction activities.
• Experience in ‘’what good looks like’’ to lead a best practice underground mechanised mine and know ‘’how’’ to co-ordinate and set up equipment, people and resources to mine safely, effectively and efficiently.
• A proven track record in effective management of high-performance underground mining teams - ability to coach, mentor and lead teams to establish a high-performance work culture, supporting a learning and skills development environment.
• Developed understanding of underground mobile equipment performance and how to operationally support best practice reliability centered maintenance teams.