HOD: Mineral Resources Management (Erongo Region)
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Manage the mineral resources department in terms of production geology, exploration / drilling programmes and resource evaluation to ensure the sustainable availability of mineral resources to meet mining plans and business requirements.
Key Performance Areas:
- Manage the Swakop Uranium (SU) Mineral Resource / Geology Management plan, systems, policies, procedures, control standards, measures and programmes, aligning them to strategic business and mining objectives.
- Co-ordinate and monitor departmental effectiveness against short-term mine plan.
- Design and implement improvement plans to mineral resource and mining programmes, systems and internal controls.
- Establish the infill drilling programme.
- Provide guidelines to create the geological and resource model.
- Report on mineral resources.
- Maintain and update the current grade control system.
- Appoint and liaise with Geotechnical consultants regarding programme.
- Establish ore accounting system, which reconciles with the metallurgical accounting system.
- Update and validate reserves and resources, including near mine exploration programmes.
- Establish and manage a slope stability programme of the open pit, dumps and stockpiles.
- Comply Swakop Uranium’s (SU) Mineral Resource / Geology risk assessments, reports and statistics to meet company and statutory requirements.
- Manage the Mineral Resource / Geology Department budget and cost control systems and processes.
Requirements
Requirements and experience:
- BSc Honours degree or similar qualification in geology.
- MSc qualification an added advantage.
- 12 years’ experience of which 5 years’ should have been on a Senior Management.
- Sound experience in mineral deposits, geological engineering and production geology.
- Resources evaluation and ore accounting system experience.
- Experience in validating reserves and resources, including mine exploration programmes.
- Experience in assessing the geotechnical and hydrogeological aspects of the mining operation.
- Experience in managing slope stability programme of an open pit, dumps and stockpiles.
- Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License.