AH Mining Amtipani

Job Purpose

• To supervise excavation and delivery of the specified quantity and quality of bauxite from the assigned area of the Gurdari mines in the Netarhat cluster to the alumina refinery at Renukoot.
• To execute the mine plan, MIS reporting, Budgeting, sustainable Mining Operation & implementation of digitization /Automation in mining activities.
  
  

Job Context & Major Challenges

Job Context

Hindalco Industries Limited operates 5 bauxite mines across the Netarhat cluster in Jharkhand, about 95-100 km from Lohardaga Railway siding with an extraction capacity of 1,50,000 tons per year. The Amtipani mines caters to alumina refineries at Muri. Bauxite is transported through tippers by road and shipped through train from the railway siding at Tori. Once mining plan is finalized in collaboration with the Geological department and approved by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), mining operation is undertaken at the mines primarily through contractual manpower & departmental manpower both. Laterite is removed, bauxite is drilled, excavated through excavators, and dumped through dumpers and unloaded in crusher hover or in bauxite stock room. At the end of the mining lifecycle, the waste is removed and used in back filling of closed mine pits and making them ready for plantation.

This role is responsible for supervising the excavation at the assigned area of the Gurdari mines to assist in delivering planned quantity and quality of bauxite in accordance with the approved Mining Plan and dispatch the same after a stringent quality assurance process that involves proper segregation after QA verification to the alumina refineries at Muri.

Criticality is achievement of quantity and quality of bauxite through maximum productivity in area under jurisdiction.

This role is expected to contribute to controlling costs through optimum deployment and utilization of resources including manpower, consumables, and spares in assigned area of the mine. This role must facilitate upkeep of equipment and infrastructure as well as good housekeeping under jurisdiction so that continuous production can be maintained.

A key element of the role is to implement safety protocols with respect to both man and materials in area under jurisdiction. It involves participating in safety propaganda and continuously checking PPE usage. It also involves supervising the blasting process with due permissions from explosive department in compliance of PESO norms.

Partnering sustainability through Mine Restoration as mandated by law for management of eco system of mining areas. It involves supervision of back filling of exhausted mines Harmonious relations with the local community and government officials is an important aspect of the role.

The new aspect of this role is to implement the new initiatives related to digitization, automation, and sustainability in various mining operations.

Job Challenges

• Unions of own workmen and transport union Local truck owners posing problem in mining and dispatch
• Insurgency affecting operations and movement of materials
• Issues of raiyat
• Issues of Loader involved for truck loading, specially related to safety
  
  

Key Result Areas

KRA (Accountabilities) (Max 1325 Characters)Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters)

KRA1 Business Excellence

• Achieving monthly, quarterly, and annual targets for excavation of bauxite in assigned area of the Gurdari mines
• Maintaining qualitative parameters of each consignment of bauxite as per requirement of the alumina refinery at Muri
• Implementing SOPs in all aspects of mining operation under jurisdiction
• Facilitating preventive and predictive maintenance as well as breakdown maintenance of all equipment under jurisdiction to have continuous uptime of the equipment and non-stop production
  
  

KRA2 Cost

• Controlling cost of production and achieving cost saving without compromising delivery by driving continuous process improvement across area of operation
  
  

KRA3 Cash

• Improving profitability by optimizing working capital through inventory management and spare consumption patterns without compromising on safety and environment aspects
  
  

KRA4 Customer

• Minimizing response time in providing information and sharing data proactively with all internal and external customers with respect to the Amtipani Mines
  
  

KRA5 Sustainability Handling blasting activities in area of jurisdiction in compliance of PESO guidelines for explosive

• Implementing integrated Management system and Energy Management System guidelines
• Implementing good housekeeping practices in area of jurisdiction
• Implementing sustainability initiative in assigned mine area through Mine Restoration as mandated by law through backfilling of exhausted mines
  
  

KRA6 Safety

• Implementing Safety standards and developing safety mechanism to achieve zero harm
• Embedding safety culture through training and awareness sessions to eliminate unsafe behavior with focus on implementation of safety standards such as LOTOTO, HIRA, 5S, use of PPE and safety related training
• Implementing emergency handling readiness through continuous recording of special events, benchmarking, efficiency evaluation
  
  

KRA7 People development and engagement

• Implementing training initiatives to enhance technical and behavioral competencies
• Supervising intake and deployment of physically fit and appropriately trained contractual workforce and overseeing their continuous training and wellbeing as per company guidelines in area under jurisdiction