Operations Manager
Jacana Resources
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Duties:• Involved in corporate, operational and strategic decision making, across a broad range of project responsibilities, instrumental in building the Company’s performance culture, being in-sync with key stakeholders and maintaining its licence to operate and driving the Company’s transition from developer to producer;• Manage and prioritise tasks in order to facilitate high-quality project delivery works, drive superior commercial and safety outcomes and achieve project and operational milestones on schedule and within budget;• Develop, organise, provide leadership to project resources and stakeholders, including external consultants, vendors, authorities and contractors, to meet the demands of the project and operational imperatives;• Develop practical solutions to challenges in a timely manner and foster a working culture of high performance, resilience, integrity and delivery excellence;Develop detailed delivery/operational plans and processes, schedules, project estimates/budgets, implementation strategies, cost management processes, and escalate issues to stakeholders as needed;• Adherence to industry standards, legislations and industry best practice in relation to delivery of mining projects in Tanzania in Australia;• Oversee the formation and implementation of contracts and perform commercial negotiations relating to project execution phase and operational readiness;• Leads efforts for projects to ensure safe design and constructability and identify optimum execution phase sequencing and planning to achieve completion of the work in accordance with objectives;• Grow, coach, mentor and develop an effective high performing team Tanzanian workforce in line with approved budgets to achieve operational imperatives;• Manage mining operations from pit-to-ship including, but not limited to, mining, processing, logistics, rehabilitation, QA/QC, HSE, stakeholder engagement, human resources, CSR activities and financial performance;