Short Term Planner - Nyrstar ETN Mines; East Tennessee Mines; Strawberry Plains, TN

Position: Short Term Planner - Nyrstar ETN Mines (East Tennessee Mines; Strawberry Plains, TN)
Location: Strawberry Plains

Primary Function of Job

The Short-Term Planner is primarily responsible for the development of the Mine Operations and Support Team rolling operational plan. The Short-Term Planner is also responsible to develop daily and weekly plans, designs and schedules and to ensure that all the required designs are ready on a timely manner for the execution of the plan and aligned in such a way as to reduce departmental interactions in the mine and promote efficient work scheduling.

Major

Responsibilities and Duties of Job Holder Safety, Health & Environment

• Promote, lead, and demonstrate safe behaviors at all times
• Comply with the site’s standards and procedures in SHEC
• Demonstrate effective performance in achieving agreed SHEC goals in support of the department/company standards
• Demonstrate leadership in SHEC through personal behaviors and conversations and report all SHEC incidents and participate in SHEC initiatives
• Take responsibility for the safety of all personnel, including self, at Nyrstar Tennessee Mines
• Develop plans and schedules in consideration of statutory requirements
• Awareness and understanding of Nyrstar and TN Mine operations related to standards including specific governance and local legislative requirements

Function / Production Key Technical Outputs

• Developing the weekly (7+21) plan to achieve the Rolling 3-month plan (RoFo)
• Generating drill and blast designs
• Developing short terms level designs
• Developing waste/back filling plans if required
• Work closely with Mine Operations, Geology, Survey, Geotech and Mine Design when developing the mine plans and schedule
• Undertaking regular Underground site visits to ensure that execution is compliant to the plan
• Attend safety meetings and demonstrate safely leadership
• Assist in development of SOPs and JSEA procedures
• Work closely with senior mine planner to ensure that the 7+21 plan is complaint to the ROFO plan
• Complete the weekly and daily compliance to plan and support the UG Mine Manager and Shift Boss in the reporting and meeting space

Team Relationships

• Work closely with the engineering, geology and Mine Operations team to develop a robust mine plans, designs and schedules
• Operate within the ROFO mine plan and aim to exceed the ROFO KPIs when developing schedule
• Ensure integration with maintenance and other departmental planners to ensure mine plan is achievable and based on reasonable estimates and timelines.
• Ensure all work is planned in advance and everyone on the team is able to know what their plan is.

Systems

• Ensure that the 7+21 mine plan is compliant to the approved template provided by the senior planner
• Ensure that the compliance to plan is developed and compliant to the MOS
• Operate within the MOS and drive compliance in all interactions

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Nyrstar values are lived by the team
• Effective communication between operations team, trades support team, and technical team
• Reporting/ communication is transparent, verified and timely
• Activities completed on time
• Activities completed within budget
• All activity is performed within established ethical standards
• Assist in the development and delivery of the annual budget and life of mine production plan
• Operate within budget as stipulated by the Technical & Mine Manager and General Manager
• Compliance with Nyrstar and Tennessee Mine Operations’ policies and procedures and MSHA regulations
• Implementation of agreed strategies
• Delivery of agreed outcomes aligned with the overall business plan and values
• Responsible for negotiating with and managing contractors.

Required Education & Qualifications Essential

• Experience in Underground mine planning and scheduling

Desirable

• Tertiary Qualifications in a Mining Related Discipline
• Experience in driving best practice through your department and into the business.
• Ability to understand functionality of business systems and extract relevant data for business purposes
• Track record in driving continuous improvement
• Preference for experience in Deswik

Required Skills, Experiences, & Abilities Safety

• The ability to develop and promote a Safety and Health System and culture that results in zero harm

Core

• Makes difficult decisions
• Innovates to continuously improve business performance
• Shares learning and expertise with others
• Simplifies complexity

Business Awareness

• Realizes opportunities to develop the business

Execution

• Promotes and drives a safety culture
• Constructively deals with underperformance

Taking People Along

• Optimizes others’ effectiveness
• Provides feedback and coaching to others
• Uses effective influencing strategies
• Seeks out different situations, environments and opinions

Department:
Internal & External
This is a non-management position
This is a full time position

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