Operations Manager Jobs

Title: Mining Operations Manager

Business Unit: Indonesia, Balikpapan residential schedule 5 days on / 2 days off

Discipline / Division: Mining

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Lead, organise and manage the Mining Division to ensure the successful maximization of commercial compliance, contractual compliance, production, operational efficiency and high safety and environmental standards of a broad range of mining disciplines in accordance with Company guidelines.

PRINCIPLES

Leadership & Teamwork

• Be seen as the key player in instigating change & improvement.
• Contribute to the development of strategies to grow and improve the mining business.
• Provide a leadership role in the Management of the mine, developing & continuing the participative communicative culture established.

Health, Safety & Environment

• Manage the mining operation to achieve benchmark performance in safety and environmental performance and ensure no breaches of safety, environmental or mining lease condition.
• Ensure any accident or incident is reported to the appropriate authorities, client & COMPANY as required.
• Demonstrate an approach to safety, health and environment that reflects the importance that COMPANY place on these values.

Functional Excellence

• Ensure that the client’s fixed assets are managed to achieve optimum levels of availability, whole life cost and performance capabilities.
• Ensure the mobile plant fleet is managed to achieve optimum levels of utilisation, availability, and whole of life cost and performance capability.
• Manage the workforce to create a safe, productive, cost conscious work ethic through a cooperative approach with the workforce and unions.

Business Knowledge

• Manage the mine and Client to achieve budgeted profit margins.
• Establish and manage planning and scheduling regimes to maximise the value of the resource to COMPANY and client.
• Manage all operating costs to achieve minimum cost per tonne of Product.
• Manage the works within the terms of the contract.

Technical & Technology

• Value Management
• High degree of computer literacy
• Design Management
• Negotiating
• Communication — written & verbal
• Cost Planning
• Risk management systems

People & Development

• Provide feedback on performance to direct reports and appropriate employees within COMPANY.

CAPABILITY PROFILE

• Formal Education Mining or Civil Engineering Degree or possibly Project Management.

Work Experience

• 20 years+ working exposure to Mine Operations.
• Cultural sensitivity with an understanding of issues relevant to large scale civil projects within developing countries
• Overseas experience in leading Mine Group / Operations.
• 15 years+ as a manager or leader of people within Mine Operations.

Technical Skills

• Coal experience preferred
• Open cut operations experience
• Analytical and understanding of contractual obligations and their impact on profitability
• Contract experience