Senior Mining Engineer

Senior Mining Engineer will be responsible for the development and rollout of efficient mining plans schedules and excavate/dump designs. This role requires to provide designs and schedules to support the execution of the drilling blasting and mine production plan.

• Organize Implementation and monitoring of the long and short-term mine planning and mine designing process for open pit operations.
  
• Overview/ preparation for approval of the detailed schedules and layouts.
  
• Overview/ preparation for approval of the open pit production plans.
  
• Overview/preparation for approval of the mine engineering budgets.
  
• Mining studies management using in-house and third-party skills (consultants).
  
• Provide consultancy and expert advice on mining and mineral extraction projects.
  
• Establish production targets and monitor their achievement; ensure that monthly progress plans are completed in a timely manner and are available.
  
• Work alongside with the Geological Department to optimize grade control and minimize dilution through mine designs and mine plans.
  
• Ensure designs and applications are consistent with regulatory and company policies and procedures.
  
• Provide assistance and advice to the operating units ensuring maximum production and operational planning; ensure correct and up-to-date plans and information and accurately measure key mining performance indicators.
  
• Ensure that a monthly digest of relevant KPIs progress measurements and reports is available.
  
• Evaluate new and innovative products techniques and procedures.
  
• Recognize options and advise on actions to adopt best practices for mine engineering.
  
• Advice implement assist and control mine improvement projects.
  
• Tracking actual progress against planned production.
  
• Manage the drilling and blasting activities to improve blasting optimization.
  
• Regular coordination with Operations Geology and Survey groups to implement the weekly and monthly addition to the creation of forecasts to achieve monthly and yearly budget targets.
  
• Work with Maintenance and Purchasing departments to provide engineering expertise and improve cost optimization.
  
• Provide technical expertise to support the assumptions in mining reserve updates.
  
• Comply with all technical legal and safety measures.
  
• Liaise with all mining operations and technical teams.
  
  

Requirements

• Mining Engineering
  

Minimum of seven (7) years of open pit mine production/planning experience.

Experience in managing a mining department.

• Knowledge and awareness in HSE.
  
• To use the latest mining software.
  
• Advanced computer skills.
  
• Drilling and blasting experience.
  
• Aware of geotechnical studies in mine design.
  

• Problem solving.
  
• Good interpersonal skill with having respect to Omani culture.
  
• Good management and organizational abilities
  

• Certificates for at least one of the mine design software like Deswik Datamine Surpac or Micromine