General Manager

Job Description : General Manager - Cement Plant TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Experience: 18 - 25+ years of relevant experience in large-scale limestone mining, preferably with an integrated cement plant. - Strong experience in open-cast mechanized limestone mining and managing high-volume mining operations. 1. Mine Operations: - Overall responsibility for safe, efficient, and cost-effective limestone mining operations supporting the integrated cement plant. - Ensure uninterrupted and consistent supply of limestone to the crusher / raw mill system as per plant quality and production requirements. - Develop and execute annual and long-term mine production plans. - Optimize drilling, blasting, excavation, loading, hauling, crushing, and material handling operations. 2. Mine Planning & Development: - Prepare and implement short-, medium-, and long-term mine plans. - Ensure effective development of benches, haul roads, drainage systems, dumps, and mine infrastructure. - Coordinate mine plans with cement plant production and raw-mix requirements. - Optimize limestone reserves and ensure sustainable utilization of mineral resources. 3. Statutory Compliance & Safety: - Act as the responsible senior mining professional for compliance with applicable DGMS, Mines Act, MMR, MCDR, environmental and other statutory requirements. - Maintain statutory records, returns, permissions, and compliance documentation. 4. Drilling & Blasting: - Supervise blast design and execution to achieve desired fragmentation while controlling fly rock, vibration, air overpressure, and environmental impacts. - Optimize explosive consumption and drilling parameters. 5. Cost & Productivity Management: - Prepare and control the mining department's annual operating and capital budgets. - Drive reduction in cost per tonne of limestone through equipment productivity, fuel optimization, effective manpower deployment, and contractor management. - Monitor KPIs covering production, productivity, equipment availability, fuel consumption, specific energy, and mining cost. 6. Heavy Mining Equipment: - Ensure optimum utilization and availability of HEMM such as excavators, dumpers, loaders, dozers, graders, drills, and auxiliary equipment. 7. Quality & Cement Plant Coordination: - Ensure limestone quality and quantity meet the integrated plant's raw-material specifications. - Coordinate closely with Geology, Quality Control, Crusher, Raw Mill, Production, Maintenance, and Logistics functions. 8. Environment & Sustainability: - Ensure compliance with environmental conditions and approved mining plans. - Oversee reclamation, afforestation, land restoration, dust suppression, water management, and progressive mine closure activities.

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