Job Vacancies at Gold Field Limited

The Rigger is accountable for the lifting and moving of heavy machinery underground and on the plant surface as well as perform repairs and maintenance on rigging equipment in accordance with operational and safety procedures and processes. A core accountability of the role is to maintain the highest possible safety standards in area of operation and influence

This is an opportunity to bring your expertise to a dynamic and engaged team of professionals, working together to become the beacon of pride for our people, our communities, our stakeholders, and our shareholders.

At South Deep, we value each person’s individual and collective contribution and support your ongoing development, helping you to achieve your career and our business aspirations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12/N3 or equivalent
• Trade Certificate
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a rigger, preferably within a mechanized mining environment
• Be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the Gold Fields Occupational Health Centre and pass a Heat Tolerance Screening test, and such other tests as may be required to assess the applicant’s suitability for employment

Key Competencies:

• Proven track record in safety leadership
• Proven interpersonal, collaborative and communication skills
• Independent, proactive thinker and ability to schedule and deliver work within tight deadlines
• Proven track record of production achievements

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure health and safety of self and team members by applying relevant standards and procedures in all planning and execution of maintenance activities
• Perform inspections in accordance with the Mine Health and Safety Act regulations, and Company standards
• Contribute to a culture of zero harm by adhering to all requirements as laid down by legislation, health, safety, environmental, security policies, and procedures, and by the application of specific instructions to own work area and task completion
• Transporting of heavy and bulky loads including slinging work
• Assisting with the recovery of broken down or redundant mining machinery and equipment from the mine face
• Managing spares requirements of rigging equipment to ensure availability
• Promoting and developing team effectiveness within the Mining Engineering section
• Maintaining registers and records of all equipment as required by the Mine’s applicable Codes of Practice and Standards

Closing Date: 19 July 2023

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Gold Fields is currently seeking a Vice President: Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Data Management and Disclosure to join the Group Sustainable Development team. Reporting to the Executive Vice President Sustainable Development, this role will lead the implementation and management of credible and compliant group level ESG disclosures, assurance and disclosure frameworks and managing risks, reputation and emerging trends.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the implementation and oversight of ESG reporting systems, assurance and disclosures across functions and regions.
• Lead the development of ESG assurance and disclosure targets, standards, systems, reporting, performance tracking, assurance and change management to facilitate the delivery of the strategies while enhancing Gold Fields’ reputation and mitigating ESG disclosure risk. Demonstrate Gold Fields’ leading commitment to ESG and build long term credibility through influencing planning, reliable monitoring, assurance, and credible reporting of ESG, environmental, safety and social performance.
• Develop and implement the Group ESG assurance and disclosure strategy in response to Gold Fields' mining operations, stakeholder, emerging disclosure, and reporting expectations
• Design to ensure alignment with existing and new ESG disclosure requirements of external compliance requirements, disclosure and reporting frameworks and trends (such as ICMM, WGC, SEC, ISSB etc.)
• Drive credible, transparent, timeous, multi-stakeholder focused, compliant and assured ESG disclosures to the Gold Fields Board and Executive Management with a collaborate and multifunctional approach between relevant corporate functions and the regions
• Lead and support the Group sustainability non-financial data reliability, management, reporting, assurance, and disclosures to ensure full validation of disclosed ESG data
• Support business decision making processes and the integration of ESG disclosure priorities into Group policies, business strategy, planning, systems and processes

Key factors to your success include:

• Post Graduate Bachelor's (Honours) Degree in Environmental Science, Social Science, Mining Engineering, or a related sustainable development field
• A proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in ESG, environmental performance, safety, health and well-being and social performance
• Broad knowledge of the business and its contribution to and against stakeholders
• Leadership experience with ESG, environmental performance, safety, health and well-being, or social performance
• Experience in collaborating with senior management to integrate ESG, environmental performance, safety, health and well-being, and social performance into the overall business strategy

Closing Date for Applications: 19 May 2023

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The HR Supervisor occupies a key operational role in delivering support and tactical people management interventions to enable and entrench the transformational people leadership journey at South Deep.  Accountable to the HR Business Partner, the incumbent interfaces with operational line leadership and their teams to deliver efficient and quality HR support in relation to Talent Management, Employee Relations, Attendance management, Talent Acquisition, Leadership and Change initiatives

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 qualification or equivalent
• Tertiary qualified with a degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology or related field
• Intermediate Computer skills (Microsoft Office suite)
• Human Resources Information Systems knowledge and experience
• Have at least 5 years’ relevant experience in a HR environment, with a proven track record on a supervisory level, preferably in the mining industry
• Be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the Gold Fields Occupational Health Centre

Key Competencies:

• Proven strong leadership skills to mobilize teams of people
• Sound interpersonal relations, collaboration and good communication skills
• Display strong analytical, problem solving and presentation abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve tight deadlines
• Strong decision-making skills
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Have well-developed interviewing and interpersonal competencies
• Pay attention to detail and have a meticulous and well-organised work method
• Be diplomatic yet assertive with unquestionable integrity and work ethic
• Have a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (advanced Microsoft Excel) and appropriate HR information systems

Working knowledge and application of the following HR disciplines

• Talent Acquisition and Management
• Employee Relations
• Attendance Management
• Organisational Development and Design
• Labour deployment and Management
• Learning and Development

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engage with business to define and compile workforce planning schedules/labour requirements
• Refine and maintain workforce planning standards and norms including productivity and efficiency metrics as primary workforce planning inputs into cyclical labour forecasting and budgeting preparation
• Maintain regular workforce planning, strength/vacancy analysis and availability reports (monthly, quarterly, annually, ad-hoc, etc
• Ensure that role profiles are current, and updated as required prior to drafting role adverts for publishing
• Engage with line leaders and discipline leads to determine sourcing priorities aligned to transformation and talent management needs i.e., targeted sourcing to ensure potential candidate profile match
• Shortlist job applicants based on role and legislative requirements with line and oversee interview and selection logistics
• Create bespoke onboarding programmes in partnership with line
• Support the HRBP to prepare and oversee annual Performance Management and Talent Review processes and assist and advise discipline line leaders to prepare for these sessions
• Advise and assist line leaders to develop and source appropriate employee development interventions
• Prepare accurate and timely employee attendance/availability reports and trend analysis and, lead interventions to address as delegated
• Participate in and support the development of various leadership development and culture transformation interventions
• Lead various campaigns with front line leaders and their teams designed to reinvigorate leadership and team effectiveness to embed the South Deep values, culture, leadership, behaviours and performance
• Provide people leadership within the department by managing workload, assigning tasks, and reviewing/recognising outputs of team members

Closing Date: 17 July 2023

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The Trackless Diesel Mechanic will be responsible for the Refurbishment/Assembling/Commissioning of Equipment and maintain Reliability on the Equipment until hander over to the Relevant Section for production.  The role requires safe task execution in respect of Changing of Major Components, troubleshooting breakdowns, performing preventative maintenance, and repairing faults.  Team members are expected to demonstrate a focus on safety, achievement, and team engagement in all aspects of their work

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12/N3 qualification or equivalent
• Recognized Diesel Mechanic/Millwright/Fitter Trade Certificate
• Have 5 years’ experience in a mechanized mining environment as a Diesel Mechanic/Millwright/Fitter
• Proven working knowledge of Trackless Machines. Sandvik/Epiroc/Aard/Caterpillar
• Be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the Gold Fields Occupational Health Centre and pass a Heat Tolerance Screening test, and such other tests as may be required to assess the applicant’s suitability for employment

Key Competencies:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Be able to interpret hydraulic drawings and use with fault-finding
• Extensive experience on Trackless Equipment/Component
• Proven track record of production achievements
• Prepared to work overtime/irregular hours and perform standby duties as required
• Computer literacy with basic MS Office proficiency

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure health and safety of self and team members by applying relevant standards and procedure
• Perform inspections in accordance with the Mine Health and Safety Act regulations, manufacturing, and Company standards
• Responsible for the maintenance of applicable standards and conditions within assigned areas of responsibility
• Responsible for the safe and proper installation and repairs of equipment aligned to scheduled planned refurbishments and maintenance, breakdown management and ad hoc assignments
• Accountable for the complete delivery of daily task assignments and, reporting of outstanding or work to be scheduled in accordance with established preventative and breakdown maintenance standards
• Carry out RCA to eliminate repeat failures and implement remedial actions
• Collaborate with operational teams to ensure preparation and release of units for planned breakdown and ad hoc maintenance tasks
• Collaborate with team and planned maintenance teams to ensure optimal preparation, spares, etc. ahead of tasks being assigned and executed
• Engage in further training and related activities to ensure continuous refinement of own skills and competencies

Closing Date: 17 July 2023