Manager, Surveying - Delmas at Exxaro Resources

PURPOSE:

• To manage and deliver a specialised survey service as the legally appointed competent person in charge of surveying, mapping and mine plans for the mine in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Independent auditor of tonnage produced and reflected as a monthly Mine Call Factor.
• Managing project delivery in such a manner as to ensure customer satisfactions.
• Implement skills and specific activities to ensure optimum performance according to operational requirements, organisational objectives and sound mining practices.

Minimum Requirements    
QUALIFICATIONS:

• N Dip: Mine Surveying (Essential/Minimum or)
• Certificate Mine Valuation COM (Essential/Minimum and)
• Certificate Advanced Mine Surveying (Essential/Minimum)
• Mine Surveyors Gov Cert of Comp (Essential/Minimum)
• Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)
• B Tech Surveying (Recommended/Desirable or)
• NH Dip: Mine Surveying (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 8 years with relevant 5 years Operational Mine Surveying experience of which at least 3 years Management experience      (Essential/Minimum)    Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• MHS Act Regulation 17.2 (Chief Surveyor) (Essential/Minimum)
• SA Geomatics Council: Prof Mine Surveyor (Essential/Minimum or)
• SA Council for Prof & Technical Surveyor (Essential/Minimum or)
• Institute of Mine Surveyors of SA (Essential/Minimum)
• Competence: Discipline Specific Program (Recommended/Desirable)

Duties & Responsibilities    
Best Practice and Knowledge Management    

• Facilitate knowledge sharing to ensure accurate and effective information flow
• Research best practice within industry and provide relevant recommendations
• Advising and commissioning of relevant industry accepted survey standards and relevant technology at Business Units (BU’s)
• Ensure state of the art techniques and software, XPAC, Minex, ArcGIS, MicroStation, Model maker, scanning and aerial survey software used at BU’s
• Entrenchment of underground and/or opencast quality control systems
• Concurrent rehabilitation management of opencast and final landform designs

Business Process and Development    

• Supply technical inputs for development of business unit mine planning and related strategies
• Develop systems to ensure legal compliance within discipline
• Communicate impact of risks relating to business strategy
• Assist with the execution of the functional strategy
• Support the development of mining maintenance related planning and risk management systems
• Assist with the development of systems to ensure legal compliance within the discipline
• Supply technical inputs that will assist in determining the impact of risks, relating to the business strategy

Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Ensure full compliance with the requirements of Chapter 17 of the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) with regards to surveying, mapping and mine plans and any other relevant regulations and acts
• Ensure all surveying related services are delivered in accordance with policies, systems and procedures that are legally compliant and adhere to sound corporate governance principles
• Monitor relevant risk
• Ensure valid permissions, from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), i.e. to undermine surface infrastructure etc. is in place for entire mining right area

Customer and Client Relationship Management    

• Render a professional internal customer service for the entire mine and in particular to the mining and Mineral Resources Management (MRM) sections
• Support with identification and investigation of problems and assist in development of solutions
• Apply discipline-specific standards, principles and practices to enable design and implementation of engineering outcomes
• Maintain survey control networks on relevant mine project sites

Effective People Management    

• Promote teamwork and provide support and manage performance
• Provide inputs for efficient development, career path and deployment of staff
• Take action to correct subordinates' performance deviations
• Mentor coach and develop subordinates

Financial Management    

• Develop and manage capital and operating budget for Survey function aligned to departmental targets
• Manage and ensure funds are optimally utilised within budget
• Manage expenses and assets

Functional Excellence    

• Adhere to functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end to end processes, tools, templates etc.
• Assist in standardising, simplifying and speeding-up functional processes, eliminating duplication/bureaucracy
• Apply functional best practices, promote sharing of best practices and knowledge

Mine Survey Support    

• Ensure Business Unit (BU) compliance with regards to all survey related Acts MHSA, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), Mining Titles Registration Act (MTRA) and National Water Act (NWA)
• Support BU MRM and line with discipline related technical issues and operational planning requirements
• Establish and maintain a surveying control network across the entire mine (Surface and/or underground)
• Ensure high level morphometrically and orthometrically calibrated Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys are used for all BU and project related surface surveys and project related surface surveys
• Compilation of monthly tonnage reconciliations and reports including monthly Mine Call Factor (MCF)
• Compile equipment and staffing forecasts

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environment (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations
• Behavioural Alignment    Demonstrates the following:
• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective