Technical Services Manager - Mining

A leading Mining Operator are looking for a Technical Services Manager to be based out of their London office.
As Technical Services Manager your role will be to develop long term strategic mine planning, be a leader for a broad range of mining technical aspects (e.g. fleet sizing) and support M&A.

Your roles and responsibilities as Technical Services Manager will include:
• Strategic Mine Planning that maximizes value of our assets
• Life of Mine planning standards and execution
• Consolidation of medium and long-term planning information from all assets
• Strategic guidance to business units’ mine planning and technical teams
• Shape strategic evolution and ensure sustainability of mining operations, Orebody Knowledge
• Provide guidance in the development of Life of Mine plans (LOM) and provide mine planning guidance to business units
• Implement best practices in mine planning across the operating units
• Develop Life of Mine plans (LOM)
• Initiate and lead scenario planning for medium and long-term mine plans in response to market and
business performance.
• Implementing standardised mine planning data storage and management systems.
• Analyse and interpret Mining data and take corrective actions as required.
• Ensure regulatory requirements with respect to strategic mine planning are met
• Opportunity evaluation for potential developments and expansion in coordination with M&A team
• Collaborate with Manager Resources and Exploration and appraisal of resource and reserve base to ensure pipeline for future mine development - for all mining assets (including captive assets)
• Mining portfolio resources strategy: ensuring right volumes and quality are being planned and mined, resulting in right products for max shareholder value
• Providing input to Mergers and Acquisitions evaluations.
• Participating in the Mining Segment strategic planning process.
• Leverage the company into Exploration and Orebody Knowledge for value generation in mineral resources
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:
• Strong leadership, management and mentoring skills
• Technical excellence in mine planning, strategic mine plans, scheduling optimization, mine designs, fleet selection
• Proven experience in managing life of mine plans
• Consulting background and worldwide experience a plus
• Extensive and demonstrated international experience in the identification and economic extraction of Iron Ore and Coal.
• Mine planning of large scale mining operations
• Experience in mine-to-mill integration processes
• Highly skilled with Whittle, pit optimization and scheduling systems
• Experience with Talpac, XPAC, XERAS, Minesight, Surpac, GEMS, Datamine, Vulcan systems
• Able to travel often to business units (up to 50% of the time) and at short notice
To apply for this opportunity, please contact Anna Holtmon-Jones or apply via the link below.

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, or any other criteria protected by governing law.