Underground Shiftboss - AngloGold Ashanti

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited, Obuasi Gold Mine is currently near completion of the redevelopment phase to become a modern, efficient and long-term profitable operation. The underground mining operation has been fully mechanized and designed to produce up to an average maximum of 5,000 t/day of ore mined.

We are seeking an experienced and self-motivated person to join our dedicated team as per the details below:

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ROLE PURPOSE

The Shiftboss role is a regulatory mandated role that leads the Quality Assurance and Control and to ensure compliance to the mining and other related legislation. Risk Manage all underground mining ore extraction, material handling and underground constructional activities to the required mine and industry standards.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assess risks for all tasks and ensure they are controlled before and during task execution.
• Report all incidents and ensure they have been investigated and corrective actions completed on time.
• Act on all corrective actions assigned to you or under your jurisdiction and ensure timely completion.
• Investigate all operational incidents in assigned work areas and prepare reports with recommendations for your supervisor. for onward submission to management.
• Implement safe procedures for transportation of men and material and prevent shortages of materials (consumables) underground.
• Implement shaft monitoring system.
• Ensure that all shaft banks, surface and yards are properly house kept. Use approved tools to prevent accidents within the sections.
• Monitor, record, and report on material haulage and hoisting activities to repository. Achieve daily set targets.
• Ensure that all mine shafts banks, surface and yard demarcations, shaft stations, shaft loading points, conveyors, storage areas and the installations therein are well kept.
• Ensure that rail haulage infrastructure is well maintained and managed.
• Ensure that railway traffic, tipping points, chutes, crushers, conveyors skip buckets are appropriately managed for optimal productivity.
• Implement strategies of reducing cost by offering a prudent material usage by mobbing material leftovers for reuse
• Manage contractor activities per mine standards.
• Legally comply with all regulatory requirements and execute any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

Qualification

• BSc. / Diploma in Mining Engineering or equivalent.

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Experience

• Two (2) to Five (5) years' of operational experience within an underground mining environment of which at least two (2) years is at the supervisory level.
• Knowledge of ore extraction by underground mining methods (LHOPS & UHDF), material handling (Grizzlies, Rock chains, Rock breakers, conveyors, chutes, crushers, skips etc.) and underground construction is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of fundamental underground development and production methods.
• Proficient in the use of Mining Software.

Technical Competencies

• Understands the mining processes and actively contributes in part to delivery of the expected outcome / service the mining processes deliver.
• Has demonstrated the ability to apply technical skills and/or delivery of a service within one or more of the mining processes with minimal supervision.
• Can identify potential problems and propose solutions for higher approval.
• Directly responsible for delivering a production aspect of the plan.
• Understands good underground production practices, management, support systems, and how each should interact to deliver targeted performance
• Understands the adjacent technical disciplines (geology, processing, engineering etc.) and participates in discussions with colleagues in these disciplines on areas of overlap and opportunity.
• Uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities and identify cost-effective approaches
• Actively looks for ways to manage costs without impacting on planned outcomes

Other Competencies

• Creating a disciplined team to deliver the planned work to the defined standards.
• Managing oneself - taking ownership of one’s personal development.
• Building effective working relationships - the ability to build and maintain effective collateral and cross functional working relationship;
• Building trust & accountability – displaying high levels of integrity and honesty;
• Maximising performance & achievement of results – solving problems and analysing issues, driving for results

Legal Competency

• Underground Shiftboss’s Certificate of Competency as required by the Minerals Commission (Chief Inspector of Mines) is a must.