Klerksdorp, North-West, South Africa
Project execution within Green Field Brown Field Mine Operations ensuring compliance with regulatory and procedural guidelines within area of responsibility Ensuring continued availability of quality ore to establish and maintain goals,objectives and deliverables Promoted a vision of success through the organization to improve efficiency on the mine site. Provides leadership & develop human capital with area of responsibility Assist departments in development & implementation of operating systems, tools, metrics, methods, planning procedure & processes for planning and tracking the progress of Run Of Mine to process plant (KPIs, tons mined, labour efficiencies, tons produced, monitor the cost per ton and cost per ounce produced) Contribute to develop & implement a mine plan and budget with clear plan & line functions for operation improvement targets Direct & manage activities of mine operation to plant with overall responsibility, accountability for short term planning implementation & maintenance of cost controls, communications, productivity and quality Monthly Reports of Operation including environmental, safety, mining production, plant production & cost information in area of responsibility Ensure mine safety and health & environmental compliance Performance benchmarks directing staff development programs, planning, training and development programs for mine supervision Accountable for effective implementation, coordination of corporate programs Lead change management Specific knowledge of Underground mining business & operational practices Change management skills and abilities Knowledge experience in budgeting, fiscal performance & productivity improvement Strong critical & analytical thinking and problem solving skills Demonstrated skills in management & leadership Effective verbal & written communications skills in English Relevant experience in mine operations Management of constraints to deliver on established performance objectives
University of South Africa Programme OutComes •Understand the strategic role of production/operations management in business, organisations or other institutions. •Understand certain selected aspects of the design of the production/operations management system and demonstrate their practical application. •Understand certain selected aspects of the planning and control of the production/operations management system to demonstrate their practical application. •Understand certain selected aspects of improving the production/operations management systems, demonstrate their practical application, anticipate their occurrence, and grasp the practical implication,anticipate their occurrence and grasp the practical implications of certain new challenges in production and operations management. •Being conversant with the use of selected terminology of productivity management and understand both the macro and micro perspectives of productivity management
Duties and Responsibilities Ensuring compliance & appropriate mitigation of risk. Creating awareness & accepting accountability and responsibility for Safety Heath & Environmental practices on the mine. Plan risk requirements & priorities within the Business. Manage Legal compliance. Promote business strategy for the Mine to team members within the Business guide lines. Manage & control budget by authorising cost & monitoring expenditure Provide direction and ensure execution of the Company vision and strategic objectives and achievement of expected results. Implement continuous improvement initiatives, projects and processes towards ensuring focused business growth and alignment with international standards and practices During development phase, ensured that appropriate infrastructure for underground had been established such as power distribution, ventilation system, water & air distribution and pumping by closely liaising with Mine Planning, Geology, and Maintenance. Ensured conduct of plant maintenance programs Challenges •Ensured conduct of plant maintenance programs and availability of components and tooling to meet production deadlines in conjunction with Maintenance and Supply Chain Team to improve machine reliability and availability constraints Actions •Progressive discipline for missed PM compliance, •Provided leadership to the Mining team to ensure the development of a working environment that is conducive to the achievement of budgeted Department KPIs and that employees achieve their full potential by gaining new skills through the provision of effective mentoring and training programs Notable Accomplishments: •Improved Planned Maintenance compliance. •Ore Development exceeded planned target of 200m per month •Improved planned Maintenance Compliance •Creative problem solving skills to work load prioritisation. •Rehabilitation of workings and on time delivery of Alimak nest sites •Explosive compliance initiatives
Duties and Responsibilities Manage the mining operations to ensure ore delivery to ROM stockpile at optimum cost & grade within established budgets/targets. Execute mine plan Provide leadership to ensure that employees adhere to safety & environmental standards to exceed worldwide industry standards & any applicable legislation Implement & monitor systems & procedures to ensure mining costs are minimized & adverse variations are reported, followed up and remedied Provide leadership to Mining team to ensure a positive working environment conducive to achieving of budgeted Department KPIs & employees achieve full potential by gaining new skills through provision of effective mentoring & training programs Identify & remedy substandard performance & behavior. Ensuring targets for resources exploitation,capital management,cost control,safe working,employee development,environmental management & corporate governance are achieved Challenges •Rehabilitation & dewatering of the Upper East decline. •Retention of skilled employees Actions •Continuous improvement initiatives and review meetings with all role players. •Weekly integrated planning review meetings Notable Accomplishments •Completion of the Upper East dewatering and rehabilitation without overspending on the Capital allowable •Growth in Safety compliance and contribution to reduced accident frequency rate •Creative problem solving skills to work load prioritisation •Creative grade control mix initiatives though increased employee grade awareness initiatives
Duties and Responsibilities Lead,direct mining operations personnel to adhere to mining strategies, budgets and plans. Develop systems to ensure mining personnel utilize fixed and mobile and equipment to produce ore to enrich profit for the organisation Provide the mining operations employees with a working environment from which to safely produce safety practices to & beyond target area set. Monitor systems to enable the swift & correction of unfavourable cost and physical variance. Implement employee performance management processes to ensure optimum employee performance and appropriate action to remedy any sub standard employee performance or behaviour through progressive discipline Provide leadership, training support to ensure employees comply with safety standards that excel industry practice & any applicable legislative requirements Review mining activities to ensure opportunities to add value and enhance shareholder wealth were identified and implemented. Challenges •Rehabilitation & access development to high grade Stopes & Sill Pillar areas •Over break& dilution control of Long Hole stopes. •Retention of skilled employees Actions •Continuous improvement initiatives&review meetings with all role players •Weekly integrated planning review meetings. •Re-engagement of former employees Notable Accomplishments •Continuous Improvement award-14% dilution reduction to 4%– participating team member •Continuous Improvement award best safety meeting – participating team member •Compliance on Jumbo’s and Long Hole machines •Creative problem solving skills to work load prioritisation •Achieving the ounces through creative grade control mix initiatives
Duties and Responsibilities Appointed in terms of Minerals Act Regulation 2.6.1 which Regulations remain in force in terms of the mine Health & Safety Act No 29 of 1996 Managing an underground section, achieving production targets through effective and efficient resource allocation, budget,control,logistics planning, ensuring adherence to health & safety regulations in underground section, participating in strategic decision-making, liaising with various disciplines within the company Conceptualised interdependence of systems & processes with ability logically/systematically and sought answers beyond the obvious Sustained appropriate networks to a diverse range of stakeholders Listened actively and attentively, extracted relevant information, reports or technical documentation and present it to stakeholders in appropriate mining business language Providing direction ,effective guidelines for work output and empower others Participating member of the Robbins RaiseBoring,Robbins BlindBoring,Project Team, Drop Raising, Development Construction & Equipping portfolio’s as determined by Kopanang Mine Project schedule & delivery output requirements Challenges •Planned waste target of 2000m and 300m reef with strategic Intent of building the reef meters up to 500m •Changing & leading a cultural behavioural change to safe behaviour amongst employees •RaiseBoring & BlindBoring site execution site prep project management execution •On time equipping schedule delivery Notable Accomplishments •One Million Fatality Free Shifts in Kop 5 Section Managers Section – Contributing Team Member. •Acknowledgement from President of the Association of Mine Managers-Million Fatality Free Shifts •Nominated by the employees & won the award for promoting the vision & the values of the Company “We treat each other with Dignity and Respect” on 12th February 2010. •Creative problem solving skills to work load prioritisation •Retention of our ISO2001 accreditation contributing Team Member
Duties and Responsibilities Appointed in terms of Minerals Act Regulation 3.1 (a) which regulations remain in force in terms of Mine Health and Safety Act No 29 of 1996 Production of vertical Shaft using Xtra Low profile mechanised machinery,To develop this Mining Method for a narrow tabular ore body with Xtra low profile equipment Ensured an effective business operation, communications and control- statutory compliance & appropriate mitigation of risk was achieved by accepting responsibility for Safety Health & environmental practices on the Mine. Projects Management and processes in conjunction with the six sigma team towards ensuring focused business growth & alignment with international standards & practices Functions included ensuring performance, well being of employees,product quantity&quality at or better than business plan specifications& financial management Challenges • Perfecting XLP equipment are considerable,faster advance rates,better metal recoveries and vastly improved conditions over conventional mining for operators •New Technology to transform the Mine into largest Extra Low Profile Mine in the World •Factors included issues with mine design,XLP equipment availability,logistics,cycle planning &operator competence Actions •Facilitated working cost team and the Capital team of Hossy together to focus on the short term and long term goals Notable Accomplishments •Particularly good with Organised Labour,renowned for making life difficult at Lonmin •To measure a Manager’s ability is to see how well the shaft did after he left.In Hossy’s case,it was one of the best performers at Lonmin in 2009 & also in 2010 •Hossy shaft had the best Safety record in Lonmin •One Million Fatality Free Shifts on Hossy Shaft-Contributing Team Member acknowledged by Senior Manager Christo Horn shortly after the achievement;telephonically,for establishing the foundation of this achievement •Participating and contributing member Capital application feasibility team
Duties and Responsibilities Appointed in terms of Minerals Act Regulation 2.6.1 which Regulations remain in force in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act No 29 of 1996. •Providing effective monitoring of mining operational process. •Contributing to ensure sustained profitability of the total mining operations. •Develop and co ordinate short, medium and long term plans for the mining operations. •Provide leadership towards achieving challenging production and safety targets. •Ensuring compliance with Health and Safety procedures and standards on the Mine. •Lannex North and South Shaft Expansion Project’s within my legal responsibility. Cluster Decline Sinking | Ore Development | Conveyor belt | Cross Over | Cross Under | Excavations on dip | Excavations on strike | North Shaft | South Shaft | Ore Body | Large Excavations | Crushing | Conveyor hoisting | Low Profile | Mechanised Mining | Challenges •Steep dipping hauling roadways on strike •Friable fractured ground conditions •Very opinionated work force required creative engagement to ensure mutual beneficial relationships Actions •Mass Meetings and employee engagement •Union engagement leadership engagement Notable Accomplishments: •Union engagement , good people skills and listening abilities contributed to a stable and productive team •ISO 14001 accreditation Contributing Team Member