FQM
Overall Job Purpose
- Responsible and accountable for providing strata control services and support to the Mining Operations Department to ensure safety and optimal ore extraction.
- They implement and apply strata control measures within the assigned area of the business.
Specific Job Responsibility
- Conduct slope performance audits
- Gathering pit geotechnical data and information through mapping and logging
- Installation, maintenance and management of slope stability monitoring devices
- Observing and determining geology and mining practices / conditions
- Identifying potential bench failure modes (kinematic analyses in Dips)
- Overseeing and reviewing the tasks and activities of the Rock Engineering Observers
- Investigating slope instability issues
- Capturing and representing data and information in line with organisational and stakeholder requirements
- Accurate and timeous reporting of data and information
- Recommending on the safety and productivity of the mining environment
- Adherence to rock engineering practices and principles
- Adherence to standardisation requirements, policies, procedures and operating standards related to strata control services and support
- Resolving or escalating operational strata control related queries or breakdowns declared
- Reviewing and analysing effectiveness of operational strata control processes
- Reviewing strata control data and information
- Participating in the identification of defects and improvement opportunities
- Improving strata control processes
- Successful teamwork and collaboration with stakeholders
- Coaching and on-the-job training to Rock Engineering Observers
- Adherence to organisational and legislative safety requirements.
Job Specific Competencies
- Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office & Pronto)
- Application of Automated systems and Technologies (Numerical Modelling Packages, RADAR software, applications and troubleshooting, Sirovision)
- Data extraction and capturing
- Data gathering and integration
- Data interpretation
- Data representation and presentation
- Factual reasoning
- Able to visualise and conceptualise 3D drawings and pit layouts
- Decision making
- Report writing skills
- Planning and organising
- Time management
- Prioritising
- Multi-tasking
- Analytical thinking
- Conceptual thinking
- Cross-discipline integration
- Problem solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Speed, accuracy and precision
Experience required to perform in this job
- At least 2 years’ experience in a hard rock open pit mining environment.
- Practical knowledge within the mining industry
Qualifications
- Grade 12 certificate with Mathematics and Science
- South Africa Chamber of Mines Strata Control Certificate
- Blasting Licence may be advantageous
- SADC Driver’s License
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering or Civil Engineering
To apply for this job please visit www.first-quantum.com.