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.

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The Managerial Leader II - Mineral Resources Manager is responsible for the strategic leadership, governance, technical integrity, and operational management of all geology, mineral resource, exploration, grade control, and geological support functions for a large-scale underground mining operation with significant water inflow challenges.  The role is accountable for ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and continuous improvement of geological interpretation, drilling programs, resource models, grade control systems, reconciliation processes, and geological risk management to support safe, optimized, and sustainable mine production. The incumbent leads multidisciplinary geology and resource teams responsible for exploration, infill drilling, underground production geology, orebody interpretation, geological mapping, hydrogeological investigations, resource estimation, database integrity, analytical laboratory management, and mine-to-mill reconciliation. The position plays a critical role in maximizing ore recovery, minimizing dilution and ore loss, improving confidence in mineral resource estimates, and supporting long-term mine planning and operational decision-making

 
You will have the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, Earth Sciences, or related discipline.
• Master’s Degree in Economic Geology, Mineral Resource Estimation, or related field is advantageous.
• Minimum 12–15 years’ experience in underground mining geology and mineral resource management leading multidisciplinary geology teams and contractors.
• Extensive experience in production geology, resource estimation, exploration and infill drilling, grade control, geological modelling, underground mapping, mine reconciliation, and geological database management.
• Experience in high water inflow underground mining environments and large-scale mechanized underground mining operations.
• Strong understanding of structurally complex orebodies and geological risk management

Technical Skills should include:

• Resource estimation and Geostatistics knowledge.
• Structural geology and orebody interpretation skills.
• Geological modelling software.
• Understanding of underground mining methods and operational constraints.
• Drillhole database management skills.
• Qa/qc knowledge.
• Hydrogeology and groundwater behavior in underground mines.
• Mine-to-mill reconciliation expertise.
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Software Proficiency:
• Leapfrog, Datamine, Vulcan, Deswik, Surpac, ArcGIS / GIS platforms, acQuire or equivalent geological databases
• Microsoft Office Suite

Role Specific Knowledge:

• Exposure to the total value chain of mining
• Mining across the mineral spectrum
• Strategy interpretation and translation
• Integration of the long term planning with strategic direction
• Underground production geology
• Resource estimation
• Exploration and infill drilling
• Grade control
• Geological modelling
• Underground mapping
• Mine reconciliation
• Geological database management
• High water inflow underground mining environments

Personal Competencies should include:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Change Management capability
• Interpersonal maturity
• Cultural sensitivity
• Influencing and persuasion skills
• Communication and stakeholder engagement
• Strategic thinking
• Technical leadership
• Decision-making capability
• Team development and mentoring
• Conflict resolution
• Operational discipline
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Project Management skills

   Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:

• Leadership and Management of the Mine Technical Services function
• Provide strategic Geological & Mineral Resource Leadership
• Lead Exploration Management
• Oversee Infill Drilling Management
• Oversee Core Shed Management
• Drive quality Drillhole Database Management
• Lead Geological Modelling & Resource Estimation
• Oversee Grade Control Management
• Ensure Production Geology & Daily Operational Support
• Lead Orebody Undulation Investigation & Geological Correction
• Support Hydrogeological & Water Inflow Risk Managemen
• Lead Mine-to-Mill Reconciliation & Ore Tracking
• Manage Geological Laboratory & Analytical Quality Systems
• Stakeholder Management - Drive relationships with stakeholders to enable optimisation of the business value chain
• People Manage a division that values differences and creates an inclusive work environment.
• Finance: Forecast, secure and manage the budget as per Delegation of Authority Matrix
• Drive transformation in terms of people, automation/digitization and sustainability and provide timely and robust change management to underpin initiatives
• HSEQ -Embed and drive a work ethos that is committed to safeguarding employee safety, health and wellbeing
• Establish reporting best practice 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