Job Vacancies at Ivanhoe Mines

Job Description

Ivanplats is looking for a MTS Manager X 1 REF: IVP-MTS-2025-01

• 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”. Suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply for the following vacancies required for the project development.

Suitable candidate must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, mineral resource management or equivalent; additional and relevant post graduate qualifications would be advantageous.
• Minimum of 15 years’ post qualification work experience.
• Mechanized underground mining experience, which must include experience in mine design, mine planning, rock engineering, mine ventilation, project management, resource management and cost control.
• Knowledge of engineering techniques as they apply to ore body evaluation and mine operations.
• Extensive experience in production reporting, daily, monthly and yearly.

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience: 

• Manage revenue optimization through coordinating and ensuring that mine plans and costs are safely and efficiently optimized
• Ensuring costs are safely deferred or minimized and so not adversely impact production efficiency 
• Accountable for ensuring mineral resources are always available to the business and never adversely impact production or halt the production process 
• develop and implement the Technical Services Department standards in accordance with international and company standards i.e. planning cost schedules 
• Optimize the value of the mine using excellent mine planning and design and preparing cost models for underground mining 
• Apply company propriety knowledge and systems to deposit modeling and calculations 
• Lead a multidisciplinary team 
• Manage and ensure that the Technical Services Department provides full effective and timely support to their customer, the mining operation 
• Provide relief to the Mining Manager as required 
• Co-ordinate with various 3rd party contractor staff within area of accountability

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

• Adherence and enforce all safety protocols for safe working environment.
• Have extensive knowledge and experience in ore accounting and metal accounting.
• Work closely with all stakeholders for integration of mine production planning and processing.
• Advise and cooperate with all affected by changes in mine operations and assist in overall mine management through interaction with other departments..

Closing date: 15 September 2025

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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”. Suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply for the following vacancies required for the project development.

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills: 

• Grade 12/ Matric Certificate
• National Diploma or Degree in Human Resources Management, Human Resource Development, Industrial Psychology or related field.
• A postgraduate qualification in Human Resources, Talent Management or Leadership Development will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of performance management, competency frameworks and employee development practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Skills Development Act, Employment Equity Act, BBBEE requirements and relevant SETA requirements.
• Knowledge of the mining industry and mining skills development environment will be advantageous.
• Good knowledge and understanding of leadership development and succession planning principles.
• Good report-writing and presentation skills.
• Strong planning, coordination and organisational skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Valid Driver’s licence

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• Minimum of 3–5 years' relevant experience in Human Resources Development, Talent Management, Learning and Development or Organisational Development.
• Experience in coordinating Talent management and Succession planning programmes.
• Experience in HR information systems and learning management systems will be advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

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

• Coordinate the implementation of the Company’s Talent Management Strategy and Framework.
• Support talent identification, assessment and development of identified potential employees.
• Coordinate and maintain succession planning for critical positions and identified successors.
• Facilitate talent reviews and support managers with employee development planning.
• Coordinate leadership development, mentoring, coaching and employee development programmes.
• Monitor and track Individual Development Plans (IDPs) and employee development progress.
• Support the integration of talent management, performance management and career development processes.
• Maintain accurate talent and succession management records, databases and employee profiles.
• Prepare talent management reports, dashboards and presentations for management.
• Monitor programme participation, effectiveness and outcomes and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with line managers, employees, training providers and other stakeholders on talent development initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with relevant Company policies, employment equity, skills development and governance requirements.
• Provide administrative and coordination support to relevant Talent Management and Succession Planning council/ committees.

Closing date: 16 September 2025

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Role purpose:

• The Occupational Hygienist will support the identification, assessment, monitoring, and control of occupational health hazards across the operation, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and contributing to a safer working environment

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

• National Senior Certificate, Grade 12 Matric or equivalent.
• NQF Level 7 Qualification in Occupational Hygiene or related field, or Environmental Health.
• Chamber of Mines (CoM) Intermediate Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (IMEC).
• Chamber of Mines (CoM) Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (COMEC).
• Registration with the South African Institute of Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH) as an Occupational Hygienist.
• Valid drivers license.
• Knowledge of legal framework governing South African Mines.
• Computer literate in MS Office.
• Management of Occupational Hygiene Systems.
• Data Science and analysis.
• Linkage of Occupational Hygiene measurements and medical records.

Suitable candidates must affiliate with a Professional Body:

• Registration with the South African Institute of Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH) as an Occupational Hygienist l
• Member/Associate with the Mine Ventilation Society Of South Africa (MVSSA).

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in the field of and Occupational Hygiene and Mine Environmental Engineering.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Metallurgical Production and Processing Plants.

The Role requirements includes, but not be limited to:

• Ensure that legal requirements, IVP standards and policies are adhered to, to achieve legal compliance.
• Interpretation of legal requirements.
• Ensures adherence to legal compliance through monitoring and reporting.
• Responsible for ensuring policies, programmes, standards, codes of practice and procedures are developed and maintained in accordance with legal requirements.
• Statutory Plans are in place and up to date

Maintain Occupational Hygiene strategies and systems.

• Develop and revise Occupational Hygiene Baseline Risk Assessment and monitoring structures / incorporate findings into the Operational Business Safety Baseline Risk Assessment
• Developing and managing site specific Occupational Hygiene Program & Monitoring Program
• Develop or revise and implement annual Occupational Hygiene sampling and measurement strategy, in line with regulatory legal requirements.
• Develop Occupational Health Risk Management framework aligned with operational Risk Management framework
• Develop Occupational Hygiene Risk Assessments as per operational requirements, in line with regulatory legal requirements.
• Develop and implement methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of control measures identified to manage exposure Occupational Health Hazards/Risks.
• Develop and implement procedures to ensure occupational health threating occurrences are investigated in line with regulatory legal requirements.
• Ensure coordination of the personal sampling (pre- & post- sampling preparations & downloading) (Personal noise- & Personal Airborne Pollutants monitoring, as per annual schedule), taking account issue of Quality assurance and control in line regulatory legal requirements.
• Ensuring management and maintenance of sample media registers (filter, calibration & equipment registers) for personal airborne pollutant sampling), taking account issue of Quality assurance and control in line regulatory legal requirements.
• Maintain/manage occupational hygiene measuring instrumentation register and calibrations.
• Arranging with SANAS accredited laboratories for the in-depth analysis of personal airborne pollutant sampling media.
• Capturing and reporting results (Capturing of the personal exposure measurement results). Document / Record control to be checked, coordinated and managed.
• Capturing, Analise and Scrutinize Lab Results (for DMPR reporting, Risk Assessment- & Health Improvement planning purposes)
• Communicating personal exposure measurement results on operational forums.
• Investigation of all personal airborne pollutants & personal noise measurements with high results (exceeding OELS, industry best practice and 2034 milestones), in order to institute recommendation to correct failures within controls and / or highlight the need for new/better controls to be implemented
• Quarterly Monitoring data are to be compiled and Reports are submitted to the regional principle inspector (in the prescribed format, which contain information on the airborne pollutant, heat stress, cold stress and noise aspects of the system of occupational hygiene measurements)
• Quarterly Data management & Reporting milestone data to Minerals Council of South Africa (in line with the 2034 Milestone requirements)
• Maintaining a noise register for all equipment installed/working at the operation, monitoring of such equipment must be done in accordance to Minerals Council of South Africa guidelines.
• Coordinating NIHL investigations, submission of Section 11 investigation to the DMPR and feedback to hospital. Continued liaison with NIHL investigations greater than 10% for Rand mutual compensation submission.
• Measure compliance with Section 11 and 12 of the Mine Health and Safety Act (Occupational Health Risk Assessment and Monitoring).
• Measure compliance with the Environmental Engineering and Occupational Hygiene Regulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act pertaining to monitoring and reporting.
• Ensuring Occupational Hygiene programmes are properly administered.
• Assist in the development of the best practices, standards and procedures.
• Assist in development of Occupational Hygiene related codes of practices.
• Advice on management on Business Area Occupational Hygiene planning, technical systems and administration.
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of Emergency preparedness programmes.
• Report and advice on Occupational Hygiene matters.
• Participate in Occupational Health technological improvement studies.
• Provide solutions to specific Occupational Health/Hygiene related issues (known or identified via trend analysis).
• Adhere to ventilation engineering and occupational hygiene policies, procedures and standards.
• Conducts routine occupational hygiene inspections, records and reports on findings.
• Sets daily, weekly and monthly occupational hygiene milestones.

Identification, evaluation and recommendation of appropriate interventions. Reporting structures

• Ensure there’s an Occupational Health monitoring system in place, and resourced for the purpose of compliance and managing occupational health risks emanating from activities conducted at the mine.
• Ensure deadlines pertaining to monitoring systems are complied to (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly).
• Meetings with managers and employees on health and hygiene matters.
• Advice 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.
• Ensure valid statistics for occupational hygiene are available for all workplaces or sections of the business area.
• Timeous submission of statutory reports.
• Occupational related exposure histories are recorded and reported.
• Management of occupational health emergency preparedness and response systems.
• Promotes a safe and healthy working environment.

Operational Risk Management and auditing.

• Maintain an effective risk management programmes.
• Participate in audits.
• Ensure follow up of risk assessments and audits findings, and the implementation of recommendations made.

Closing date: 16 September 2025

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Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:

The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating, implementing and monitoring training and development initiatives to support employee development, organisational capability and compliance with relevant skills development requirements.

• Grade 12/ Matric Certificate
• National Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources Development, Human Resources Management, Education and Training or related field.
• An Occupationally Directed Education, Training and Development Practices (ODETDP) qualification will be advantageous.
• Knowledge and understanding of Workplace Skills Plans (WSPs) and Annual Training Reports (ATRs) requirements.
• Knowledge of the mining industry and mining-related training requirements will be advantageous.
• Good understanding of training needs analysis and competency development.
• Good report-writing, planning and organisational skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple training programmes and stakeholders engagement simultaneously.
• Valid Driver’s licence

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• Minimum of 3–5 years' relevant experience in Training, Human Resources Development or Learning and Development.
• Experience in coordinating training and development programmes.
• Knowledge of the Skills Development Act, Skills Development Levies Act and relevant SETA requirements.
• Knowledge of training administration, learner management and training record management.
• Experience in coordinating learnerships, internships, bursaries, apprenticeships and other development programmes will be advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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

• Coordinate the implementation of the Company's annual training and development plan.
• Identify, consolidate and coordinate departmental training needs and development requirements.
• Coordinate internal and external training programmes, including schedules, facilitators, venues and service providers.
• Manage learner registration, attendance, progress, assessments and training records.
• Coordinate learnerships, internships, apprenticeships, bursaries and other development programmes.
• Support the preparation and submission of the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR).
• Ensure compliance with applicable Skills Development legislation, SETAs and Company requirements.
• Liaise with training providers, SETAs, line managers and other relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of training interventions.
• Prepare training reports, statistics, dashboards and management presentations.
• Assist with the monitoring and administration of the training budget and expenditure to ensure compliance.
• Maintain accurate training records and supporting documentation for reporting, audits and compliance purposes.

Closing date: 16 September 2025