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Seeking UG Production Geology Manager with responsibility for the production geology department underground for Björkdalsgruvan
Do you have experience in the mining industry and want to develop your leadership skills in one of the world’s purest gold mines? Good! We are now looking for an Underground Production Geology Manager for Björkdalsgruvan, just outside Skellefteå.
Are you driven by creating open, trusting internal relationships, taking ownership, and developing your team? If so, this could be the perfect role for you! As an Underground Production Geology Manager, you will play a key role in collecting and analyzing data to ensure stable and efficient underground production. Björkdalsgruvan is renowned for its exceptional purity, where the gold is extracted from rare, narrow quartz veins, guaranteeing a unique level of quality and purity.
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Purpose, Offer and Benefits
Björkdalsgruvan is located at Sandfors outside Skellefteå and is one of Northern Europe´s largest mines for the extraction of gold ore. Björkdalsgruvan is a relatively young mine with around 240 committed and driven employees and around a hundred entrepreneurs. The mine has a turnover of approximately SEK 840 million and is owned by Mandalay Resources, which is based in Toronto, Canada and is listed on the TSX.
As responsible for the underground production geology department, the role involves personnel responsibility, where you lead and are responsible for the department´s employees. You ensure that geological information is collected and compiled to maintain stable underground production. You are also responsible for the level control and that safety regulations and risk assessments are drawn up and complied with, which includes responsibility for the work environment. In addition, you are responsible for the planning of production areas within a time frame of 1-4 weeks.
In addition to an exciting and developing assignment, you are offered a role in a company with short decision-making paths, with innovative thinking and a corporate culture that is familiar. There are good opportunities to develop within the company. Hybrid work is applied where you have the opportunity to work up to two days a week from home, depending on the needs of the business.
Your Responsibilities
Your main tasks are:
• Ensure that there are enough personnel to carry out the tasks to be done - recruitment/ extra shifts/ overtime if necessary (holiday substitutes, sick substitutes).
• Lead and distribute work in accordance with the company´s leadership philosophy.
• Motivate employees to perform and monitor their performance.
• Work for continuous improvement and development
• Represent the employer in personnel policy matters as well as being an ambassador for the company´s values.
• Active safety work and work environment work, risk assessments and investigation of incidents.
• Take care of any study visits.
• Fact-checking and attestation of invoices.
• Have control over ore heaps at the crusher and its composition.
• When a location is fully operational, make sure that the model interpretation is consistent with reality.
• Check long-term plans.
The Bigger Picture
You will come to a culture characterized by safety, cooperation and optimism. As Underground production Geology manager, you belong to the Geology department and have personnel responsibility for 9 competent
employees, geologists, geotechnician, Infill drilling planer and project geologists. You report to the head of/Cheif of the entire geology department and work closely with colleagues from the Exploration and Drilling departments.
Your working hours will be daytime, Monday - Friday with the possibility of hybrid work 2 days a week.
Our Expectations
We are looking for you who have:
As a person, you have the ability to:
As public transport is limited, it is advantageous to have a B driving licence.
