First Line Leader Geology - Underground-080657
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FIRST LINE LEADER GEOLOGY - UNDERGROUND
Acacia Mining seeks to employ a First Line Leader Geology - Underground based at North Mara Mine in Tanzania. This role reports to the Geology Section Leader and the role holder will be accountable to implement drilling programs, manage field logistics, collect geological data, and evaluate drilling results on a daily basis in a safe and cost effective manner. The incumbent will also be required to evaluate sections maps and plans for the drilling program.
This is a permanent role, with the work roster being six (6) weeks on and three (3) weeks off.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Ensure safe work practices by attending compulsory safety courses and meetings, use of required PPE, incident/accident reporting/ investigation and ensuring total adherence to all Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Policies, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Identify, notify and/or rectify all unsafe acts, situations and hazards within the workplace.
• Reduction in operations costs by managing drilling programs, storage, distribution and use of drilling supplies and equipment, office supplies, tools and consumables.
• Ensure dilution and MCF are within +/- 5%.
• Review ring designs to ensure efficient extraction of ore.
• Monitor handling of ore into stockpiles and subsequent transfer to the ROM pad ensuring 100% reconciliation.
• Ensure optimized crusher feed is maintained to achieve budgeted grade and ounces.
• Ensure reconciliation (ore mined tally, OR, GC, DOM) variances are within +/-10% for tonnes and grade and +/-5% for ounces.
• Ensure density sampling on core is carried out and subsequently used in grade control modeling.
• Ensure plans for all headings are updated on a daily basis.
• Ensure regular updates of geological/structure maps.
• Ensure the timely delivery of accurate geological data, knowledge, reports and documents, including end of month reconciliation and geology reports, royalty reports and quarterly reconciliation reports.
• Carry out consistent review of ore mined vs. plan on a monthly basis.
• Design drilling programmes.
• Assist on a daily basis with supervision of grade control drilling, logging and sampling.
• Assist with and participate in training programs for the development of all Geologists, Geological Technicians and Assistants.
• Carry out review of stopes and mine designs utilising all geological features (faults, dykes, strike, dip etc.) and generate dig plans for ore mining.
• Undertake geological logging, production and geological data entry, sectional interpretation, solid modeling and block modeling in a timely fashion.
• Ensure update of drill plod database in a timely fashion.
• Assist with supervision of Geological Technicians and Assistants responsible for sample collection and dispatching samples to the lab.
• Ensure samples are taken / prepared to the highest standard prior to dispatch for analysis.
• Ensure appropriate sample and assay quality control measures are in place, adhered to, monitored and reported on.
• Participate in the collection of structural, lithological and geotechnical data and construction of 3D model format (and other relevant format) that can be incorporated into block models.
• Build geostatistical block model for short term mine planning.
• Provide necessary input into completing weekly, monthly, quarterly and Life of Mine (LOM) planning.
• Assist with open pit (surface) and underground tasks as required.
• Ensure that objectives are met by team members and that performance monitoring and appraisal meetings are held.
• Existence of Development Plans for team members with milestones achieved.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Qualification Requirements:
• Bachelors Degree in Geology
Experience Requirements:
• 5 years’ experience in mine geology
• 1 year experience in an operational leadership role
• Experience in managing exploration drilling programs
Skills / Knowledge Requirements:
• Knowledge in data entry software
• ArcGIS software
• Knowledge in mine planning software
• Knowledge in geostatistical software
• Project management
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Business improvement tools
• Analysis and diagnosis
• Team Leadership
Job Production
Primary LocationTanzania-Mara Region-North Mara Gold Mine
Job Posting
Unposting Date Feb 23, 2017, 7:59:00 AM
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