Operation Manager (Copper / Open-Pit / Operation / Expansion / Expat) – Southern Africa

Reference No. 341 AB

Reference Number: 341 AB

 Our client an International Mining company with operations globally is seeking to recruit an Operations Manager to join and grow their team. This role will report to the General Manager (GM) and will be responsible to provide leadership and guidance to the Operational Team to execute strategies that will deliver industry best performance. In addition, it will support the GM to create a culture of performing safely, sustainably, and in an environmentally friendly manner to achieve and exceed the business plan. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the total mine-to-mill operation (Mining, Processing, and Maintenance) and will need to ensure production targets are met, availability of equipment is maximized, and costs optimized. The incumbent will stand in for the GM in his absence and will need to have the innate leadership capability to be groomed to take over the GM position

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the GM and as part of the site leadership team, the incumbent will focus on ensuring support for the operation, creating a culture of ongoing process improvement, and increasing plant throughput.
• Identify and respond to risk, by developing and implementing Environmental, Health, and Safety plans in the workplace to entrench a zero-harm culture.
• Ensure that the operation is adequately resourced with the necessary utilities i.e., water and power generation to sustain operations for the LOM.
• Build a resilient management team with a capacity pool of capable local individuals.
• Provide direct management of the site operations including mining, processing, and maintenance.
• Ensures site strategies are concretely linked to the organization’s long-term strategy.
• Develop and execute short and intermediate-term strategies that support the growth of the operation.
• Lead execution of strategies on the mine to enhance current operations practices and performance.
• Assist the GM in the formulation of the annual operating and capital budgets for the mine consistent with the company’s established financial guidelines and business planning process.
• Participate with other senior staff to set production goals.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Five to ten years’ experience at a senior managerial level with general oversight of an open pit mining operation.
• Understanding all relevant international, regional, and local laws, statutes, regulatory requirements, and company policies and procedures affecting the employment and safety of persons in the mining industry.
• Exposure to the challenges of operating in remote sites and in particular developing countries.
• Experience in the copper and gold mining industry.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Expatriate Benefits
• FIFO 6/3

Aurélien Bouic

CA Mining