General Manager - Bronzewing Gold Operations
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer
Mid tier gold producer
Fly in Fly out roster
Navigator Resources Limited intends building value for shareholders by becoming a highly regarded and profitable gold producer with a pipeline of advanced projects to continue growth beyond its first producing mine. The Company has recently taken a major step on the path to gold production with the purchase of the Bronzewing Gold Project and is now moving towards re-establishing production by March 2010 and quickly ramping up to annualised gold production of approximately 100,000oz.
The Bronzewing Gold Project is located 83km northeast of Leinster and 800km northeast of Perth and comprises a global resource of 850,000oz (12.56Mt at 2.1g/t Au). Infrastructure includes a 2.3Mtpa gold processing plant, airstrip, power station, workshops, offices and an assay laboratory. There is also a 280 person accommodation village (ensuited rooms) with facilities such as dining room, wet mess, swimming pool, tennis, basketball and squash courts, golf driving range and gymnasium. Navigator intends to implement a simple, low risk, open pit only mine plan at Bronzewing consisting of the Central, Success and Cockburn pits and new developments at the Challenger South and the Corboys prospect, north of the main Bronzewing/McClure group of mines.
Navigator is keen to build and maintain a team of high calibre employees that can work closely together to achieve the Company’s growth objective in a friendly, responsible and professional manner. The Company recognises the importance of its people to its success and is committed to managing its employment relationships based on its values of teamwork, commitment, innovation, integrity and respect and with the aim of maintaining a strong, multi-skilled and happy workforce that recognises talented people with opportunity, challenge and reward.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer the prime function of this role is the responsibility for all aspects of the Bronzewing Gold Project as per the Mines Safety and Inspection Act and Regulations. The General Manager - Bronzewing Gold Operations is a member of the Corporate Executive Team and is responsible for the delivery of operational and production targets from the Project. This is a statutory position (Registered Manager) and involves ensuring ????? ????? and health of all personnel on site and enforcement of safe work systems.
Candidates for this senior position will hold tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering ????? ????? Unrestricted Quarry Managers Certificate as a minimum and a WA First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency preferred. You will have extensive open pit experience, and some exposure to underground mining is desirable. A demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a management team in all professional aspects is essential as is the need for effective lines of communication in order to transfer information between personnel at all levels.
This position is site based on a family friendly fly in fly out roster of 9 on 5 off.
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