Front Line Manager - CIL Plant AT Bulyanhulu Gold Mine

FRONT LINE MANAGER – CIL PLANT 

African Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu Gold Mine seeks to appoint a Front Line Manager – CIL Plant. The role reports to the Gold Plant Manager and the roster is 6 weeks on and 3 weeks off. 

The role is accountable to lead activities of the CIL Team to assure cost effective and high quality metal recovery activities, metallurgical performance and to optimise the Company’s financial status and net smelter return. 

KEY RESULT AREAS/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

• Provide leadership to ensure that employees and contractors adhere to Safety and Environmental standards that exceed worldwide industry practice as well as any applicable legislative requirements. 
• Identify capital projects which can add value to the business and then support the implementation of such projects to ensure successful improvements. 
• Development of Key National Staff, specifically Front Line Manager Assistants, to positions of increasing accountability, is a Key Performance Indicator. 
• Lead activities of the CIL Team to assure cost effective and high quality metal recovery activities, metallurgical performance and to optimise the Company’s financial status and net smelter return. 
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly reporting procedures for production, metal recovery and operating costs are maintained and updated regularly. 
• Ensure that metal accounting and reconciliation process is robust, well documented, and the process is followed to ensure SOX compliance for the CIL circuit. 
• Coordinate Metallurgical Accounting and Metallurgical Reconciliation procedures, relating to the CIL plant. 
• Ensure Cyanide Code Compliance standards are maintained within the operation. 
• Ensure tailings dam is operated as per the engineered and approved design to minimise environmental risks. 
• Implement and monitor CIL Plant budgeting and cost control systems and Reagent Control. 
• Provide technical input into development of Training packages. 
• Manage Sampling and Process Control Laboratory, including calibration of plant technical equipment (e.g., Sample Cutters, Cyanide Analyser, WAD CN Analyser). 
• Manage and Monitor process plant water balance program, pertaining to the use and management thereof for the CIL plant. 
• Relieve Plant Manager if and when required. 
• Liaise with TSF Re-mining Contractor and Main Plant to achieve a coordinated strategy for achieving optimum business outcomes. 
• Responsible and accountable for security within the CIL plant, including the refinery, with assistance, advice and input from the site Security Manager and his Plant delegate, the Process Security Superintendent. 
• Responsible and accountable for performing inspections of areas within the CIL plant that may collect, trap or store gold, and have this cleaned and sealed to prevent losses. Assist the Processing Plant Manager ensuring that these inspections and inspection results are documented. 
• Responsible for managing non-compliance with security standards and procedures within the CIL plant boundary. 
• Ensure that a weekly GIC reconciliation is done for the CIL plant, based on the CIL (carbon gold inventory, dore) parameters and this to be recorded and reconciled against the Process plant weekly GIC reconciliation and this is recorded and continually monitored for any unexplained variances. 
• Maintain an electronic metal balance which shall record sufficient information to be able to compare the flow of total gold into and out of the CIL Plant. 

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 

Education Requirements: 

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy or Chemical Engineering from a recognized Tanzanian or International University. 

Experience Requirements: 

• At least 10 years experience in a Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering and Processing Environment, with a minimum of 2 years Gold Plant Superintendent experience. 
• Commissioning experience, preferably of related Gold CIL projects. 
• Sound understanding of business imperatives and financial aspects of Metallurgy and Process Management aspects including budget development, leadership and cost control. 
• Exposure to the challenges of operating in remote sites and in particular developing countries. 
• Excellent interpersonal and management skills with the ability to lead and motivate a team of metallurgical professionals to achieve processing and business targets. 
• Experience in the management of technical, operational, financial and maintenance activities in a process plant. 

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