Mine Supervisor Science & Engineering Technicians

The laws, regulations and codes of practice relevant to safety in mining operations.

Maintain records of mine production and development performance, including performance of machinery.

Monitor and control the flow of supplies that includes the purchase, storage and movement of the required quality of raw materials, and also work-in-progress inventory. Manage supply chain activities and …

Direct and supervise the day-to-day activities of subordinate personnel.

Communicate transparently and efficiently with mine production management and machine operators. Pass on any relevant information such as outages, efficiency and productivity of the equipment.

Evaluate mining methods and procedures, including waste management, life-of-mine plans, production timelines and funds expenditures.

Inspect mining areas to ensure safe working conditions and equipment.

Capture, record and validate spatial data for the mine site.

Direct, control and examine mine planning and surveying staff and activities.

Prepare and oversee mine construction operations e.g. shaft and tunnel constructions.

Use specialised software to plan, design and model for mining operations.

Solid earth, rock types, structures and the processes by which they are altered.

Law related to land access, exploration permits, planning permission and minerals ownership.

Recommended Books

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The Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals

Ana Elizabeth Bastida

2020

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Create standardised series of actions of a certain order to support the organisation.

Manage personnel, machinery and equipment in order to optimise production results, in accordance with the policies and plans of the company.

Monitor total costs of mining activities, projects and required equipment; pursue maximum operational cost efficiency.

Oversee mining production rates in order to estimate operational effectiveness.

Compile environmental reports and communicate on issues. Inform the public or any interested parties in a given context on relevant recent developments in the environment, forecasts on the future of …

Make up and complete shift schedules and production reports in a timely manner.

Provide advice on the preparation of schedules and reports on mine production, facilities, systems and production processes and production rates to assess operational effectiveness.

Search for mineral resources, including minerals, oil, natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources after obtaining legal rights to explore in a specific area. Endorse the assessment of the mineral reserves.

Conduct investigation of mining accidents; identify unsafe working conditions and develop measures for improvement.

Prepare and maintain surface and underground plans and blueprints of a mining site; carry out surveys and perform risk assessment of potential mining sites.

Supervise the operation of heavy-duty equipment. Compute the availability of the equipment. Schedule maintenance periods.

Direct and coordinate the organisation's financial operations and budget activities, in order to optimise financial performance.

Generate mining plans on a weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual basis as appropriate.