Chief Rock Engineer: Band 6
ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM, MOGALAKWENA COMPLEX, LIMPOPO PROVINCE, INTERNAL EXTERNAL
Purpose of the role:
Providing the Mine with high level and specialist Rock Engineering services and expertise.
Develop/contribute to tactics and plans
Set and assure compliance to Rock Engineering systems, policies, protocols and standards.
Participate in industry technical forums and liaison with external parties (e.g. local government, other mining companies).
Benchmarking the state of rock engineering practice in relation to established best practice (technology).
Review and sign off layouts, mandatory codes of practice and Rock Engineering related systems.
Investigate opportunities to optimize efficiency and cost, driven by Rock Engineering input.
Conduct and sign-off geotechnical modelling for mine design and layout purposes.
Conduct/contribute to feasibility studies for new on-mine projects.
Liaison with Corporate Geotechnical in order to facilitate Governance.
Responsibility for the rock engineering service at the Mine including Human Resources optimization and talent management.
Business and technical risk analysis.
Cross discipline (Mining, Ventilation, Planning, Safety and Surface Geotechnical) input in mine planning
Support the overall operational management of the Mine.
Work of the role:
High-level specialist recommendations.
Action plans to close identified gaps in conformance to standards.
Best practice.
Updated standards and practices to address safety risks.
Deployment of rock engineering/strata control resources.
Ensures technical discipline / integrity.
Review of operational standards and procedures.
Input into industry technical forums.
Training content for line management through appropriate channels.
Input into mining blueprint.
Input into the ore flow statement, mining, ventilation and other related disciplines.
Input into planning (LoM, 5-year, 1-year, monthly)
Site-specific standards, protocols and guidelines.
Remedial action to observed deviant practices.
Custodian of LoM rock engineering strategy.
Seismic and other monitoring management.
Run and interpret Complex / detailed rock engineering models.
Assess compliance to Group guidelines and standards.
Sign-off of shaft specific layouts/standards.
Initiate and undertake technical liaison with external parties.
Investigate accidents, incidents and hazardous situations
Business and technical risk analysis
Qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills:
Mining or Geology Degree (4 years) or equivalent
Legal requirement: Chamber of Mines Rock Mechanics Certificate
Post qualification experience in mining rock engineering (8 years)
Member of South African Institute of Rock Engineering
Experience in managing a team of qualified rock engineering/strata control staff.
Established expertise rock engineering
Sound knowledge to integrate with mining, Safety Health. Legislation, ventilation, geology and planning disciplines
Sound knowledge pertaining to people management.
The understanding of and experience in asset management principles around mining, equipment and associated operational / maintenance standards /philosophies will be required.
Working knowledge of specialist rock engineering computer programs and models
Physical Requirements:
Certificate of Fitness
Additional Information
Anglo American Platinum shall apply the Employment Equity principles as set out in Anglo Platinum’s Employment
Equity Policy.
Incomplete CV’s and /or applications will not be considered.
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