Job Vacancies at Gold Fields Limited

Ref: SDS/TS01/FEB17
Department: Technical Services

Job Description

• The Mining Engineering Manager’s role is to provide the mining engineering capacity to the production function in order to ensure efficient execution of underground mining operations.
• The role’s primary focus is on underground mine design, operational planning and engineering integration.
• The scope of the role Includes leading and administration of the department.
• The incumbent will be responsible for the comprehensive medium- and short-term mine planning strategies and the production engineering function responsible for drill and blast design and QAQC (Quality Assurance, Quality Control).
• The role holder will also be responsible for the integration and direction of production and services functions to be performed in accordance with the overall mine plan.
• The incumbent is further responsible for ensuring effective cross-functional coordination between geotechnical, geology, mine planning, survey, engineering, backfill, contractors, mine support functions, construction, business Improvement and production and to ensure efficient and effective technical services are provided.
• A project management style coordination system is to be implemented for effective execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and technical direction: Production (drill and blast, short-term planning and medium-term planning)
• Ensuring cross-functional coordination to support the overall operational performance objectives and SHEC standards
• Short- term scheduling: Development and approval of the monthly accepted plans, together with change management processes, and related administration, and daily compliance reporting . Section planning: Safe development and stope design; stops area layouts; concept extraction sequences; infrastructure planning; stope area notes; and reconciliation
• Medium-term planning: Development of a rolling 3-month plan updated monthly to incorporate latest changes, together with a monthly annual forecast
• Maintaining stope database and reconciliation
• Administration, and coordination of the departments within the scope of responsibility
• Production engineering: Drill and blast designs with associated QAQC processes required for efficient extraction of the ore-body, services infrastructure planning and coordination
• Overall coordination of productive capacity across functional disciplines, including business improvement projects Identifying and reacting to risks In terms of safety and productive output
• Developing systems to control and measure progress, compliance with plans and report deviations.

Requirements

• The appointee must be in possession of a degree in Mining Engineering and a Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency as wall as a postgraduate Business or Project Management qualification.
• He/she must also be a registered member of SAIMM or other relevant professional body.
• 10 years’ experience in the mining and/or mineral sector Is essential, together with management leadership experience and exposure to underground mining production and planning experience.
• Further requirements include operating proficiency in Microsoft Office, mine design and planning software, and technical competency in drill and blest design, as well as mine scheduling.

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Ref: SDS/TS03/FEB17

Job Description

• The Production Engineer Is responsible for leading the short-term mining, engineering and services scheduling, initiating, tracking and closing out of production-related activities. In addition, the role is functionally responsible br doll and blast designs and related quality control processes.
• The incumbent is responsible for leadership, technical direction as well as management processes and systems to ensure that the function is aligned to and supports the overall operational performance objectives and SHEC standards.
• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring effective cross-functional coordination between geotechnical. geology, mine planning, survey and production and to ensure efficient and effective technical services are provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and technical direction of drill and blast and short-term planning (scheduling)
• Ensuring cross- functional coordination to ensure the role supports the overall operational performance objectives and SHEC standards
• Management processes and systems: Drill and blast; short-term planning
• Production drill and blast: Safe designs and plans for stops rings, slots and service holes; drill and blast compliance reporting; consumable reports and ordering; reporting; Input Into short- and medium-term plans
• Short-term scheduling: Presentation; schedule for weekly plan (aligns with month): daily compliance reporting; and effective communication and coordination with the production department.

Requirements

• The successful candidate will be in possession of a degree/diploma in Mining Engineering, Geology Mine Planning or Rock Engineering, while a Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency would be advantageous.
• 7 years’ experience in the mining end/or mineral sector is important, With leadership exposure and underground operating, production and planning, drilling and charge design with QAQC experience also required.
• The incumbent must be competent in the use of mine planning software and have operating proficiency In Microsoft Office.

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Ref: SDS/TS02/FEB17

Job Description

• The Drill and Blast Engineer will facilitate the optimal extraction of gold ore from mining operations through the provision of quality design and coordination of underground drill and blast activities.
• Role objectives will include the development of production drill and blast designs as well as execution of quality control and assurance of blasting practices.
• The role is responsible for implementation of a continuous learning feedback loop based on results observation and embedding of design improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Production drill designs and plans, Stops rings, slots anti service holes
• Production blast designs and charge plans Drill compliance report: Hole accuracy, OA’QC
• Blast compliance report: In-stope reconciliation
• Blast consumable reports and ordering
• Giving input into weekly, monthly and quarterly pre-planning and planning meetings
• Drill and blast data management
• Stops reconciliation and compliance with design reporting
• All planning, extraction sequencing, design and scheduling of ring drilling and blasting (Benching and Open Stopes), utilising blast design are.Monitoring and reacting to ensure the fragmentation and waste dilation is within acceptable limits
• Optimising fragmentation and downstream processes holistic approach blast-to-mill throughput concept)
• Ring drilling, timing and blasting performance modelling and adjustment according to ground conditions in consultation with the Geotechnical Engineer
• Implementing and managing control systems to monitor and Improve drilling, timing and blasting practices (development and stoping)
• Drill and blast cost planning as well as reconciliation, monitoring and improvement of cost
• Participating in short-term, medium-term and long-term planning (strategic business plan) Management of the Drill and Blast database
• Maintaining and improving safe work practices
• Developing standards and procedures to improve safety arid Drill and Blest practices
• Preparation and analysis of Drill and Blast reports
• Developing and initiating continuous improvement projects
• Ensuring that holes are drilled to current plan, to the correct pattern, depth and inclination to achieve the desired blast results (QA/QC)
• Administering and controlling the explosives and associated products supply chain
• Identifying and reacting to risks in terms of safety and productive output.

Requirements

• The incumbent must have a Mine Overseer’s Certificate of Competency, a Certificate in Drill and Blast Design Competence end be in possession of a Magazine Master and Blasting Certificate.
• 5 years’ experience in the mass mechanised mining and/or mineral sector is imperative, as well as underground mining production and production drilling and charge up experience.
• Competency in mine and blasting pattern design software is also required, together with operating proficiency in Microsoft Office, mine design and planning software, technical competency in drill and blast design, as well as mine scheduling.