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Senior Specialist – Underground Drill & Blast
The Company
Our client is Tanzania’s leading gold producer and lies in the Lake Victoria Gold fields of Northwestern Tanzania, only about 120 km’s from Mwanza City and 20 km’s Southeast of the nearest point of Lake Victoria.
Applications are invited from ambitious, energetic and performance driven individuals to fill in vacant position(s) mentioned below.
The Role
The role will primarily focus on operations within the underground mine and involves close collaboration with operational stakeholders, the technical team, and contractors to ensure seamless underground operations.
A key responsibility of the role is to support, develop, and train an efficient local team while implementing industry best practices for Drill & Blast within the underground mining environment.
The Key Responsibilities
- Provide on the job training and coaching to national Drill & Blast engineers, graduates, and support drilling and blasting operators in achieving desired outcomes.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate on-the-job training programmes for junior Drill & Blast engineers.
- Develop UG Drill and Blast standard operating procedures.
- Monitoring drilling and blasting performance ensuring actual outcome is in line with design and that production targets are met in line with priorities.
- QA/QC of production drilling and charging activities through the application of experience, visual and technology.
- Provide input and oversee stope design, drill plans, prep plans, charge plans, drilling and charging activities.
- Ensure Drill and Blast plans are prepared in conjunction with the operational team, technical team, and contractor to ensure that it is delivered on time, of quality and as per the required priority.
The Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Mining Engineering preferred not essential.
- Blasting Certificate
Technical experience
- 10+ years’ proven experience in underground mine production with extensive experience on drilling and blasting in a senior role.
- Experience working with international mining contractors managing surface and / or underground drilling and blasting operations will be highly regarded
- Proven ability to follow daily / weekly / monthly plans and achieve targets set for both KPI’s and compliance to plan.
- Proven track record of managing and leading large and diverse teams
Behavioural Competencies
- English is a must, Swahili is an advantage
- Coaching & Transfer knowledge
- Ability to lead the team assigned to a project (good leadership skills)
The Rewards
The position offers a competitive remuneration package with a 9 week on, 3 week off roster.
Lodgings are modern and secure with meals provided on-site.
Contact Us
Please apply directly by submitting your resume as a Microsoft Word document.