Current Vacancies at Sibanye-Stillwater

Job Purpose:

• To provide an engineering service to mining through repairing, servicing and maintaining machinery and equipment.

Minimum Required Qualification:

• Level 2: Grade 10 and National Certificates level 2 Trade and Occupational Qualifications Services
• National Certificate: Electro-Mechanics Mining and Minerals (Mechanical)
• 18 months’ experience in conventional mining

The Appointee should:

• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record.
• Valid driver’s license (if applicable).

Key Responsibilities:

• SHE Supervision:  Maintain SHE standards within the work environment  Monitor compliance to SHE requirements in the work environment  Apply and comply to SHE standards in the work environment Quality Management System (QMS):  Comply with requirements of the Quality Management System Risk Assessments:  Participate in risk assessments and take appropriate action  Address workplace hazards and risks SHEQ Investigations:  Participate in investigations into workplace incidents Cost Savings:  Identify cost saving and cash conservation opportunities  Safeguard company assets (fixed and working capital) Corporate Governance and Organisational Ethics:  Comply with legal requirements Operational Functionality:  Perform routine maintenance and repair by diagnosing faults as instructed by Foreman  Conduct ad hoc routine and maintenance  Diagnosing breakdown problems in areas of expertise  Provide water supply and control by maintaining and repairing pumps up to C5 pumps  Conduct entry examination to ensure all equipment is in proper working order  Perform manual tasks of electrical nature, e.g. moving of rig boxes, connecting of fans  Assist in installing and moving of equipment and machinery  Provide fitter services , e.g. maintain vent doors, tips, conveyor belts  Perform boilermaking services, e.g. welding and cutting  Maintain and monitor performance to ensure establish goals and expectations are met.

Deadline:29th September,2026

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Job Purpose:

• The purpose of the role is to consult with the Mineral Resource Manager and Mining Manager on the support regime required to ensure stability of excavated mining areas

The Appointee should:

• Chamber of Mines Rock Engineering Certificate
• At least 5 years experience in a related role, of which 2 years should have been at a supervisory leavel area as a Strata Control Officer
• Legal Appointee according to regulations of the Minerals Act and regulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record.
• Valid driver’s license (if applicable).

Advantageous Qualifications:

• Level 7: Bachelors Degree and Advanced Diplomas Bachelor Degree Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology

Additional Requirements:

• Advanced Rock Engineering Certificate or Mining / Engineering / Geology / Physics Degree or Diploma

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of relevant current Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental legislation  Demonstrate knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act, regulations and definitions  Demonstrate knowledge pertaining to basic Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality principles in and around the workplace (PPE requirements, housekeeping standards, etc.)  Demonstrate an understanding of basic health and safety practices related to mines  Demonstrate an understanding of risk assessment concepts and processes  Demonstrate knowledge of fire protection and suppression systems  Demonstrate knowledge pertaining to fires in working places  Demonstrate knowledge of Symbolic Safety signs  Demonstrate a basic understanding of the causes of Falls of Ground (FOG)  Demonstrate knowledge of environmental awareness in the mining industry Competent A (Underground Mining):  Demonstrate an understanding of the identification of and dealing with rock strata conditions  Demonstrate knowledge of the most common harmful gases and vapours  Describe the basic environmental factors of ventilating an underground working place to ensure a safe and healthy working environment Quality Management System:  Demonstrate an understanding of quality requirements for a Quality Management System  Demonstrate a basic understanding of quality principles used in the workplace
• Finance:  Demonstrate basic knowledge of good financial management practices  Demonstrate basic accounting concepts Mining Legislation:  Demonstrate an understanding of legislation and compliance in the Mining and Minerals Sector  Demonstrate knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act, regulations and definitions Risk Management:  Apply general management principles to the risk management function  Demonstrate knowledge and application of the nature of risk and the risk management process South African Mining Industry:  Demonstrate an understanding of the:  principal mineral groups and their characteristics  principal rock groups, their origins and characteristics  relevant terminology used in mining Mine Management:  Demonstrate a basic understanding of mining economics  Demonstrate an understanding of continual improvement in the mining cycle  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the starting up and closing off procedures for an underground workplace Mine Planning:  Read and understand a mine plan and transfer recorded information onto mine plans  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of short term mine planning principles
• Underground Mining Processes:  Demonstrate an understanding of:  common underground mining methods (conventional and mechanised)  development, pre-ledging equipping, ledging, equipping and stoping processes  typical underground hard rock mining services, processes and layouts  water reticulation systems in an underground mine  power reticulation system in an underground mine  Demonstrate knowledge and ability to work in an underground mine Strata Control:
• Demonstrate an understanding of:  strata control practices in an underground hard rock mine  strata control theory and terminology relevant to mining environment mining related strata control issues impacting on mining practice  strata control systems  identification of and dealing with rock strata conditions Ground Control District: Demonstrate a basic understanding of the concept of a Ground Control District Geology:  Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between geological structures and mining layouts  Demonstrate an understanding of basic mine geology Barring:  Demonstrate knowledge to sound and bar down roof and side wall in an underground mine
• Support:  Demonstrate an understanding of support principles  Demonstrate an elementary understanding of pillar characteristics, behaviour and function  Demonstrate an understanding of the effect of excessive spans and poorly installed or damaged support units on working place stability  Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence the stability of beams  Demonstrate an understanding of the hazards associated with the removal of installed support units under various conditions Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of support installation quality  Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship between rock strength, stress and fracturing  Demonstrate knowledge and basic understanding of the effect of high mining heights on artificial support installation and effectiveness  Identify common support failure modes from observations Charging & Blasting:  Demonstrate understanding of the importance of safe and efficient charging and timing of blasts in a mining environment  Demonstrate understanding of blasting products pertaining to blasting operations and principles of rock breaking activities  Demonstrate knowledge regarding legal aspects, types and application of explosives and blasting accessories  Demonstrate an understanding of the behaviour, performance and use of explosives
• Ventilation Control Installations:  Demonstrate an understanding of ventilation systems in an underground mine  Demonstrate knowledge of airflow calculations and principles of airflow in a ventilation circuit  Demonstrate knowledge of how calculate air regulator dimensions Ore-Loading Operations:  Demonstrate knowledge of Mechanised ore loading operations Horizontal Transport:  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of underground horizontal transport operation Electrical & Mechanical Engineering:  Demonstrate knowledge and operation of mechanical and electrical systems Project Management:  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of project management  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the aspects of the project life cycle  Explain fundamentals of project management
• People Management Recruitment:  Design the specific Operations’ discipline structure to support the achievement of the organisational mandate.  Review and approve labour plans around operational targets. Performance Management:  Provide leadership and inspire team members towards high performance.  Manage performance and development of reporting staff.  Set the specific Operations’ discipline performance targets and criteria that align with organisational goals for the team. Employee Relations:  Drive the Organisational Culture and Climate within the Business Unit to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and employee safety. Training and Development:  Drive a culture of Learning and Continuous Improvement within the specific Operation to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and safety. Mentor individuals to enhance the individual`s knowledge, skills, values and attitude.  Create opportunities for development through participation and involvement in new business or technology enhancement projects for team members.  Provide coaching to team members on an ongoing basis. Transformation & Sustainability:  Drive a culture of Transformation within the specific Operation to ensure organisational sustainability.

Deadline:29th September,2026

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Minimum Required Qualification:

• NQF 4 (National Senior Certificate or Grade 12 or National Senior Certificate for Adults)
• Blasting Certificate
• Shift Supervisor Certificate.

The Appointee should:

• Have minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Shift Supervisor Production.
• Be medically fit to work in the specific business area
• Have a Clear security screening record.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production: Reviewing and maintaining monthly production plans.  Managing resources and logistics effectively.  Ensuring availability of material and resources and allocated according to requirements.  Communicating operational targets, goals and production results to operational staff.  Achieving and improving production performance levels i.e. Development meters, Centres and Sweepings.  Achieving production efficiencies.  Reporting on daily section performance.  Conducting work studies to be conducted to identify bottle necks and opportunities for improvement. Area Planned Production:  Maintaining feedback to team and management concerning production progress.  Monitoring performance of all activities and advice where applicable to enhance productive achievement. Monitoring shift activities to ensure maximum production output. Section Planned Production:  Supporting section objectives.  Interacting with internal and external service providers.
• Legal, Operational & Standard Compliance: Applying legal, operational and standard compliance with regards to work, machinery and equipment inspections and the recording thereof as stipulated in section 2.15.1 of the Minerals Act.  Monitoring of environmental conditions for compliance to legal and management specifics. Monitoring performances for compliance to legal and management specifics.  Investigating incidents/accidents and property damage.
• Administration: Maintaining/monitoring formal records for area.  Obtaining and posting all relevant reports, instructions and statistics received from economic resource departments.  Completing all the required checklists, reports and written assessments.  Completing and submitting documentation required for the development of personnel.  Receiving and forwarding the ordering of all required material and resources.  Planning production for the area of responsibility.
• Finance: Financial Supervision:  Monitoring and controlling the finances of the Underground Operations Section to achieve Unit objectives Expenditure:  Monitoring and controlling costs against the budget  Reporting on variances from the budget and the reasons for those variances. Cost Savings:  Identifying cost saving and cash conservation opportunities.  Safeguarding company assets (fixed and working capital).  Reducing wastage.
• Building a values-based organisational culture: Actively support and meaningfully participate in the execution of the segment specific organisational development plan. This support will manifest in the targeted shift in culture as described by a valid culture assessment such as the BeQ.
• ESG Compliance: Aligning to international responsible mining principles.  SA Gold Operations: Aligning to World Gold Council (WGC) Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMPs).  SA PGM Operations: Enhance Together for Sustainability (eTfS) initiative.
• SHE Compliace: Maintaining and complying with SHE standards within the work environment.  Participating in risk assessments and investigating and taking appropriate action as per identified risks.  Conducting and coordinating safety meetings, and underground safety inspections and ensuring that necessary actions are taken as per audit findings until resolved.  Conducting planned task observations, Safe Behavioural Observations and risk assessments as per plan.  Conducting accidents and incidents investigations and implementing the necessary measures to avoid re-occurrence.  Ensuring compliance to SHE standards, legislations, codes of practice and targets.  Communicating and implementing SHE related interventions and campaigns within the assigned section. SHE Management:  Instilling a culture of SHE leadership within the department. Quality Management System (QMS):  Complying with requirements of the Quality Management System.
• Focus on safe production & operational excellence: Focus on safety and health as well as operational excellence  Improve our position on global industry cost curve
• People Management: Providing coaching and on-the-job training to reporting staff.  Managing performance and development of reporting staff.  Ensuring fair work allocation for team members.  Inspiring team members towards high performance.

Deadline:30th September,2026

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Job Purpose:

• To facilitate Mining Training programmes to address skills gaps and prove competency in line with business needs /requirements.

Minimum Required Qualification:

• Internal from HRD
• Minimum Grade 10 NQF L2.
• External from HRD
• Minimum Grade 12

The Appointee should:

• At least 2 years mining experience in a specialized role.
• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record.
• Valid driver’s license (if applicable)

Advantageous Qualifications:

• Internal from HRD
• Assessor certificate
• Blasting Certificate
• Grade 12
• External from HRD
• Assessor certificate
• Blasting Certificate

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical  Facilitate the provision of level 1- 2 mining interventions to ensure Quality Assurance in line with approved learning material to the improve competency levels within the organisation.  Participate in QCTO, SETA and QMS (ISO9001:2015) accreditation requirements to ensure compliance.  Ensure adherence and compliance with legal requirements to support organisation's code of conduct, corporate governance and ethics guidelines.  Compile Technical Training Learners progress Reports (daily, weekly)  Assist with cost saving initiatives to reduce operational costs.
• Stakeholder Relations  Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and externally at all levels and cross-functionally.  Ensuring open communication channels with all relevant stakeholders.  Sourcing, contracting and negotiating with service providers. Building a values-based organisational culture  Actively support and meaningfully participate in the execution of the segment specific organisational development plan. This support will manifest in the targeted shift in culture as described by a valid culture assessment. ESG Compliance  Align to international responsible mining principles.  SA Gold Operations: Align to World Gold Council (WGC) Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMPs).  SA PGM Operations: Enhance Together for Sustainability (eTfS) initiative.  US PGM Operations: Enhance together for ICCM principles. SHE Compliance  Maintain and comply with SHE standards within the work environment.  Participate in risk assessments and investigate and take appropriate action as per identified risks.  Ensure adherence to all company policies and procedures. Focus on safe production & operational excellence  Focus on safety and health as well as operational excellence  Improve our position on global industry cost curve

Deadline:30th September,2026

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Job Purpose:

• To design, review, coordinate and integrate the Ventilation Engineering and Occupational Hygiene systems and networks to optimise operational efficiency in respect of regulatory and statutory compliance to achieve Zero harm and sustain organizational performance.

Minimum Required Qualification:

• Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (MEC)
• NQF 6 (Diploma or Advanced Certificate) or NQF 7 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma) relevant qualification will be advantageous.

The Appointee should:

• NQF 6 (Diploma or Advanced Certificate) or NQF 7 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma)
• At least 5 years’ experience in a related role, of which 2 years should have been at a management level or experience in a functional/specialist area.
• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record.
• Valid driver’s license (if applicable).
• Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (MEC)

Advantageous Qualifications:

• NQF 7 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma) relevant qualification will be advantageous.

Key Responsibilities:

• Legal & Governance: Ensure that legal requirements, group standards and policies are adhered to by  Determining the need and develop environmental engineering policies, procedures, and standards.  Ensuring adherence to all environmental engineering and company policies, procedures, and standards.  Interpretating legal requirements.  Ensuring adherence to legal compliance through monitoring, measurement and reporting.  Ensure that the area of responsibility within the specific section can maintain or improve on their current systems in line with the strategic plans and resource constraints.
• Environmental Engineering strategies: Maintain environmental engineering strategies and systems by  Setting of group standards.  Environmental engineering designs and reviews to ensure appropriate working conditions at the operations.  Determining the need for plans and plan revisions.  Conducting environmental engineering projects, surveys, research, and audits.  Advising on environmental engineering issues when problems occur.  Advising on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimise the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.  Interpreting and act on environmental engineering related legislation.  Interpreting group strategy and guidelines into systems and procedures.  Being responsible for long term environmental engineering planning (in excess of 5 years).  Designing, implementing and managing total effective longterm Ventilation and Refrigeration strategies and systems. Contribute to the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Environmental Engineering Department and those of the business area by  Developing, participating and supporting the development and acceptance of business plans and strategies.  Ensure continuous improvement of environmental engineering programmes and systems by means of integration, optimisation, and maintenance of such systems.
• Compliance measurements:  Ensure that legal requirements, group standards and policies are adhered to.  Anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control those conditions that may arise in or from the workplace, which may cause illness or adverse health effects to persons.  Manage risk assessment and auditing processes.  Monitoring of conditions to ensure health of employees and minimise potential occupational health claims against the company.  Audit individual shafts to ensure compliance to Mine Health & Safety Act, Group Guidelines and Mine Standards.  Assist in the implementation and maintenance of Emergency preparedness programmes.  Adhere to environmental engineering policies, procedures, and standards.
• Reporting:  Report findings and recommend appropriate interventions through trend analysis of environmental engineering parameters, conditions and high-level complex ventilation / refrigeration modelling.  Report and advise on environmental engineering findings and trends.  Meet time deadlines pertaining to reporting. Provide information and advice regarding environmental engineering matters related to area of responsibility.  Advises on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimize the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.  Ensures adherence to legal compliance in terms of required reports.
• Administration:  Provide business area information and advice related to environmental engineering.  Advise on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimise the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.  Ensure adherence to legal compliance in terms of required reports.
• Stakeholder Relations:  Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and externally at all levels and crossfunctionally.  Ensuring open communication channels with all relevant stakeholders.  Sourcing, contracting and negotiating with service providers.  Liaising with the necessary entities on any environmental management related requirements and alignment where applicable.  Collaborating with external service providers regarding the design and implementation of tools to enhance processes.
• Financial Management: Working Cost Budgets:  Set budgeting parameters for the environmental engineering departments in line with business requirements and financial objectives.  Assist in formulating monthly and annual budgets. Cost Savings:  Lead and drive cost saving and cash conservation initiatives.
• Building a values-based: organisational culture  Actively support and meaningfully participate in the execution of the segment specific organisational development plan. This support will manifest in the targeted shift in culture as described by a valid culture assessment.
• ESG Compliance:  Align to international responsible mining principles.  SA Gold Operations: Align to World Gold Council (WGC) Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMPs).
• SHE Compliance:  Ensure the implementation and maintenance of environmental engineering systems which contribute to a safe and productive work environment. Maintain and comply with SHE standards within the work environment.  Participate in risk assessments and investigate and take appropriate action as per identified risks.  Ensure adherence to all company policies and procedures. SHE Management:  Instill a culture of SHE leadership within the department. Quality Management System (QMS):  Approve department’s documents.  Comply with requirements of the Quality Management System
• Focus on safe production & operational excellence:  Focus on safety and health as well as operational excellence  Improve our position on global industry cost curve
• People Management: Recruitment:  Design the specific discipline structure to support the achievement of the organisational mandate.  Assist with environmental engineering labour plans around operational targets. Performance Management:  Providing leadership and inspire team members towards high performance. Managing performance and development of reporting staff.  Setting the specific discipline performance targets and criteria that align with organisational goals for the team. Employee Relations:  Driving the Organisational Culture and Climate within the Business Unit to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and employee safety. Training and Development:  Driving a culture of Learning and Continuous Improvement within the specific department to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and safety.  Mentoring individuals to enhance the individual`s knowledge, skills, values and attitude.  Creating opportunities for development through participation and involvement in new business or technology enhancement projects for team members.  Providing coaching to team members on an on-going basis. Transformation & Sustainability:  Driving a culture of Transformation within the specific discipline to ensure organisational sustainability.

Deadline:30th September,2026