Miner Road & Construction at De Beers Group

Job Description
The Miner – Road and Construction is responsible for TMM roadway maintenance and construction of mining services such as refuge bays, waiting places, service pipes, bund walls, ventilation doors and ventilation walls.

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Making safe and safe declaration of underground working places (waiting places, haulages, and where construction work is taking place
• Inspect working areas where roadway maintenance / construction is taking place
• Allocating construction and roadway maintenance crew with a daily planned task
• The health and safety of construction and roadway maintenance crew working in his/her supervision
• Coordinating and monitoring the maintenance activities to ensure adherence to mine standards and operational targets
• Housekeeping where all construction and roadway maintenance activities are taking place
• Planning activities in accordance with the mining plan and allocating resources as required
• Coordinating shift hand over at the beginning of the shift by checking relevant documentation, the required physical mining activities and communicating tasks to team members of the relevant mining crew

This role is in the Mining Department at a Band 8 Level and reporting to the Shift Boss.

Qualifications
Education required:

• Grade 12 / N3 / Equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification
• Blasting Certificate for Underground Hard Rock / Equivalent Qualification
• Required classification as per VTS testing for specific role (Orange)
• Computer Literacy - MS Office Suite (Word/Excel/Power Point/Outlook)
• Valid EB/Code 8 Drivers License

Experience & knowledge required:

• Minimum of 3 years underground mining experience of which at least 1 year must have included the supervisory skills of planning, organising, leading and controlling

Sound knowledge and experience of:

• Underground mining practices and operations
• Understanding of installation of water and compressed air pipe columns
• Understanding of ventilation and fan installation
• Safety, Health and Environmental Legislation and standards applicable to underground mining
• Massive Mining, Sub Level Caving, Sub Level Open Stoping, development and Block caving experience
• Basic Cutting Torch
• Trackless Mining experience (Advantageous)

Other requirements:

• Be prepared to work shifts, do standby duties, call-outs, and work overtime as per what the role may require
• Must have strong administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure, be independent and a self-starter
• Medical Certificate of Fitness to work underground. Medical assessment will include vertigo and claustrophobia amongst others. Able to tolerate physical exertion
• The post is dependent on the successful completion of the Company’s pre-employment protocol such as qualifications verification, relevant psychometric and technical assessments and security clearance

Closing Date: 17th, July 2022