Mining Engineer at HBM Nigeria Plc (Formerly Lafarge Africa Plc)

Job Title: Mining Engineer

Location: Ewekoro, Ogun

Role Purpose

• The purpose of the role is to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the Quarry, delivering the required quality and quantity of raw materials to the Crushers while maintaining high standards of safety, housekeeping and environmental compliance.
• The role is responsible for the management and control of explosives and diesel stocks, including the preparation of required documentation and reports for relevant governmental authorities. It will also coordinate the activities of supporting teams, including Drill & Blast, Overburden, Quarry Operations, Fuel Station, Mechanical Workshop and Crushing, to achieve production targets and ensure effective reporting on equipment condition.
• The role will ensure adherence to the short-term mining plan, safety standards, environmental procedures and applicable regulatory requirements, while promoting efficient resource utilisation and continuous improvement in quarry operations.

Role Responsibilities

• Enforce the implementation of an effective safety action plan including training, communication, audit that is aligned with the HSMS developed by the region as well as weekly safety briefings and inspections of the Quarry in accordance with the Quarry Safety Handbook
• Coordinating and monitoring drilling and blasting designs and planning with the team and to ensure maximum utilization of production drilling equipment as it relates to Production and Geo-technical Wall Control blasting
• Improving of production rates for excavators and dump trucks as well as drilling and blasting patterns to increase fragmentation
• Daily supervision of production equipment and ensuring that daily pre-start checks are done and all necessary safety documentations are carried out.
• Daily inspection of blasted patterns to make sure meeting the required fragmentation and ensuring that the drill and blast procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Defining the strategy of mining operations on daily basis (Grade control drilling, Drill and blast, Load and haul)
• Crusher feed blending through upcoming week to meet budget targets.
• Daily forecast calculations of Grade Control and Blast Holes drilling meters, total waste material to be mined and supervision of the overburden movement activities.
• Total ore to be mined, average ore mined grade and Crusher feed tonnage and its average grade.
• Daily supervision on the field to make sure of digging units’ bench setup and productivity, shortest haulage cycles for all trucks, waste dumps’ conditions, haul road conditions, mechanical problems facing production and ancillary equipment to discuss it with heavy mobile equipment maintenance manager.
• Coordinate with Quarry Supervisor to ensure maximum utilization of digging units and dump trucks.
• Daily and Weekly QA/QC for blasted patterns to identify problems that may affect the production and find out the best way to avoid it.
• Consult with mine planner on issues relating to production drilling, blast and mine design and to identify the geological structures and hardness of rock to make modifications in blasting parameters to overcome any expected problems.
• Assisting in developing drill and blast budgets and forecasts as required and making cost studies for blasting operations with different parameters to meet budgeted cost and operations inquiries.
• Any other task that may be assigned from time to time

Requirements
Critical Experience:

• 4–5 years of relevant experience in a similar role, preferably within an open-pit mining or quarrying environment.
• Practical experience in drilling and blasting operations, quarry production, and coordination of mining activities.

Critical Knowledge:

• Knowledge of blast sampling and quality control.
• Sound knowledge of drilling operations and practices.
• Knowledge of blast design, optimisation and execution.
• Understanding of open-pit mining processes, safety standards and regulatory requirements.

Educational Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree /HND. in Mining Engineering or any related field.

Benefits

• HBM Nigeria people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit.
• They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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