Job Openings at Ivanhoe Mines

Job Description

• IVANPLATS (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, is advancing the development of its world-class palladium-rhodium-nickel-copper-gold project in the Limpopo Province near Mokopane. This unique mineral deposit will be exploited using large mechanised state-of-the-art underground mining methods, deploying the latest technology to   develop this “mine of the future”.

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• Grade 12
• Diploma in Mine Surveying or equivalent.
• Advanced skills in the use of mine survey software
• Have report writing and articulation of work skills
• Statutory survey requirements
• Survey relevant legislation
• Highly computer literate

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• 5 years’ mine surveying experience, with experience in mine survey roles in underground mine surveying
• At least 2 years’ experience on a fully mechanised underground operation.

 The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not be limited to:

• Capturing and compiling data in accordance with the required standards and facilitating the drafting of Mine Plans.
• Completing End of Month Surveys on site and assisting with the reporting requirements
• Maintaining the site survey equipment in good working order and regularly updating software and firmware
• Maintaining a high standard data control system
• Providing field support for exploration, and other project-type activities
• Participates in “safety talk” sessions as assigned at the beginning of each working day
• Adheres to the company HSE rules and procedures throughout the working day, and undertakes necessary maintenance remedial action in accordance with laid down company rules
• Reports any HSE incidents to relevant authorities immediately, and provides evidence of incidents witnessed, during investigations
• Carries out housekeeping in area of responsibility to ensure a safe and secure work environment
• Implements action items arising from HSE audits by taking corrective actions on identified deviations
• Enforcement of Company Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure safe working environment

Closing date: 19 March 2026

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Job Description

• IVANPLATS (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, is advancing the development of its world-class palladium-rhodium-nickel-copper-gold project in the Limpopo Province near Mokopane. This unique mineral deposit will be exploited using large mechanised state-of-the-art underground mining methods, deploying the latest technology to   develop this “mine of the future”.

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• Grade 12
• Minimum requirement: Chamber of Mines Adv Survey Draughting certificate
• Advantageous: ND, NHD, B Tech, GIS competence

 Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• Experience in computer-aided design and drafting (CAD)
• Draw manually favourable, but not essential

 The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not be limited to:

• Capturing and compiling data in accordance with the required standards and facilitating the drafting of Update working plans on a daily, monthly and quarterly basis
• Quality draughting services
• Collate all information required for the compliance of hard copy plans and digital copies for DMPR submission for the responsible areas
• Create and maintain responsibility plans for underground and surface
• Supply plans and portions of plans, as and when required, to other Departments
• Update Mine rescue, maintain master plan geology, ventilation, RME, engineering features on the plans
• Preparing, reviewing and redrafting alongside the Survey team
• Ensuring final designs are compliant with DMPR legislation regulations
• Identifying and communicating potential design problems to the rest of the team
• Compliance and application of Sect 22 and 23 of the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Always observing health and safety regulations.
   

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Job Description

• IVANPLATS (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, is advancing the development of its world-class palladium-rhodium-nickel-copper-gold project in the Limpopo Province near Mokopane. This unique mineral deposit will be exploited using large mechanised state-of-the-art underground mining methods, deploying the latest technology to develop this “mine of the future”.

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• Grade 12
• Mine Survey Certificate of Competency (MSCC)
• Degree in Mine Surveying or Advanced Survey and valuation.
• Advanced in Microsoft package (Excel, PowerPoint and word).

 Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• 6 years of mine surveying experience, with experience in a mine survey role
• At least 2 to 5 years’ experience on a fully mechanised underground operation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not be limited to:

• Surveying underground workings advances as per mine design parameters, stockpiles and dumps for plan updates and volumetric calculations
• Setting out mining limits to guide mine development and stopping to comply with mine design
• Performing depletions, analysing and interpreting survey related information to determine total ore flow
• Validating production information and reconciling with survey measurements for official reporting
• Determining appropriate survey method and implementing survey monitoring systems for structural deformation
• Acquiring and analysing spatial data from the system for integrity, movements of original ground and structural deformation behaviour and informs the relevant stakeholders
• Ensuring compliance to best practice survey standards, data collection, quality control and assurance systems
• Adheres to the company HSE rules and procedures throughout the working day, and undertakes necessary maintenance remedial action in accordance with laid down company rules
• Reports any HSE incidents to relevant authorities immediately, and provides evidence of incidents witnessed, during investigations
• Carries out housekeeping in area of responsibility to ensure a safe and secure work environment
• Implements action items arising from HSE audits by taking corrective actions on identified deviations
• Enforcement of Company Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure safe working environment
   

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Job Description

• IVANPLATS (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, is advancing the development of its world-class palladium-rhodium-nickel-copper-gold project in the Limpopo Province near Mokopane. This unique mineral deposit will be exploited using large mechanised state-of-the-art underground mining methods, deploying the latest technology to   develop this “mine of the future”.

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• Grade 12
• Degree in Mine Surveying or Advanced Survey and Advance valuation.
• Survey project experience is desirable i.e. decline Shaft sinking.
• GYRO survey and Check Surveys
• Advanced skills in the use of mine survey software
• Statutory survey requirements
• Survey relevant legislation

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• 6 years’ mine surveying experience, with experience in a mine survey role
• At least 2 to 5 years’ experience on a fully mechanised underground operation

 The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not be limited to:

• Surveying underground workings advances as per mine design parameters, stockpiles and dumps for plan updates and volumetric calculations
• Setting out mining limits to guide mine development and stopping to comply with mine design
• Performing depletions, analysing and interpreting survey related information to determine total ore flow
• Validating production information and reconciling with survey measurements for official reporting
• Determining appropriate survey method and implementing survey monitoring systems for structural deformation
• Acquiring and analysing spatial data from the system for integrity, movements of original ground and structural deformation behaviour and informs the relevant stakeholders
• Ensuring compliance to best practice survey standards, data collection, quality control and assurance system
• Participates in “safety talk” sessions as assigned at the beginning of each working day
• Adheres to the company HSE rules and procedures throughout the working day, and undertakes necessary maintenance remedial action in accordance with laid down company rules
• Reports any HSE incidents to relevant authorities immediately, and provides evidence of incidents    witnessed, during investigations
• Carries out housekeeping in area of responsibility to ensure a safe and secure work environment
• Implements action items arising from HSE audits by taking corrective actions on identified deviations