INTERNAL APPLICATIONS
DATE OF DISTRIBUTION: 21 July 2025
CLOSING DATE: 30 July 2025
DEPARTMENT: Technical Services
PURPOSE OF THE JOB: To provide, plan and direct the planning activities of the organisation to maximise compliance to the strategic aims and targets of the company regarding production.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- Grade 12 with Maths and Science is essential.
- Degree/ Diploma or Formal Qualification in Geology, Mining Engineering or Rock Engineering would be an advantage.
- Chamber of Mines Advance Certificate (Survey, Rock Engineering) Mine Overseer certificate would be an advantage.
- At least 2 years experience in mine planning, and at least 3 years in an underground supervisory position or related
- Technical Services is essential.
- Sound knowledge of underground stope and development hybrid and conventional planning is essential.
- Proficiency in MS Office package, DATAMINE is essential.
- Valid medical certificate or be medically fit in order to obtain such a certificate
KEY PERFOMANCE AREAS:
The successful candidate is responsible for:
- The creation, optimization and implementation of a Business Plan to meet the strategic targets of the shafts.
- The creation, optimization and implementation of the Life of Mine plan.
- Building achievable/ logical graphic designs, in order to provide direction and insight into medium and long term layouts.
- Providing effective problem solving to the production department to assist with the achievement of the plan
- Aligning the inputs of all key stakeholders towards the achievement of the optimised plans
- Ensuring the effective maintenance of layouts and new designs.
- Constructing scenarios for optimized schedules
- Organising/ co-coordinating of monthly pre-planning meetings
- Controlling the quality of short-term planning processes
- Requesting monthly and ad-hoc mining instructions
- Liaison with departments and collation of data that requires changes to plan / updating Mine Designs with new geology, other applicable information and new monthly faces
- Attending G-Sheet and other meetings, with related inputs
- Updating Development Priority plans
- Analysing and reporting of variances, from plans to actual
- Making comparisons short-, medium- and long-term plans and reporting variances
- Compiling required management reports
- YOUR MANAGER / SUPERVISOR MUST BE AWARE OF YOUR APPLICATION.
- SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES MAY BE SUBJECTED TO PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENTS - MARULA PLATINUM LTD RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
- IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE OF APPLICATIONS, YOUR APPLICATION CAN BE VIEWED AS UNSUCCESSFUL.
- PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES FROM THE DESIGNATED GROUPS IN LINE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACT, THE COMPANY’S RECRUITMENT POLICY AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY PLAN.
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