Group Mining Engineer Open Pit at Gold Fields Limited

Role Details

Gold Fields is currently seeking a Group Mining Engineer Position (Open Pit and or Underground) to join the Corporate Technical Services team. Reporting to the Vice President Mining, this role will provide business enhancing mining engineering services across the Group.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide operational and planning guidance across the group
• Review, quantify, and develop plans to mitigate mining and operational risks and ensure effective communication to all stakeholders
• Prepare recommendations for various technical reviews
• Contribute to the setting up and maintaining of group mining engineering guidelines and communities of practice for the mine technical and operational teams
• Contribute to the Annual Business Plan and Resource & Reserves reports for the group
• Contribute to the industry through representation at appropriate forums
• Introducing and advising on new mining technologies
• Work collaboratively with other disciplines to enable and drive the group’s strategic initiatives

Key factors to your success include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent
• Be registered with appropriate professional body
• Have extensive mining engineering (open pit and/or underground) experience of at least 15 years in both technical and operational capacities where you have demonstrated innovative thinking
• Have a good knowledge of various mining methods, mine planning and financial modelling
• Good working knowledge of mining planning and scheduling software
• Have the ability to conduct technical audits
• Display high level of communication skills (verbal, technical writing, and presentation)
• Be willing and able to travel extensively