Manager – UG Mine Production at Geita Gold Mining Limited (GGML)

Geita Gold Mining Ltd (GGML)
is Tanzania’s leading gold producer with a single operation in Geita
Region. The company is a subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti, an
international gold producer headquartered in South Africa, with
operations in more than ten countries, in four continents. The mine is
situated in the Lake Victoria Gold fields of North Western Tanzania,
only about 85 km’s from Mwanza City and 20 km’s South East of the
nearest point of Lake Victoria.
The company has its head office in
Geita, only 5 Km’s west of the fast-growing town of Geita, and also a
supporting office in Dar es Salaam.

Applications are
invited from ambitious, energetic and performance driven individuals to
fill in vacant position(s) mentioned below:

Manager – UG Mine Production

Manager – UG Mine Production at Geita Gold Mining Limited (GGML) July 2024
Position:  Manager – UG Mine Production
Contract type & Duration: Unspecified Time Contract
Department: Underground Mining
Reporting to: Senior Manager – Underground Mining
Number of Positions: One (1)
GGML is an equal opportunity employer.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
Underground Production Manager is highly needed to support the Senior
Manager – UG Mining at our Nyankanga and Geita Hill Underground mining
projects. This will include working with and managing UG Mining
Contactors at these two mines for achieving production KPIs, managing
CAF filling processes to ensure Stope CAF filling plan is achieved to
support ounce profile/business plans. The incumbent will also be
responsible to build, develop, and lead an effective team capable to
deliver the strategy to transition Geita Gold Mine to a major
underground operation, to be executed in line with specific instructions
from Senior Manager – Underground Mining and requirements of relevant
Tanzanian Mining Legislation.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• BEng Mining / Engineering Degree or equivalent – preferred but not essential.
• Underground Mine Managers Certificate – preferred.
• Site Entry requirements which may include Mines Health Surveillance.
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EXPERIENCE:
• Eight (8) to ten (10) years’ operational experience within an
underground mining environment of which, at least three (3) years is at
mine management level.
• Experience working with International UG
mining contractors who operate underground mechanized trackless
equipment will be highly regarded.
• Proven experience and ability to create and manage budgets for a UG operation.
• High skill level with UG mine planning experience.
• Demonstrated experience in an underground mining production environment.
• Proven track record of managing and leading large and diverse teams.
• Hands on approach and service orientated outlook.

MAIN OR KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Safety:
• Identify and interpret safety risks and resolve emerging issues; and
ensuring that appropriate focus and resources are available to achieve
safety objectives.

Mining Production Processes & Practices:
• Understands key underground production and development processes in large scale trackless mining environments.
• Knows when to engage Specialist’s support.
• Understanding of safe and effective underground production practices, management, support systems.
• Establishing Paste and CAF infrastructure in Underground environment.
• Commissioning Underground Paste and CAF operations in underground environment.
• Able to manage performance based on interpretation of data and can
initiate and drive the operational improvements as required.
• Demonstrated ability of delivering to production and cost targets.

Operational Management:
• Ability to effectively lead and communicate to all levels of the team.
• Understands key processes and systems to drive the best performance from all team members.
• Training and developing new and inexperienced workers to become safe and effective underground.
• Understanding of the key skills & knowledge required by all team
members in order to carry out their roles effectively and safely.
• Demonstrated ability of being able to identify and develop emerging talents within a multi-discipline team.
• Strong understanding of mining cost drivers and their impact to the overall financial results of the operation.
• Ability to develop operational budgets in consultation with Senior Underground Manager and other service departments.

Planning:
• Understanding of good mine planning processes and the ability to
drive the establishment of required planning systems and approaches.

Contract Management:
• Strong knowledge in underground contract management practices and
demonstrated ability in managing underground mining contracts.

Project Management:
• Understands AGA project management standards and has applied them in a minor project to conceptual level.
• Ability to lead a minor project and interact with test work and engineering consultant service providers.

Innovation:
• Thinks creatively to develop multiple, workable options.
• Generates innovative solutions, which continuously improve the
performance of existing assets, products, services or processes.
• Demonstrating an openness to new ideas and new ways of working.

Leadership:
• Build, develop and lead the mining team in line with instructions given by the Senior Underground Manager.

Environmental:
• Establish and maintain processes to ensure that all environmental
risks and emerging issues are identified, and mitigation plans to put in
place.

Planning:
• Establish and maintain processes to
ensure the development of optimized short-term, and medium-term plans
that ensure delivery of the budget requirements and the operations
strategy.

Delivery:
• Ensure that the use of all resources is optimized to ensure delivery of the plan.
• Identify areas for improvement in operational blueprints (systems,
processes, procedures and tasks) to ensure adherence to plan, reduce
variation and maximize cost effective utilization.
• Develop and implement systems to collect and manage operational data and to monitor performance.
• Establish and maintain systems for identifying opportunities to drive operational excellence.
• Ensure collaboration with all departments to achieve streamlined delivery to plan.

Compliance Accountabilities:
• Awareness/management of declaration of conflict of interest of direct reports.
• Awareness/management of SOX control accountabilities.
• Awareness/management of Delegation of Authority.
• Awareness/management of reporting (weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual) requirements.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Ability to lead senior technical specialists.
• 1 to 2 years’ experience working with the P500 and Operational Excellence (OE) initiatives or equivalent.
• Worked in highly mechanized Underground operations.
• Advanced knowledge in contract management practices, technical consultants, and operational mining contracts.
• Advanced understanding of project management standards and has applied them in a minor – medium project to conceptual level.
• Demonstrate advance level of knowledge of planning systems and practices from long term to short term mine planning.
• The ability to work across all disciplines, where rigorous engagement and interaction is expected.
• The ability to handle conflict resolution.
• The ability to utilize equipment, office software -MS Office (Excel,
Word, PowerPoint) to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, mailings.
• The ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing with good presentation and facilitation skills.
• The ability to use statistical methods to analyze, validate & verify analytical data with a strong attention to detail.
• The ability to work and communicate with people at all levels/good interpersonal skills.

MODE OF APPLICATION:

• Please apply through our recruitment portal by clicking the ‘APPLY’ button below.
• On
  the portal you will be required to upload your detailed CV, copies of
  relevant certificates, e- mail and telephone contacts, names and
  addresses of three referees. Please do not attach certificates that are
  not related to the qualifications stated above.
• You will also
  be required to upload a cover / application letter addressed to “Senior
  Manager Human Resources, Geita Gold Mining Ltd”. Subject should be “ Manager – UG Mine Production ”
• If you struggle to apply via the link provided, please head over to our website https://www.geitamine.com/en/people/ for a step-by-step guide on how to apply for jobs on our recruitment portal (SuccessFactors).
• You will be required to present original certificates if you are contacted for interviews.
• Internal
  Applicants (those currently employed by AngloGold Ashanti) must have
  their application letter endorsed by their Head of Department (HOD) or
  Manager once Removed (MoR).

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications should reach the above on or before 06th August 2024 at 5:30 PM
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

NOTE ON COVID-19 PREVENTION:

• Please
  note when you are invited for interviews, you will be required to
  present proof of vaccination against COVID-19 (Covid-19 vaccination
  certificate) or if you are not vaccinated, please go for a Covid-19 test
  and obtain a 96 – hour valid PCR Covid-19 negative certificate.
• You
  are also advised to adhere to all recommended prevention measures
  including proper wearing of face masks and washing or sanitizing your
  hands before you are allowed through Geita Gold Mine entry points.

BEWARE OF CONMEN! GGML
does not receive money in exchange for a job position. Should you be
asked for money in exchange for a job offer or suspect such activity,
please report this immediately to our Security Department, Investigation
Unit, by calling +255 28 216 01 40 Ext 1559 (rates apply) or use our
whistle-blowing channels by sending an SMS to +27 73 573 8075 (SMS rates
apply) or emailing 24cthonesty@ethics-line.com or use the internet at www.tip-offs.com