Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Purpose of the role:
To continuously liaise with key stakeholders to ensure ore loss, ore dilution, and misclassification is minimized within the pit.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Conduct daily field ore delineation and control
• Champion efforts to minimize unplanned dilution, ore loss, and misclassification
• Assist the mine planning engineering team, via set escalation processes, in identifying and highlighting non-compliance to mine plans and/or planned feed grade deviations where feasible.
• Communicate implications of major daily ore feed plan changes to key stakeholders i.e. process team
• Assist the mining operations team with any clarification or information required to better understand the daily ore feed implications.
• Undertake field assessments and ‘ground-truthing’ checks of key material characteristics at active mining faces to ensure model data is aligned.
• On-shift leadership and supervision of the ore control support teams
• Provide valuable and continuous feedback to the geology team highlighting opportunities, challenges, or risks that could impact ore control
• Provide daily operational reports and other official communications where necessary and attend all shift handovers (start/finish).
• Continuously develop in complimentary technical mine geology areas (production, ore control drilling etc.) where opportunity allows.
• Any other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications & Experience
• Familiarity with Central African Copperbelt Geology and metallogeny
• Operational experience in open pit deposits advantageous
• Strong general IT skills
• Full Grade Twelve certificate (12)
• Tertiary Qualification in Geoscience from a recognized Zambian University
• Full manual driving licence and driving experience considered highly advantageous

Job Specific Competencies
• Solid understanding of general safety and quality principles.
• Excellent team ethic and practical leadership potential
• Excellent scientific and analytical potential
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, including report writing
Key Job Attributes
• Shows potential for leading and coaching a small support team towards technical excellence
• Ability to readily develop rapport and trust with key stakeholders
• Attention to detail and thorough methodical approach is essential
• Ability to prioritize based on understanding of business and team requirements
• Ability to take responsibility and manage tasks through to completion
• Proactive, honest, reliable, and passionate about driving continuous improvements and excellent standards
• Skilled at working under strict time constraints and under pressure
• Must be willing to work with and assimilate experience from colleagues from a variety of skills and national backgrounds
• Must be willing to do shift work as routine

• Shows potential for leading and coaching a small support team towards technical excellence • Ability to readily develop rapport and trust with key stakeholders • Attention to detail and thorough methodical approach is essential • Ability to prioritize based on understanding of business and team requirements • Ability to take responsibility and manage tasks through to completion ">

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

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