Supervisor, Drilling

Your Impact:

• Supervise drilling operations to ensure efficiency, safety, and alignment with production goals.

As Part Of Our Team You Will:

• Be a visible leader, creating a culture of care through engaging, developing and coaching the Drill and Blast team.
• Supervise and run daily surface drill and blast operations, ensuring all tasks are performed efficiently and safely.
• Ensure explosive magazines and facilities and kept up to regulatory and site standards.
• Adhere to that all drill and blast activities comply with relevant health, safety, and environmental regulations and company policies.
• Execute regular safety inspections and audits, solving any violations or concerns promptly and implementing corrective actions.
• Schedule and administer resources, including team members, equipment, and materials, to support drilling and blasting operations and maximize productivity.
• Prepare and execute drilling and blasting schedules to ensure timely completion of activities.
• Monitor the performance of drilling and blasting operations through data analysis and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Prepare and deliver regular reports on drill and blast performance, maintenance activities, and compliance with safety standards to senior partners.
• Responsible for assessing relevant risks, implementing mitigation measures, and continuously monitoring for risks.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations): 

• Bachelors’ Degree in Mining Engineering.
• Mine Foreman Certificate.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 – 5 years’ blasting experience in large open pit mining environments, of which at least 2 – 3 years’ experience should be in a shift supervisory capacity.
• Experience in electronic detonation.

Additional Knowledge:

• Previous experience in large scale open pit mining operations.
• Operating and/or managing relevant drills and explosives loading equipment.
• Proven track record of safe work practices in high-risk environments hazard identification and rectification.
• Confidence to carry out risk assessments, verifications and workplace inspections to ensure site standards and safe working environments.
• Previous experience leading, coaching and mentoring employees with diverse skills and capabilities. 
• Be a motivated problem solver dedicated to continuously improving their work environment.
• High level understanding of incident and investigation processes.

Technical Skills:

• Appropriate Supervisor accreditation.
• Appropriate Explosives accreditation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships across all workgroups.
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail to review and manage weekly plans.
• Competent computer skills with Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word Document, and Excel.
• Capable of learning SAP work management system Capable of learning FRM safety applications.
• Valid Driving License.

Social Process Skills:

Self-awareness:

• Understand own behaviour and is aware of the impact on others.
• Adapt their own behaviour where necessary in order to get a productive outcome for the wider team.

Team process:

• Able to be an effective team member by listening, clarifying tasks, receiving, and providing feedback.
• Able to be an effective team leader (where applicable) by establishing and maintaining a positive and productive work environment through listening, dealing with different points of view, giving, and receiving feedback.

Collaboration:

• Build positive working relationships with a diverse range of people across disciplines.

Your Work Environment;

• This Position is located in the Ahafo South mine site.