UG Short Term Scheduling Specialist – AME & LATAM

The Barrick Africa & Middle East Team is seeking to recruit an UG Short Term Scheduling Specialist – AME & LATAM. You will be expected to align to the Barrick DNA and to operate within our mining assets and with our teams. You will contribute in a safe and cost-effective manner towards achieving targets in accordance with Mine Safety Standards, Policies and Procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Promote safety standards across all operations, including contractors on site, in line with Barrick’s Journey to Zero Harm.
• Align site activities to the business plan and broader business goals.
• Provide governance for all UG operations that are realistic and achievable whilst driving performance improvements and exploring development opportunities.
• Assist in developing short term budgets and cash flow forecasts for the region.
• Manage the operational performance of sites.
• Provide technical guidance to the site and regional teams, spending time on ground and engaging regularly to track progress.
• Ensure optimal performance of underground operations whilst proactively addressing and overcoming potential obstacles.
• Develop the capability of site leadership teams.
• Build a relationship of trust and respect, and proactively performance manage with feedback and interventions to drive individual and team performance.
• Provide career growth opportunities for leaders and ensure adequate succession planning is in place.
• Act as a key interface between ExCo and underground sites.
• Update the AME & LATAM ExCo on a weekly basis, distilling important information and reporting on the sites’ UG technical performance against the business plan, including key challenges and necessary actions.
• Build and maintain Barrick’s License to Operate.
• Working closely with site GMs and Country Managers, drive engagements with host nation stakeholders, such as government agencies, local communities, and suppliers.
• Ensure awareness of differing requirements across all sites.
• Play a key role in the localisation of the workforce, bringing nationals through and managing their careers.
• Implement and sustain the AME & LATAM UG Mining Management Operating System (MOS): Regional operational oversight to ensure underground mine plans capture, quantity and escalate where changes/variations are required, sign off to account for additional resource and cost requirements inclusive of Planning Risk reviews to ensure flexibility is there.
• Build flexibility into the mine plans, through quantifying risks and opportunities, and determining minimum KPI levels per site.
• Standardise mining operational and cost models to track and forecast key business outputs efficiently and accurately to drive Group wide cost reduction initiatives.
• Build and roll out a more integrated weekly planning template (7+21) for all UG mines.
• Build technical capability and standards.
• Develop regional Mine Design Standard.
• Establish bi-weekly ROW Mine Design review board.
• Provide technical input and guidance into long term planning to ensure sustained, highly efficient UG mining operations.
• Standardise software requirements through the use of the available Deswik, VentSim and PumpSim packages.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering.

Experience and Skills Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in underground mining operations, mine planning or technical services, with strong exposure to short-term scheduling, operational execution and performance improvement across complex underground mining environments.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, reviewing and governing underground short-term mine plans, including 7+21 planning, risk and opportunity identification, KPI tracking, resource requirements and cost implications.
• Strong technical capability in underground mine design, sequencing, scheduling and operating model development, with the ability to translate long-term plans into practical, executable short-term schedules.
• Proven ability to provide technical guidance to site and regional teams, identify operational constraints, drive corrective actions and support the achievement of safety, production, cost and business plan targets.
• Advanced proficiency in underground planning and design software, including Deswik, VentSim and PumpSim, with the ability to standardise software usage and improve planning capability across multiple sites.
• Excellent leadership, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trust, influence senior site leaders, develop technical capability and support succession planning across underground operations.
• High level of safety leadership and commitment to operational discipline, with experience promoting safe work practices and supporting continuous improvement aligned to Zero Harm principles.

What We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
• The ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to grow and learn with industry colleagues are endless.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.