Our client in Ireland is looking for a Mine Manager
to plan, organize, lead, and control safe and efficient mining operations that meet output, cost, maintenance, and quality targets, aligned with strategies and objectives.
Key Accountabilities
* Leadership & Safety
* Lead the mine team across safety, environment, maintenance, production, and quality.
* Ensure compliance with statutory mining regulations and company standards.
* Own the Safety Pillar in the WCM programme, fostering a positive safety culture.
* Manage explosives use in compliance with police, IIE, and Department of Justice regulations.
* Operations & Planning
* Design and implement safe, economical gypsum extraction methods.
* Allocate resources, prepare shift schedules, and optimize productivity.
* Develop 5-year mine plans (capital, extraction sequencing, ventilation, headcount).
* Conduct exploratory drilling and liaise with Group Mineral Resources Division.
* Performance & Reporting
* Prepare budgets and detailed analyses.
* Report weekly/monthly mine performance, explaining variances and corrective actions.
* Drive World-Class Manufacturing (WCM) programme to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
* Stakeholder Engagement
* Maintain constructive relationships with local communities and regulators.
* Represent the company on official mining and quarrying bodies.
* Liaise with environmental agencies on subsidence remediation and conservation.
* People Development
* Recruit, train, and motivate workforce.
* Manage industrial relations with multiple unions.
* Ensure succession planning and robust training systems.
* Cost & Quality
* Control direct and indirect mine costs.
* Align operations with customer demand for volume and quality.
* Maintain strategic rock stock levels.
* Interpersonal & Leadership Skills
Builds strong collaborative relationships across teams/functions.
* Engages people in a shared vision through dialogue and communication.
* Configures teams to deliver timely, accurate support.
* Promotes continuous improvement and drives change positively.
* Applies performance management principles (goal setting, coaching, feedback).
* Key Results AreasSafety:
Statutory responsibility, emergency preparedness, accident investigation, ventilation, ground control.
* Mine Planning/Engineering:
Long-term planning, geotechnical design, capex submissions.
* Environment:
Subsidence remediation, energy conservation, environmental management systems.
* Quality:
Optimize run-of-mine rock quality, align operations with customer demand.
* WCM:
Identify loss areas, improve OEE, sustain improvements via AM/PM/FI tools.
* People Development:
Competent appointments, inclusive culture, succession planning.
* Cost Control:
Budget preparation, cost management, capital project delivery.
Qualifications & Experience
* Degree in Mining Engineering, Geology, or related discipline (postgraduate desirable).
* 10+ years mining operations experience, 5+ years in senior leadership.
* Proven underground and open-pit mining management.
* Project and cost management qualifications.
* Strong commercial awareness, data analysis, and presentation skills.
* Hands-on, results-driven leader with a track record of successful mine management.
* Respect, teamwork, loyalty, integrity.
* Accountability and people-driven progress.