AGM/DGM, Mines - Operations - Dangote Cement at Dangote

Location: Dangote Cement

Company: Dangote Industries Limited

Job Summary

Oversee mining operations, Carry out mining in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise the activities of heavy equipment operators, drillers, blasters and other workers in mining
• Ensure the implementation of short term production plans and targets are achieved.
• Coordinate the preparation and ensure adherence to mine plans and schedules
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and confer with managerial and technical personnel, other departments and contractors to resolve problems and co-ordinate activities.
• Develop and maintain life of mine plans for all operations with input from all operations and manage the successful implementation of these plans 
• Ensure that all the raw material tons requirement for the factory at the correct quality aims are continually met without negatively affecting the mining equipment utilisations.
• Coordinate with the Head, Mines to set production quotas, to plan extraction sites and to develop policies for the removal of raw materials.
• Monitor operational performance against budget and recommend operational changes to senior management when necessary to ensure that production quotas and procedures are met.
• Ensure that all safety, health and environmental legal and defined standards are adhered to.
• Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity.
• Prepare production and other reports for review by the Head, Mines.
• Ensure adherence to safety regulations and laid down policies and procedures.
• Supervise, train, and evaluate engineers, technicians, operators or other mine personnel.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned but the Line Manager from time to time.

Key Requirements

Education and Work Experience

• A bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Engineering (Production/Civil/Mining) or a related discipline.
• A minimum of twenty-one (21) years work experience in mining operations.

Skills and Competencies

• In-depth understanding of mining principles and practices. 
• Well developed personnel management skills.
• Excellent investigative, analytical, problem solving and lateral thinking skills to improve mining operation practices.
• Very good business skills to allow the delivery of a cost effective mines operations.
• Excellent communication, people management and interpersonal skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good networking and teaming skills.
• Proficiency in the use of office productivity tools.