Mine Overseer

Sibanye-Stillwater

Rustenburg

Description

Requirements

  • NQF 4 National Senior Certificate or Equivalent
  • Valid driver’s license (if applicable).
  • Clear security screening record.
  • Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
  • At least 5 year experience as a Producation Supervisor (Graduates minimum 2 years)
  • Mine Overseer Certificate
  • Blasting Certificate

Key Responsibilities

  • Mining Risk Management
  • Contribute to the management of risk within own field of expertise.
  • Assess Mining risks and incorporate mitigating controls.
  • Maintain and update the Mining component of the risk register. Mining Management
  • Manage the Mining Section teams, systems and processes.
  • Analyse, interpret Mining data, reports, and take corrective actions as required.
  • Provide effective problem solving support to the Mining teams.
  • Participate in the daily Mining meeting
  • Plan and manage Mining resources (personnel, equipment and materials) as required
  • Maintain and update the Shaft schedule
  • Design and plan underground layouts
  • Start of Day Preparation
  • Check Shift Communication Log book for any problems reported and special instructions that need to be addressed.
  • Determine material allocations based on the BOM.
  • Verify materials, consumables and explosives orders.
  • Monitor Seismic Activity Report and communicate to the Mining teams.
  • Verify that the Gas Testing procedure has been complied with.
  • Verify statutory and daily examinations records.
  • Ground Control & Strata Control Support
  • Assess poor quality support installations and take corrective actions. Secondary Support
  • Manage the installation of secondary supports, assess poor quality support installations and take corrective actions. Tramming
  • Manage the Tramming team and activities and plan Tramming activities and targets. Secondary Blasting
  • Manage Secondary Blasting team and processes. Maintenance
  • Manage underground maintenance activities. Blasting
  • Initiate blasts and authorise re-entry to blasted section after observing the prescribed re-entry period. Removal of Brocken Rock (Cleaning & Sweeping)
  • Plan the location of winches.
  • Underground Operations Projects
  • Identify Underground Operations improvement opportunities.
  • Implement Underground Operations improvement projects and initiatives.
  • Supervise a project team of an Underground Operations project to deliver project objectives.
  • Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise.
  • Develop a simple schedule to facilitate effective project execution.
  • Monitor, evaluate and communicate simple project schedules.

Additional Requirements

  • NQF 6 Diploma or Advanced Certificate in Mining Engineering or NQF 7 Degree in Mining Engineering

Job Purpose

  • To manage the Mining Sections’ teams, systems and processes in order to achieve operational objectives in a safe and efficient manner and in line with legislative requirements.