Mining Engineer

REFERENCE: HR0357992

CONTRACT: Full-time

PRIMARY LOCATION: Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and Southern Africa. For more information, please visit www.riotinto.com.

Reporting to the Principle Mining Engineer, the successful candidates will be responsible for ensuring that mining processes are optimised while executing achievement of production targets.

Key Performance Areas:

• Maintaining Health, Safety & Environmental Standards
• Short-term to medium-term production planning
• Waste Dumps & Stockpiles management
• Monitor and co-ordinate implementation of production plans
• Optimised utilisation of mining equipment
• Crusher feed ore quality control
• Administration and optimisation of Dispatch System
• Mining reconciliation and production reporting
• Consumables Cost Control
• Identification and execution of business improvement projects

Minimum Requirements

• A recognized Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering, plus two (2) years relevant Open Pit Mining Experience, or
• A recognized B.Tech or National Higher Diploma in Mining Engineering, plus ten (10) years relevant Open Pit Mining Experience
• Code BE (08) driver's license
• Blasting Ticket

 Closing date: 07 November 2014

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