General Miner (Production) at Anglo American

Job Description:
As the General Miner you will be required to contribute and assist the mining team with a variety of other tasks in the mining structure from moving men, material and ore to the construction areas.

The focus for this role will be to:

• Conducting inspections to ensure that the working areas are safe and that all the mining standards are adhered to.
• Ensure that up to date operating standards and procedures are communicated, applied and understood by the team.
• Manage explosives and prepare blasting area to standard to ensure safe effective blasting.
• Monitor and correct the process regularly to ensure conformance to and understanding of standards.
• Will execute any reasonable work instruction provided by any senior or team members to ensure the effective completion of a task or safe making of an area.
• Provide advice to team on the technical requirements to optimise performance.

This role is in the Mining Department at a C2 level reporting to the Shift Supervisor. 

Qualifications:

You will need the following:

• Matric.
• Blasting Certificate.
• Passed area specific training modules for logistics role at a Crew Captain level in mining.

You need to have the following experience:

• Three years experience as an underground miner/ Crew Captain.

Additional information:
What we offer

• When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.