Jobs at Gold Fields

Minimum Requirements:

• Be in possession of a Matric / Grade 12 Qualification or Equivalent

• Be in possession of the relevant LHD Certificate and License (Certificate of Competency)

• Have at least 2 years’ experience in a mining environment

• Successfully complete a Dover assessment, at a level appropriate to the position

• Be highly motivated self-starter with proven positive attendance record

• Must be in possession of a valid driver’s license

• Successfully undertake security screening with zero material findings

• Be in possession of a valid Blasting Certificate (advantageous)

• Successfully completed Competent A and B (advantageous)

• Have at least 2 years’ experience as a LHD Operator in a mining environment (advantageous)

• 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:

• Have good verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to solve problem solving and good analytical skills

• Team player

• Ability to work under pressure

• Self-motivated

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Does a pre-use inspection on this equipment by means of a checklist and report deficiencies to supervisor.

• Performs basic maintenance on equipment e.g. top up engine oil-, water- and hydraulic oil, check for oil leaks and clean equipment according to standards and procedures.

• Maintains Safety, Health and Environmental practices according to standards and procedures.

• Performs end of shift procedures according to standards and procedures e.g., parks the LHD at the designated area, cleans equipment and reports to supervisor.

• Performs any other activities necessary for the effective completion of his/her work.

Closing Date: 15 December 2021 

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Minimum Requirements:

• Be in possession of a Matric / Grade 12 Qualification or Equivalent

• Be in possession of the relevant Maintenance Utility Vehicle Certificate and License (Certificate of Competency)

• Have at least 2 years’ experience as a Maintenance Utility Vehicle Operator in a mining environment (advantageous)

• Successfully complete a Dover assessment, at a level appropriate to the position

• Be highly motivated self-starter with proven positive attendance record

• Must be in possession of a valid driver’s license

• Successfully undertake security screening with zero material findings

• Be in possession of a valid Blasting Certificate (advantageous)

• Successfully completed Competent A and B (advantageous)

• 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:

• Have good verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to problem solving and good analytical skills

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all relevant daily targets are met continuously

• Ensuring compliance to the Mines Health & Safety Act

• Ensuring effective utilization of equipment

• Promoting and developing team effectiveness withing the department

• Ensure health and safety of employees and conditions

Closing Date: 15 December 2021     

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Minimum Requirements:

• Be in possession of a Matric / Grade 12 Qualification or Equivalent

• Be in possession of a Drill Rig Operator certificate and license (certificate of competency)

• Be in possession of a valid Blasting Certificate (advantageous)

• Have at least 3 years’ experience on a Drill Rig (advantageous)

• Have a Dover Test

• Have knowledge of relevant legislation in respect of the Mine Health & Safety Act

• Have very strong interpersonal and management skills on all levels

• Have excellent achievements in safety, production, cost control and cost saving initiatives

• Successfully undertake security screening with zero material findings

• 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:

• Operates with a high level of autonomy

• Displays tolerance and resilience and is not easily discouraged or deterred from achieving required outcomes

• Passionate and driven to meet high standards of delivery which create high customer approval

• Communicate complex information clearly and effectively, both verbally and in written/presentation form

• Resilience and the ability to adapt to change and deal with some degree of ambiguity

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Does a pre-use inspection on this equipment by means of a checklist and report deficiencies to supervisor.

• Performs basic maintenance on equipment e.g. top up engine oil-, water- and hydraulic oil, check for oil leaks and clean equipment according to standards and procedures.

• Maintains Safety, Health and Environmental practices according to standards and procedures.

• Performs end of shift procedures according to standards and procedures e.g., parks the Drill Rig at the designated area, cleans equipment and reports to supervisor.

• Performs any other activities necessary for the effective completion of his/her work.

Closing Date: 15 December 2021   

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science; Statistics; Information Systems or any other relevant quantitative data field

• 5 years’ experience in a mining; technology; financial/banking environment

• Experience working with query authoring, relational and non-relational databases, and a familiarity with a variety of databases

• Experience developing, managing, and optimizing big data architectures, pipelines and tools (incl. include Hadoop, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis and Kafka)

• Experience performing internal and external root cause analysis

• Experience working with cloud-based data solutions (e.g., AWS, EC2, EMR, RDS, and Redshift)

• Proven experience successfully manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large and disconnected data sets

• Experience with automation and configuration management

• System monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding experience

• Be in possession of valid driver’s license, Code 08 (EB).

• 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:

• Database systems (SQL and NoSQL)

• Data warehousing solutions.

• ETL tools.

• Data APIs.

• Proficiency in coding languages such as SQL, NoSQL, Python, Java, R, and Scala.

• Securely managing and storing data to protect it from loss or theft.

• Understanding of the mining value chain to identify and execute on opportunities of value creation where technical expertise can enhance business performance.

• Project Management.

• Demonstrated experience in a people leadership role (transformational) within a technical environment, including the coordination of knowledge sharing across disciplines, managing workload, and reviewing the work of others to ensure consistency with task requirements.

• Building relationships and fostering cross-boundary collaboration.

• Resilience and the ability to adapt to change and deal with some degree of ambiguity.

• Deepening self-awareness and applying influencing techniques that gain commitment and support.

• Understand business requirements and where data fits into the business model.

• Ability to work under pressure.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Enhancing existing technologies (control systems) and the implementation of effective operational process controls systems (Underground) that will support rigorous data analysis and capability building programmes to enhance its effectiveness.

• Analyse and organise raw data by converting unstructured data into an existing structured data model.

• Implement data pipelines which will encapsulate design of systems for processing and storing data.

• Create, test, maintain and optimise database pipeline architectures.

• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, storing and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Cloud-database computing technologies (i.e. AWS)

• optimising or even re-designing our operations data architecture by provisioning future cloud-based DataMart solution technologies to support the digital mine of the future strategy.

• Build algorithms and pipelines that make it easier for anyone in the organisation to access raw data.

• Develop algorithms to transform raw data into useful, actionable structured information.

• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet business requirements.

• Collaborate with management to understand company objectives to assist with data-related issues and support new functional data infrastructure needs.

• Manage and maintain data flow of operational performance and technical management systems reporting data processes and participate in collaboration sessions with technical teams, Business Improvement, suppliers and related teams to shape the development of universal reporting platforms, systems and metrices.

• Learn and apply knowledge in the technical management system design environment to drive innovative pathways in developing and refining approaches to establish a much-improved data collection to provide insights into operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics for information systems reporting.

• Network with key internal and external stakeholders in the Mining, Engineering, Services and Projects functions to Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements.

• Support third party application developers, database stewards, solutions process architects and business analysts on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing digitalisation projects.

• Analyse situations and data; anticipate, and diagnose problems,

• Provide solutions aimed at the improvement of processes, systems and work methods that meet internal and/or external customer requirements.

• Perform complex data analysis to find trends and patterns and reporting on the results in the form of dashboards, reports and data visualizations.

• Create new data validation methods and data analysis tools.

Closing Date: 15 December 2021

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Minimum Requirements:

• Hold a recognised tertiary qualification relevant to security management or law enforcement from a nationally registered institution 

• Advantageous: Advanced occupational courses in investigation discipline from a recognised institution

• Be registered with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA)

• Have 5 to 10 years’ experience as a senior investigator within the mining security environment

• Have a proven track record in the investigation of the various criminal threats facing the mining industry including white collar crime, precious metals, non-ferrous metals and property related cases

• Demonstrate ability for high level report writing in English

• Demonstrate ability to lead an extensive multi-disciplinary and diverse investigative team including working with co-sourced business partners and forensic experts

• Display a working knowledge of the overall security discipline

• 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:

• Be a self-starter, who can work independently and possess sound analytical and interpersonal skills and have unquestionable integrity.

• Pays attention to detail.

• Can use data analytics tools and excel extensively.

• Must be able to identify risks that will impact the mining environment and the geographical area it operates in.

• Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, work well under pressure and can take initiative.

• Resilience and the ability to adapt to change and deal with some degree of ambiguity. Decision making and problem solving

• Leadership skills

• Conflict management

• Teamwork

• Ability to build constructive business relationships across a broad range of strategic stakeholders and role players across all levels of the organization

• Planning and prioritisation

• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively, both verbally and in written/presentation form.

• Technical Report writing

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Developing action plans and managing investigative resources to ensure an effective investigative response

• Giving effect to the full case management principles inherent in investigative work, from initiation, investigation, prosecution, recommending remedial action and close out

• Providing detailed high level investigation and information updates and reports

• Planning, leading, organising and controlling direct reports as well as seconded security operations personnel, external forensic experts and co-sourced investigative business partners

• Deploying specialised investigative technology, to conduct investigations into security breaches and losses,

• Ensuring information driven investigative responses within the ambit of the law, to address identified security threats to the company and integrity of the security endeavours

• Managing the collection, collation, analysis of crime and security information with which to effect an operational or investigative response, including special project driven investigations

• Overseeing the work done in respect of pre-employment screening and vetting

• Administrating the operational and governance processes pertaining to investigative responses

Closing Date: 15 December 2021   

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Minimum Requirements:

• Be in possession of a Grade 12 Qualification or equivalent.

• Be in possession of the relevant Utility Vehicle Certification and License.

• Have the appropriate rating on the Dover/Vienna assessment

• Have a valid driver’s license

• Have more than one [1] years’ experience on a Utility Vehicle (Advantageous)

• Have knowledge of relevant legislation related to the Mine Health and Safety Act

• Good interpersonal skills

• Being in possession of a Skid Steer Loader Vehicle License will be advantageous.

• 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:

• Have two [2] years’ experience in a production or mining environment.

• Be a highly motivated self-starter

• Appreciation of and for TM3 machines in terms of the production cycle

• Shared responsibility for the serviceability and general condition of the machine

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs pre-use inspections and reports defects to maintenance and breakdown crews

• Performs basic routine maintenance on equipment e.g., lubricant and coolant top-ups

• Assist maintenance and breakdown crews during services on machine

• Ensuring that all relevant daily targets are met consistently

• Ensuring compliance to the Mine Health and Safety Act.

• Ensuring effective utilization of equipment.

• Promoting and developing team effectiveness within the section.

Closing Date: 15 December 2021