Chief Mine Planner

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Mokopane - South Africa

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 3 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

  • Oversee consistent application of
  • Safety & Health principles in all discipline interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
  • Compile Life of Lease (LoL) plans
  • Maintain monthly rolling Life of Lease (LoL) plan
  • Corrective actions required for deviations from plan
  • Ensures technical discipline integrity/audit
  • Ensure robustness of short- and long-term plans
  • Necessary skills development
  • Input into mining blueprint
  • Input into mine technical systems development
  • Planning scenarios
  • Disseminate best practices
  • Site specific standards and guidelines
  • Correct use of mine technical systems
  • Accountable for planning information.
  • All Planning reporting systems
  • Audits compliance with Business Unit guidelines and standards and mine specific standards
  • Consolidates short term plans
  • Scenario analyses for lease area
  • Value options for lease area
  • Trade-off studies for lease area and potential projects.
  • Compile and maintain Life of Lease (LoL) plans.
  • Implement a purpose-driven high-performing culture that is aligned with the company values is inclusive and promotes diversity supports engagement and fosters continuous improvement to work processes.
  • Continuously updates Life of Lease (LoL) plans with short term planning modifications to maintain a Life of Lease (LoL) Rolling window.

This role is at a Band 6 level reporting to the Manager Technical Mining.


Qualifications :

  • Bachelors degree in mining (B-Tech as well as Mine Managers Certificate of Competence) or Survey ticket (Government Certificate of Competence)
  • Mining qualifications that support the preparation of mine plans such as survey or mine layouts/ designs

Experience: Technical knowledge

  • 5-7 years working experience of which 5 years in mine planning
  • Experience in massive mining will be advantageous.
  • Experience in longhole drilling and blasting will be advantageous (design and execution)
  • Knowledge in Deswik mine design and scheduling is desired
  • Knowledge of Aegis (or similar) ring design software is desired
  • Ability to relate the outputs of mining plans with financial implications
  • Ability to obtain information from the relevant sources and liaise with other related disciplines (Survey Geology Rock Engineering etc)
  • Project evaluation skills
  • Business objectives reporting skills

Additional Information :

What We Offer

At Valterra Platinum you will join a team committed to excellence and impact.

We offer:

  • Meaningful work in a high-performance values-led environment.
  • Market-aligned reward and recognition.
  • Opportunities for learning development and progression.
  • A culture that respects diversity and encourages innovation.
  • A clear commitment to safe Operations.

Inclusion and Diversity

Valterra Platinum is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfill their potential.

Valterra Platinum has a zero tolerance to dignity harms these include all acts of gender based violence bullying harassment and victimisation. Ensuring the safety of our employees extends beyond physical safety and includes the eradication of harmful behaviours from our workplace. This responsibility extends to everyone at Valterra Platinum both during work hours and outside of work. We are unconditional in creating a respectful inclusive and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch.

How to Apply

To apply for this role please complete our online application form via this job advert.

Closing Date19 January 2026

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Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Oversee consistent application ofSafety & Health principles in all discipline interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.Compile Life of Lease (LoL) plansMaintain...
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