SENIOR MINING ENGINEER – Meropa Resources

Organization Name: MEROPA resources

Responsible for developing and leading underground/surface geotechnical and mine development and production teams, providing expertise and applying geotechnical and mining principles to underground design challenges and surface infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Implement best practices in geotechnical and mining engineering. Assist with mine designs, dewatering, and mining operations to ensure safety and achieve business objectives in terms of development metres, production tonnages, ore quality and plant throughput. Supervise geotechnical/geological inspections, mapping, and documentation. Supervise and work with drilling and geotechnical instrumentation installations. Collect, process, analyze and model geotechnical/geological characteristics of the various rock mass for support of the surface and underground mine. Process, analyze, and model data to understand the rock mass and its response to mining for purposes of excavation stability, design optimization, mine performance, and design compliance. Oversight of geotechnical and geological database management. Oversight of geotechnical/geologic mapping, sampling, monitoring, and reporting to support site needs and corporate obligations. Assist in the preparation of the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly development and production reports. Responsible for implementing and enforcing the requirements of the Ground Control Management Plan. Compliance with all company policies and procedures including, but not limited to safety, environmental, confidentiality and code of conduct. Oversight of underground engineering teams and technical teams (ventilation, dewatering, mine survey, etc.). Enforcing Botswana Mining Regulations through monthly audits and daily visits. Developing extraction methodologies for copper ore. Preparing monthly executive reports. Developing strong business cases for upgrades in conjunction with finance teams. Developing and execution of short-, medium- and long-term strategies. Formulating annual operating and capital budgets. Lead Life of Mine Planning, development planning, and mine planning. Put in place KPIs and performance reviews for all underground and surface project teams. Overseeing all operational plans. Oversee preventative maintenance systems. Ensure optimized skills staffing. Requirements Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering. Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency. MBA a pre-requisite and definite advantage. Minimum 20 years' underground mining experience on large scale operations required. Minimum 10 years of senior management roles. Conventional and mechanized underground mining, Mechanized underground mine development and production non-negotiable. New underground mine development and commissioning into production. Ventilation experience required. Underground Blasting license. Technical communication and presentation skills required. Expert knowledge in underground mine engineering and design is required.