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Nyrstar Group

Mine Manager East Tennessee (East Tennessee Mines; Strawberry Plains, TN)

Nyrstar Group, Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, United States, 37871

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Mine Manager East Tennessee (East Tennessee Mines; Strawberry Plains, TN) THE ROLE:

As a member of the Tennessee Mines management team, this role is responsible for leading Tennessee Mine Operations, Engineering, planning and continuous business improvement. This role also supports the General Manager and the rest of the Management Team to oversee the operations of the site.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Lead Mine Operations positive growth and improvement of all work activities and performance standards

Manage Mine Operations personnel to ensure adherence to approved procedures and to contribute to quality improvement within the operation

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Safety, Health & Environment:

Ensure compliance with statutory / legislative and Corporate requirements

Integrate SHE initiatives into departmental planning, decision making, systems and processes

Promote awareness and establish appropriate departmental targets to prevent harm

Ensure all hazards and sources of loss are identified, evaluated, and controlled in accordance with Nyrstar SHE Policies and the Safety Management Standards

Be accountable for safety, health and environment activities within your department

Ensure fitness for work compliance throughout workforce

Conduct business of Nyrstar in exemplary manner in terms of ethical, commercial, legislative and community expectations and requirements.

Promote the Nyrstar sustainable strategy for our community

Develop a high level of safety and environmental awareness amongst your team

Function/Production:

Consistently apply workplace management procedures to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, agreed values and behaviors and Nyrstar Code of Conduct

Appropriately prioritizing activity to continuously achieve targets

Establish processes/systems to align with the Business Plan and assist in exceeding expectations

Lead Mine Operations positive growth and improvement of all work activities and performance standards

Manage Mine Operations personnel to ensure adherence to approved procedures and to contribute to quality improvement within the operation

Manage mine production and development in accordance with short- and long-term schedules and optimize cost effective recovery from the ore reserve.

Ensure mine infrastructure and mobile equipment is maintained to a standard that allows planned targets to be met and does not compromise the long-term integrity of assets.

Coordinate Mine Engineering, Geotechnical and Geological input through the Mine Technical Services Department or consultants as required for achieving plan targets.

Coordinate the East Tennessee Mining Department operating budget.

Manage expenditure to within budget and reforecast as required to achieve the Annual Plan.

Ensure all projects are effectively budgeted and monitored within time, quality and cost constraints.

Understand cost drivers in the mining department and seek continuous improvement in unit cost performance.

Achieve or surpass production objectives in accordance with budget and commercial requirements

Ensure that systems and processes for the operations are established such that production targets are met, and losses reduced.

Utilize assets to manage a quality outcome and minimize costs.

Achieve or exceed customer expectations by ensuring supply & specifications of product are met

Ensure planning is reliable, robust and repeatable

Promote and reward innovation to improve methods and processes of the mining business

Influence best practice in planning activities before implementation

Supervision (if applicable):

Manage human resources strategically within your department to result in Nyrstar having preferred employer status and being a high achieving organizational environment

Ensure departmental practices support effective employee relations

Ensure employees are trained and held accountable for roles

Align departmental and employee objectives to the Business Plan and Nyrstar Values and Behaviors

Promote and manage effective leadership, performance management, career development and succession planning of team personnel

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE Essential:

Degree in Mining Engineering or an associated field

15 years mining experience, preferably underground

10 years’ experience in roles with increasing responsibility in either Mine Engineering / Mine Management

Experience in working to budgets and capital cost expectation

Demonstrated ability to contribute and work effectively in a group as a team leader

Provides current, direct, complete and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others in a prompt and efficient manner

Results driven achiever with exemplary planning and organization skills

Strong communication and leadership skills

Sound methods and approaches to persuade, convince or influence others

Ability to pass on skills and experience to others.

Strategic in business planning

Strong project management abilities

Self-motivated, energetic and proactive

Ability to create a climate in which people want to do their best by empowering individuals and teams and by communicating a clear vision and purpose

Ability to research and develop new ideas

High level of initiative, resourcefulness and personal organization

Ability to direct employees to achieve set targets

Desirable:

SAP Experience

Department: Internal & External This is a management position This is a full time position

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