Mining Engineer at Lafarge Group

Lafarge Group - Created in 1833, Lafarge group, headquartered in France, is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in three of its activities: No 1 worldwide in Cement, No 2 worldwide in Aggregates & Concrete, and No 3 worldwide in Gypsum.

Located in 62 countries with 64,000 employees, Lafarge is a world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in its Cement, Aggregates & Concrete businesses. In 2013, Lafarge posted sales of 15.1 billion euros.

Lafarge ranked amongst the top 10 of 500 companies evaluated by the "Carbon Disclosure Project" in recognition of their strategy and actions against global warming. With the world's leading building materials research facility, Lafarge places innovation at the heart of its priorities, working for sustainable construction and architectural creativity.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Mining Engineer

Job Code: 150318-1
Location: Sagamu
Business Unit: WAPCO Operations
Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

• Efficient and Continuous supply of limestone needed for cement manufacturing and co-ordinates the staffs and contractors for safe operations in the quarry.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate all quarry face operations and report to the Quarry Manager. These include; overburden removal by contractors, drilling, blasting, loading, haulage, crushing, dewatering, perimeter drainages, haulage route constructions and maintenance and face development
• Ensure that plants and machineries are available at all time through proper checks with the contractors
• Control the supply of limestone in terms of quality and quantity to meets the production needs
• Inspect the work site to ensure daily operation are carried out safely as planned
• Coordinate blasting operations and ensure that blasting monitoring readings are taking and kept
• Ensure that explosives are well kept at the magazine, and issues are properly monitored and recorded
• Ensure effective utilization of work force (staffs and contractors) and appraise immediate subordinate
• Ensure that staffs and contractors follow work instructions, procedures and adhere to rules and regulations during operations
• Administering the departments i.e reports preparations and act for Quarry Manager whenever he is on annual leave or on official engagement
• Any other duty assign from time to time

Essential & Desirable Skills

• Good aptitude for organization and communication.
• Initiative and innovative.
• People management skills.
• Result driven (reliability, cost).

Application Closing Date
27th March, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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