Engineering Jobs at South32

• As a plant Electrician, you will be responsible for routine maintenance, timely installation and where required, repair of equipment to ensure that plant related activities are executed in a safe manner, and that electrical reliability as per the requirements set forth by the supervisor, are met. You will also be required to operate electrical equipment and test all working parts in functional area to ensure proper utilization.

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Interprets and coordinates pre-work with regards to repairs, planned and predictive maintenance;
• Accesses any area safely to perform necessary electrical maintenance on equipment;
• Performs daily safety inspections of equipment and assesses risks on equipment;
• Maintains a clean and safe worksite and accounts for the overall electrical reliability of the assigned section;
• Work independently and in a team as well as under pressure;
• Ensures the upkeep of maintenance tools and equipment;
• Coordinates activities associated with trouble-shooting and repairing maintenance equipment;
• Clear feedback to direct line Supervisor.

ABOUT YOU:

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in electrical maintenance
• Maintenance and fault finding on Allen Bradley VSD’s will be advantageous.
• Medium voltage switchgear competence will be advantageous.
• Plant experience (substations, MCCs, transformers, motors, liquid starters, safety circuits and switchgear (VCB/ SF6) ) will be advantageous.
• MHSA knowledge/ experience will be advantageous

Qualifications for this role are:

• Grade 12;
• N3 trade certificate;
• Electrician Trade;
• Valid drivers license.

Deadline:2nd April,2026

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• As an Operator Wheel Dozer, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the South32 commitment to Zero Harm, you will play a key role in safety loading, hauling, dozing and dumping activities in the Mamatwan mining area.  

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Participate in investigations into workplace incidents;
• Report any unsafe behaviour, conditions and incidents to the responsible person;
• Conduct pre-use inspections, routine inspections and report defects;
• Operate mobile equipment based on operational requirements;
• Keep mobile equipment clean and in a good condition all the time;
• Will be required to operate the different machines based on operational requirements.
• Living South32 values and performing work within South32 values.

ABOUT YOU:

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Must have a minimum of 1 years’ experience in operating mobile equipment in a mining or plant environment.

Qualifications for this role are:

• External Candidates: Grade 12;
• Internal Candidates:  Grade 10;
• Equipment license on either CAT dozer D8, D10;
• Valid Drivers license.

Deadline:2nd April,2026

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• As an Operator Hauler, you will be responsible to haul Overburden or Manganese from the applicable loading area to the allocated destination, either a waste dump, In pit stockpile or In pit crusher. Dumping could include road, ramp, safety and catchment construction.

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Haulers are the primary equipment in use for transporting waste or ore material from the pit benches and moving material for constructing in pit infrastructure according to our standards;
• Ensure continuous judgement driving on the haul roads to adhere to the traffic signs and management to prevent incidents and interaction with other vehicles;
• Ensure continuous judgement entering the dumping area or In pit crusher tip to prevent any interaction with the dozer or tip walls;
• Ensure the safe distance from the dump edge is maintained to prevent reserving over the dump edge;
• Ensure compliance to the fatigue rules to prevent any fatigue related incidents, which could include interaction on the haul road, driving through the safety berm over the edge of the high wall, rolling back into another hauler whilst queuing and reversing over the dump edge or into the crusher tip walls;
• Ensure continuous judgement during ramp construction to use appropriate position to safely dump the load on an inclination;
• Opening sumps and trenches for water pumps next to haul roads;
• Removing and separating of big rocks from the muck pile;
• Close trenches for pipe columns.

ABOUT YOU:

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Must have a minimum of 1 year’s experience in operating mobile equipment in a mining environment;
• Mining production experience in surface mining operations;

Qualifications for this role are:

• Grade 12 (external candidates) and Grade 10 (internal candidates);
• Equipment license on CAT777 Hauler;
• Equipment license on either Excavator, CAT Loader 992, 980 or CAT dozer D8/D10, wheel dozer or grader is advantageous;
• Valid drivers license.

Deadline:23rd March,2026