Perseus Mining is a dual listed (Australia, Toronto) gold miner and explorer focused on the West African region. Perseus Mining (Ghana) Limited (PMGL) has recently commissioned the world-class Edikan gold project in the Western Region of Ghana. Edikan Gold Mine (EGM) has a current mining reserve of 3.3M oz of gold from a resource base of 4.3M oz. The Edikan processing facility has been designed as a 5.5Mtpa processing facility with the ability to expand this to 7.9Mtpa in the future. The plant is capable of producing at a rate of 220-270,OOOoz gold per annum.

Purpose of Role:

•   The purpose of this role is to act as a change agent with a clearly stated goal of achieving a sustainable best in class margin performance by using Cl tools to identify process and margin improvement opportunities for the Edikan Gold Mine to realise long-term sustainable savings. The BI Manager will assist in enhancing the technical competence and operational excellence of the Edikan Gold Mine.

Key Responsibilities;

•   Responsible for leading the BI process at Edikan operations.
•   Work with managers to identify production, commercial and service process best practices
•   Bring awareness of these best practices to other operations, implement and embed efficiencies.
•   Drive proficiency in the technical aspects of production, as well as the general management aspects of the business.
•   Identify new opportunities, develop benchmarking studies, coordinate peer based site reviews and facilitate improvement discussions with HODs
•   Follow up on improvement opportunities and provide assistance to HODs and staff to realise improvement goals.
•   Become a conduit for transferring best practices across the organisation, and work with the L&D team to facilitate training modules where necessary including best practice calls.
•   Responsible to lead improvements of a specialist topic and a commitment to work with multiple levels of management.
•   Ensure the achievement of high return on investment (ROI) in implementation of Cl tools, methodologies and associated technologies/ techniques e.g. Six Sigma, PIP etc.
•   Implement effective benefits tracking system.
•   Ensure that six sigma policies are validated and implemented
•   Ensure rigorous and sustainable implementation of Cl projects, methodologies and strategies
•   Utilise support from relevant HODs to remove obstacles to Cl implementation and ultimately avoid implementation failure
•   Develop Cl policies and procedures to meet the short term and strategic demands of the operation.
•   Ensure periodic review of Cl policies.
•   Align Cl policies and procedures to operational objectives and requirements of the mine

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mining, Metallurgical or Mechanical) or Finance
•   MBA or Masters degree in Continuous Improvement, Business Process Re-engineering or related discipline will be an added advantage
•   Certificate of competency from the Mineral's Commission at Manager or Superintendent level (Mining, Processing or Engineering)
•   At least 5 years leadership experience and optimising processes in gold mining environment
•   Understanding of mining business processes
•   Self-motivated and high energy with the ability to plan and lead projects that require interfaces with multiple stakeholders and differing levels of management.
•   Highly organised with excellent communication and project management skills
•   Ability to understand the operational, technical, commercial and financial aspects of the business and how they relate to each other, including product costing and investment evaluations.
•   Ability to diagnose and optimise production steps for blasting, loading & hauling, crushing & screening, loadout, maintenance, extraction and site management.
•   Ability to apply technical recommendations in a pragmatic, hands on way to the actual operating environment.
•   Desire to engage in change management.
•   Highly driven with determination to lead Edikan operations to a best in class performance.
•   Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt) experience is desirable.

Location: Western Region

How to Apply For the Job

Applications will only be received by email to:

hr.pmgl@perseusmining.com.gh with the job title as the subject line of the email.

Closing Date: 28 February, 2017

Perseus Mining (Ghana) Limited is an equal opportunity employer