Shaft Ventilation Engineer at Anglo American

Job Description:

The focus areas for this role will be to:

• Ensure that legal requirements, group standards and policies are adhered to, achieve legal compliance ventilation/Occupational hygiene including risk assessment and auditing processes. 

• Design, implement and manage total effective Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene strategies and systems and coordinate ventilation and occupational hygiene services. 

• Set daily, weekly and monthly Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene standards and targets.

• Responsible for medium term Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene planning (at least 5 years).

• Determine the need for Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene policies, procedures and standards in conjunction with Manager.

• Interpreting and act on Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene related legislation.

• Provide Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene expertise when problems occur and advise on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimize the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.

• Report and advise on ventilation and occupational hygiene findings and trends. 

• Define Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene training needs, discipline and guidance of employees within agreed parameters and procedures.

• Participate in projects and the effective management thereof and management of resources and assets including budget and cost containment.

This role is in the MRM department at a Band 6 level reporting to the Chief Ventilation Engineer.  

Qualifications:

You will be required to have: 

• Grade 12 

• Chamber of Mines (COM) - Certificate in Mine Environmental Control.

• Member of the Ventilation Society of South Africa.

• Extensive computer literacy in MS Office, SAP, Vuma 3D and Ventsim. 

Knowledge, skills and experience required: 

• Qualified as Ventilation professional and occupational hygienist with five years post-qualification experience in ventilation. 

• Competent as 5.1(1), 9.2(2), 16.1(1) (MHSA) and chapter 12.1 (MHSA) as Occupational Hygiene Practitioner. 

• Formal training or practical experience in: Occupational Health legislation, Management system formulation and implementation, Hazard identification and risk assessment, Palladium and other specialised technical programs.