Long-term Planning Manager

Highly reputable mining organisation requires a Long-term Planning Manager for the Resource Planning and Development (RP&D) Department based in Johannesburg.

Purpose

• Identification of investment opportunities and for the content of the Resource Development Potential, Life of Asset and 5 year plan for two operating mines, two prospecting leases and a smelter.

Minimum Requirements

• Mining Engineering degree or equivalent
• Advantageous to have a commercial qualification [ BCom Finance ] or GDE in financial valuation of mining companies
• Competent person on bulk commodities
• At least 3 years post graduate experience in long-term mine planning
• 2 years relevant experience in financial valuation and modelling
• Well conversed with mine planning tools and techniques (Xpac/Blaser/Mine-24D)
• Team leadership
• SAP HR, DCF valuation techniques
• Understanding basic concepts of strategic delivery planning processes.

Job Specification

• The successful applicant will be an innovative and improvement focused self-starter, who thrives on goal achievement and is driven to upholding the highest health, safety, environmental and community standards and Zero harm practices

Reports to:       

• Head of Resource Planning and Development

Key success factors :

• Security of tenure for mining rights held by the Asset
• Resource and Reserve predictability & growth
• Asset PVR growth
• CAP compliance (RDP, LOA and 5YP) in line with GLD 035
• Integration of RDP vs. LOA vs. 5YP vs. 2YP
• Risk identification and mitigation

RDP

• Facilitation of RDP workshops to identify of sustainable high value opportunities, including external options according to GLDs
• Evaluation and selection of sustainable high value scenarios/opportunities on a risked value basis
• Identify risks associated with opportunities
• Scenarios planning aligned with strategic risk identification
• Context setting for LOA  planning
• Strategic risk identification, mitigation and monitoring
• Identify, assess and monitor Asset strategic risks
• Develop and embed an Asset strategic risk trigger action response plan
• Facilitate strategic risk management
• Concept development (initial phase growth and optimisation studies)
• Manage the opportunity pipeline through to agreed accountability hand over points
• Identification Phase Studies (growth and optimisation) flowing from the CAP process
• Evaluate strategic initiatives identified in risk management and business performance processes through to agreed accountability hand over points
• Manage preserved options

LOA

• Transform RDP optimised with outputs into LOA
• Analyse and develop realistic options for LOA
• Identify go forward projects
• Business economic evaluations
• Context setting for 5 year planning
• Closure planning process and outcomes