Short Term Planner - Nyrstar ETN Mines (East Tennessee Mines; Strawberry Plains, TN)

Primary Function Of Job

The Short-Term Planner is primarily responsible for the development of the Mine Operations and Support Team rolling operational plan. The Short-Term Planner is also responsible to develop daily and weekly plans, designs and schedules and to ensure that all the required designs are ready on a timely manner for the execution of the plan and aligned in such a way as to reduce departmental interactions in the mine and promote efficient work scheduling.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILTIES AND DUTIES OF JOB HOLDER Safety, Health & Environment

- Promote, lead, and demonstrate safe behaviors at all times

- Comply with the site’s standards and procedures in SHEC

- Demonstrate effective performance in achieving agreed SHEC goals in support of the department/company standards

- Demonstrate leadership in SHEC through personal behaviors and conversations and report all SHEC incidents and participate in SHEC initiatives

- Take responsibility for the safety of all personnel, including self, at Nyrstar Tennessee Mines

- Develop plans and schedules in consideration of statutory requirements

- Awareness and understanding of Nyrstar and TN Mine operations related to standards including specific governance and local legislative requirements

Function/ Production

Key technical outputs :

- Developing the weekly (7+21) plan to achieve the Rolling 3-month plan (RoFo)

- Generating drill and blast designs

- Developing short terms level designs

- Developing waste/back filling plans if required

- Work closely with Mine Operations, Geology, Survey, Geotech and Mine Design when developing the mine plans and schedule

- Undertaking regular Underground site visits to ensure that execution is compliant to the plan

- Attend safety meetings and demonstrate safely leadership

- Assist in development of SOPs and JSEA procedures

- Work closely with senior mine planner to ensure that the 7+21 plan is complaint to the ROFO plan

- Complete the weekly and daily compliance to plan and support the UG Mine Manager and Shift Boss in the reporting and meeting space

Team Relationships

- Work closely with the engineering, geology and Mine Operations team to develop a robust mine plans, designs and schedules

- Operate within the ROFO mine plan and aim to exceed the ROFO KPIs when developing schedule

- Ensure integration with maintenance and other departmental planners to ensure mine plan is achievable and based on reasonable estimates and timelines.

- Ensure all work is planned in advance and everyone on the team is able to know what their plan is.

Systems:

- Ensure that the 7+21 mine plan is compliant to the approved template provided by the senior planner

- Ensure that the compliance to plan is developed and compliant to the MOS

- Operate within the MOS and drive compliance in all interactions

Major objectives

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Nyrstar values are lived by the team

- Effective communication between operations team, trades support team and technical team

- Reporting / communication is transparent, verified and timely

- Activities completed on time

- Activities completed within budget

- All activity is performed within established ethical standards

- Assist in the development and delivery of the annual budget and life of mine production plan

- Operate within budget as stipulated by the Technical & Mine Manager and General Manager

- Compliance with Nyrstar and Tennessee Mine Operations’ policies and procedures and MSHA regulations

- Implementation of agreed strategies

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

- Responsible for negotiating with and managing contractors.

Essential

REQUIRED EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS (formal certifications, etc.)

- Experience in Underground mine planning and scheduling

Desirable

- Tertiary Qualifications in a Mining Related Discipline

- Experience in driving best practice through your department and into the business.

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

- Track record in driving continuous improvement

- Preference for experience in Deswik

Safety

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCES, & ABILITIES

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

Core:

- Makes difficult decisions

- Innovates to continuously improve business performance

- Shares learning and expertise with others

- Simplifies complexity

Business Awareness:

- Realizes opportunities to develop the business

Execution:

- Promotes and drives a safety culture

- Constructively deals with underperformance

Taking People Along:

- Optimizes others’ effectiveness

- Provides feedback and coaching to others

- Uses effective influencing strategies

- Seeks out different situations, environments and opinions

Department: Internal & External

This is a non-management position

This is a full time position