Mine Planner

Introduction

Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining is looking for an experienced and results-driven Mine Planner to join our Mineral Resource Management (MRM) team. Reporting to the Planning Manager, the successful candidate will provide short-term mine planning support, ensuring alignment with medium-term mine plans and business objectives while maintaining compliance with technical, safety, and environmental standards. If you are passionate about mine planning, optimization, and continuous improvement, this is your opportunity to contribute to one of South Africa's leading open-pit manganese mining operations.

Duties & Responsibilities

Mine Planning & Technical Support

· Develop and maintain detailed short-term mine plans aligned with medium-term and Life of Mine (LOM) plans.

· Produce short-term mining layouts, pit designs, drill and blast designs, and load and haul sequences.

· Analyse production performance against planned schedules and recommend corrective actions.

· Monitor pit design conformance to ensure safe and efficient mining practices.

· Conduct scenario planning to support operational and business decision-making.

· Apply mining engineering principles and best practices to mine design and planning activities.

· Ensure compliance with mine design criteria and technical planning standards.

· Conduct technical audits to verify compliance with mine plans, designs, and governance requirements.

· Provide technical planning advice and support to operational teams.

Financial & Business Support

· Contribute to annual budgeting and forecasting within the planning function.

· Provide production volume and grade inputs for costing purposes.

· Identify opportunities to improve efficiencies and reduce operational costs.

· Escalate planning risks and opportunities that may impact production or costs.

Stakeholder & Customer Engagement

· Build and maintain effective working relationships with operational departments, management, and technical teams.

· Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure mine plans support operational requirements.

· Liaise with consultants, business partners, and regulatory authorities where required.

Safety, Health, Environment & Compliance

· Always promote and uphold safe mining practices.

· Ensure compliance with legislative, environmental, and company requirements.

· Participate in incident investigations and root cause analyses where required.

· Support continuous improvement initiatives within the Planning and MRM functions.

Desired Experience & Qualification

  • Grade 12 (Matric)
  • Valid South African Driver's License
  • BSc or BTech Degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent 
  • Open Pit Blasting Certificate (Preferable)
  • ECSA Candidate Engineer (Preferable)
  • 6 years' experience in a relevant mining discipline
  • At least 2 years' experience and skilled use of relevant mine planning software packages and blast design softwarepackages. Deswik package will be advantageous. 
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