Kinross is a Canadian-based Gold mining company with its head office in Toronto, and have mines and projects in the United States, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Ghana and Mauritania, and employs approximately 7,000 people worldwide.

Our core values are putting people first, outstanding corporate citizenship, high performance culture and rigorous financial discipline. We are dynamic, innovative, and passionate about who we are and how we work, and we do not compromise when it comes to doing the right thing in the communities where we operate.

At Kinross, we pride ourselves on being skilled, responsible operators who strive not only to meet, but to exceed, regulatory requirements for both environmental and health and safety performance, wherever we operate. Putting people first is a core Kinross value, and our chief priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of every employee and contractor who works for us.

Job Summary

DEPT –   HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

•  Key responsibilities are not limited to the following:
•  Perform, with a considerable degree of independent accountability, technical work in support of a department’s core functions and processes.
•  Assist in providing environmental leadership and support to achieve the mine’s rehabilitation and closure outcomes with certainty.
•  Ensure a reliable and accurate growth monitoring program to meet legal and other requirements.
•  Responsible for maintenance of the NurseryResponsible for planning and direct supervision of all rehabilitation projects on the mine.
•  Ensure availability of adequate seedlings for rehabilitation work every year.
•  Monitor topsoil removal, stockpiling, and labelling and document as well as periodically update the mine topsoil accounting.
•  Assist in the planning and implementation of site rehabilitation programs and activities.
•  Assist in the coordination of waste management activities on the mine.
•  Collaborate with Mining Department in the stripping and storage of topsoil.
•  Identify resource needs for rehabilitation of steep slopes, waste dumps, pits abandoned drill pads and other disturbed areas that warrant rehabilitation.
•  Draft rehabilitation budget each year taking into cognisance all disturbed areas.
•  Assist in coordinating activities with Forestry Commission on tree enumerations, forest entry permitting, and reforestation programme.
•  Collate data for required environmental reports.
•  Provide technical assistance to the Department

Qualification Required & Experience

•  BSc. in Agricultural Science, Forestry or Natural Resources
•  A minimum of 18 months experience in mine rehabilitation
•  A good knowledge of indigenous timber species in  Ghana
•  Must be conversant with Environmental Management of forest resources in principle and in practice
•  Familiarity with Environmental Resource Management and Guidelines for Mining in productive forest reserve.
•  Must possess a Ghanaian driver’s license with good and defensive driving skills

Computer literate

•  Have to be able to work without supervision and under strict timelines.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

•  Surface Mining Operations including Exploration activities
•  Disturbed and Rehabilitated sites
•  Other duties as assigned.

Location: Sefwi Chirano Near Bibiani

How To Apply For The Job

Interested employees with the requisite qualifications should please apply through the Human Resource Manager not later than 10th April 2013 to:

ChiranoHR.Recruitment@Kinross.com

or

The Human Resource Manager
Chirano Gold Mines Limited
P. O. Box 57
Bibiani

Applicants are to indicate the position in the subject area when applying online

Closing Date:  10 April, 2013