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Job Description

Reporting to Senior Mine Manager

Job Purpose

To reduce risks and losses through ensuring that geotechnical principles are applied proactively to the selection of appropriate mining strategies, designs, layouts and techniques. To ensure that best practice geotechnical principles are applied in operational practice in order to reduce risk and losses and improve productivity. To carry out slope stability assessments and analyses for pit slopes. To carry out geomechanical site investigations .

More Responsibilities:

• Continuous acquisition of Geotechnical data through core logging and discontinuity surveys
• Carry-out Geotechnical data analysis, interpretation and designs using appropriate analytical and numerical geotechnical methods
• Maintain daily rock mechanics inspections of active development and production areas
• Enforce operations compliance to ground control management plan
• Conduct weekly reviews and analysis of the mine stope and development echelon to manage the ground control related risk to ensure sustained daily production
• Maintain the ground control management system through regular internal audits and reviews of the ground control standards
• Maintain a cost effective ground control system through regular audits of operational practices, compliance to standards and recommendations
• Regularly update the ground control hazard register to ensure that geotechnical designs consider the current actual risk level
• Train, develop and motivate subordinates towards their full potential to ensure the continued availability of competent engineering personnel

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Grade 12 or equivalent
2. Degree, Diploma, Certificate in Rock mechanics/ geotechnics
3. Three to five years’ experience in mining, rock engineering or strata control.
4. Ability to meet technical and responsibility requirements of the legal appointments.
5. Registered Member of EIZ

Behavioral Attributes

• Maintain Confidentiality;
• Assertive; Honesty and Integrity;
• Mature; Dependable; and
• Self-confident.
  

  If you think you meet the above qualifications and experience, kindly apply to the undersigned, enclosing your detailed CV, copies of your certificates and citing 3 traceable references, not later than Friday, 22nd October, 2021.

  The Human Resource & Administration Manager

  Maamba Collieries Limited

  Maamba Mine

  P O BOX 99

  Maamba

  Email:  applications@maambacoal.com

Skills Required

• Technical acumen