SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT: UNDERGROUND PRODUCTION

Key Responsibilities

• Frontline leadership and engagement with stakeholders
• Ensuring safe and productive work practices are executed
• Managing the performance, behavior and development of your teams
• Ensuring planning and scheduling is completed and production targets are achieved in accordance with business expectations
• Organizes and provides guidance to Mine Captains in the short term and long term production profile
• Conducts daily work planning meetings/toolbox meetings
• Manage operational spend with full accountability for any variance to the budget
• Workforce planning for business continuity
• Ensure all safety compliance is to standards and regulations

Qualification, Skills & Experiences

• Leadership skills including the ability to manage change, influence and motivate
• Understanding of relevant legislation and regulatory framework
• Excellent cost management skills
• Contractor management experience
• Underground development experience in a leadership role
• Shift Supervisor's Ticket of Competency
• Experience working as an expatriate will be highly regarded
• In-depth and extensive knowledge and application of contemporary underground mining practices to maximise safety and productivity
• Ability and willingness to transfer/mentor their skills & knowledge to African personnel
• All valid and relevant qualifications, certificates and licences
• Minimum 10 years’ underground mining experience including a minimum 5 years’ shift supervision
• Demonstrated experience in driving production focus within crews
• Continuously improve underground operations to ensure minimal time loss between activities
• Experience in budget development and cost management across maintenance and project functions
• Contractor/vendor management
• Previous experience working in Africa highly desirable
• Extensive Underground experience and Supervisor ticket
• All relevant operator licenses

Pay, Schedule, Benefits

This is a renewable fixed term position. The onsite camp facilities at Wassa include fully serviced air-conditioned rooms, dining halls, sports bar convenience store, gym and sporting facilities, swimming pool and a fully equipped medical center. An attractive expatriate salary package including a performance-based incentive and other benefits is on offer.

Interviews

Interviews will be conducted as CVs are received; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Golden Star

Golden Star is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee receives less favorable treatment on the grounds of age, gender, marital status, race, nationality, religious belief, ethnicity, disability, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements, which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Mode of Application

Interested applicants should submit applications to: wrecruitment@gsr.com or the address below
HR & ADMIN MANAGER
Golden Star (Wassa) Limited.
P.O. Box 16075, KIA, ACCRA