Senior Superintendent I, Open Pit Mine Planning

The Kamoa Copper Mine is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%). It's a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, at approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.

Play your part in our team succeeding……

Responsible for leading and creating the complete open-pit mine planning function from strategic and Life of Mine (LOM) planning through long-term, medium-term, short-term and operational planning. The role ensures that mine plans maximize the value of the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve while delivering safe, achievable and economically optimized production aligned with Kamoa’s business strategy, approved mine design parameters, geotechnical requirements, infrastructure constraints and processing requirements.

The incumbent will ensure that the LOM strategy is translated into executable annual, monthly, weekly and operational plans, supported by robust reconciliation and continuous improvement.

The role also leads blasting design and execution, on-site operational dispatch, equipment lifecycle management, contractor coordination, and environmental restoration and land reclamation.

You will have the following: Must have Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering or Geological Engineering.

A Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering, Mine Planning or Mineral Economics is an added advantage

Minimum 15 years’ mining experience with at least 10 years of open-pit mine planning experience and 5 years in senior technical services / mine planning management. Copper or other large-scale base-metal experience preferred.

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary planning teams and extensive LOM, strategic, annual budget, medium-term and short-term planning experience.
• Strong open-pit design and scheduling experience with experience in large-scale mechanized open-pit mining operations.

Mandatory: At least 3 years of experience in large-scale open-pit mines with annual mining / stripping volumes of 10 million cubic metres or more, supported by a verifiable employment and project background.

• Mandatory: At least 3 years of management experience as a Deputy Mining Manager or Mining Supervisor.
• Experience integrating mine planning with geology, geotechnical, processing and operations
• Major mine development / start-up experience strongly preferred
• English fluency required; French strongly advantageous for the DRC operating context

• Advanced proficiency in Deswik and relevant pit optimization / scheduling software such as Whittle or equivalent.
• Vulcan, Surpac, Datamine and MineSched or equivalent platforms.
• CAD platforms, GIS, Power BI and advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to develop, interrogate and challenge planning models, not merely operate software
• Financial modelling and evaluation
• Mining Opex and capex models
• Mine Planning and Optimisation
• Ability to prepare and review blasting designs, supervise field execution, manage blasting equipment, and apply on-site equipment management and dispatching practices.

Role Specific Knowledge: DRC legislation

Kamoa strategic imperatives

• Advanced knowledge of open-pit mine planning, LOM planning, strategic mine planning, pit optimization, mine design and production scheduling.
• Advanced knowledge of fleet optimization, grade control, reconciliation, stockpile management, mine-to-mill integration and mining economics.
• Strong understanding of geotechnical, hydrogeological, infrastructure and operational constraints.

People leadership

Knowledge of blasting design and execution, critical blasting risk controls, equipment lifecycle maintenance, on-site dispatch, contractor coordination, environmental restoration and land reclamation.

Mandatory: Relevant professional certification or chartered qualification in a mining-related engineering discipline, such as Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering or Mining Safety Engineering, from a recognised professional body.

• Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
• Lead Open Pit Mine Planning
• Blasting Design and Execution
• Develop and Optimise Strategic and Life-of-Mine Plans
• Direct Open Pit Design and Mine Sequencing
• Lead Medium-Term and Budget Planning
• Direct Short-Term and Operational Planning
• Optimise Production Scheduling and Mining Performance
• Optimise Mining Fleet and Productivity Planning
• Integrate Ore Control, Stockpile and Mine-to-Mill Planning
• Drive Mine Reconciliation and Continuous Improvement
• Integrate Geotechnical, Hydrology and Mine Design requirements
• Integrate Infrastructure Requirements into Mine Planning
• Provide Mine Planning Technical Governance and Assurance
• Stakeholder management - Manage relationships with stakeholders to enable optimisation of the business value chain
• People -Manage a division that builds people, values difference and creates an inclusive work environment
• Finance - Ensure financial integrity of area of responsibility
• Transformation - Manage transformation in terms of people, automation / digitisation and sustainability and provide timely and robust change management to underpin initiatives

HSEQ: Drive a work ethos that is committed to safeguarding employee safety, health and wellbeing

Manage Reporting and Governance and Quality assurance for area of responsibility

The Finer Detail

When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers' license and qualifications.

Should you not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful