Quarry Engineer at Bamburi Cement Ltd

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Implementing health, safety and environment procedures in the quarries and ensuring raw material extraction including processing, is within the required quality and quantity at optimised cost.

ABOUT YOU

• You have strong project management skills with a passion for geology. Great understanding of rock mechanics, quality control, quarry exploitation, stockpiles and material handling. A track record of high integrity while working. Mombasa, Bamburi Cement Plc Quarry Department

 YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Health, Safety and Environment

• To ensure Health, safety and environmental regulations/rules are applied on site, monitor noncompliance and report the same to management.

Quality

• Define short term mining plan to meet material uniformity and piles targets
• Put in place control mechanisms to achieve material quality targets in collaboration with process and quality teams
• Optimise raw mix logic in collaboration with quality and process

Operations

• Implement short term mining plan
• Coordinated daily quarry, stockpiles and crusher operations
• Defines mid-term mining plan in collaboration with the mining excellence team and uses it to optimally mine the reserves
• Implement long term mining plan
• Produce at optimal cost whilst maintaining material availability for production process.
• Optimise reserves as defined in mining plan and work with Lafarge Eco system to implement land rehabilitation where applicable
• Optimise efficiency of equipment and other resources in the mining processes
• Work with procurement on short term contract awarding
• Participate in monthly closing (good/service receiving and material stock taking/verification)

Land Control

• Patrolling closed and active quarry
• Report encroachment of company property in all active quarries
• Yearly calculation of exploited land for rehabilitation

Environment

• Implement and improve mining methods to comply with local laws and Holcim environmental standards (Air quality, noise, vibration and water).
• Quarterly/daily measure compliance and have mitigation plan

Logistics

• Ensure material dispatch and loading are according to the required transport standards from the quarries to the plant
• Liaise with Logistics, quality and production departments on the handling of additives received from suppliers and shipments.
• Support external suppliers of additives by providing them with technical support so as to optimise their operations, improve quality and consistence.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Degree in geology or mining engineering with 5 to 7 years of professional experience in mining operation
• Understanding of rock mechanics, quality control, quarry exploitation, stockpiles, material handling and crushing operation
• Working knowledge and interpretation of quarry information in reference to plant requirements
• Quarry project management skills