Chief Engineer (East Tennessee Mines)

Role

The role of chief Engineer is to lead the technical services department and support to operations in delivering the business plan and to develop a robust plan from life of mine to rolling forecast and to ensure that the business is safe and sustainable.

Key Works Outputs And Accountabilities

- Compliance with Tennessee HSEC policies and ensure that all engineering work are complaint to regulations.

- Work closely with Geology, Mill and Mine Operations to develop and maintain life of mine plan including ore reserve.

- Lead and maintain ventilation, geotechnical, Survey, Mine planning, and Drill & Blast programs.

- Interpret, optimize, and approve primary and secondary ventilation plans

- Interpret and approve geotechnical studies and models for stope stability, seismology and stress re-distribution associated with the stoping sequence.

- Review, optimize and approve development and stope drill and blast designs

- Actively lead annual life of mine planning and budgeting activities including resource and reserve estimation

- Actively identify and lead due-diligence projects on brownfield and greenfield expansion potential.

- Actively participate and support mine-to-mill reconciliation process.

- Identify and implement cost saving and/or cost efficiency projects.

- Lead and support the compliance to plan process and establish feedback loops into mid and long term strategic planning

- Managing activities related to programs, systems, and procedures in mine design.

- Analyzing data and providing technical documentation to support decision-making.

- Contributing to the preparation of the annual budget and other long-term strategies.

- Create professional short- and long-range strategic planning strategies and provide execution guidance to mining processes.

- Interpret and prepare financial technical models to determine project valuation and feasibility

- Using operational excellence resources and methodologies, maintain a high standard of quality in all work.

- Create and manage reports on performance and devise strategies and take any necessary actions to rectify deficiencies.

- Strategically lead and develop subordinates to have a suitably skilled, qualified and continuously improving workforce.

- Attend safety meetings and demonstrate safely leadership.

- Assist in development of SOPs and JHA procedures.

- Ensure that the Management Operating system (MOS) is maintained.

- Develop and grow the technical services team and ensure that there is a clear vision and well defined roles and responsibilities.

- Conduct economic and technical optimization and trade-off studies.

- Ensuring 43-101 compliant sampling, QA/QC, geologic and geotechnical data collection programs are in place, especially where drilling programs are conducted within North American Mining operations.

Key Dimensions

- Operate within budget as stipulated by Nyrstar Operations

- Compliance with Nyrstar policies and procedures

- Implementation of agreed strategies

- Delivery of agreed outcomes aligned with the overall business plan and values

- Direct interfacing with all external stakeholders.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

- Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) with experience in leading the Technical services department.

EXPERIENCE :

- Leadership experience within mining and Technical operations (preferably underground)

- Demonstrated experience leading a team of professionals to deliver against targets

- Experience in driving best practice through your department and into the business. This includes the development and implementation of strategy in line with business goals.

- Ability to understand functionality of business systems and extract relevant data for business purposes

- Track record in driving continuous improvement

- Experience in development and control of departmental budget and expenditure

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

Safety

- The ability to develop and promote a Safety and Health System and culture that results in zero harm.

Core

- Support the Operations team in terms of scheduling and planning and designs

- Innovates to continuously improve business performance

- Shares learning & expertise with others

- Simplifies complexity

Business Awareness

- Realises opportunities to develop the business

Execution

- Promotes and drives a safety culture

- Constructively deals with underperformance

Taking People Along

- Optimises others effectiveness

- Provides feedback and support to the other team members

- Uses effective influencing strategies

- Seeks out different situations, environment & opinions

Department: Internal & External

This is a non-management position

This is a full time position