Superintendent Rock Engineering

Minimum Qualifications

• COMREC (Chamber of Mines Rock Engineering Certificate)

• Chamber of Mines Rock Engineering Certificate
• At least 5 years experience in a related role, of which 2 years should have been at a supervisory level as a Strata Control Officer
• Legal Appointee according to regulations of the Minerals Act and regulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record.
• Valid driver’s license (if applicable).

• Advanced Rock Engineering Certificate. Mining engineering/Physics/Geology Degree or Diploma

• People Management Recruitment:
• Design the specific Operations’ discipline structure to support the achievement of the organisational mandate.
• Review and approve labour plans around operational targets.
• Performance Management:
• Provide leadership and inspire team members towards high performance.
• Manage performance and development of reporting staff.
• Set the specific Operations’ discipline performance targets and criteria that align with organisational goals for the team.
• Employee Relations:
• Drive the Organisational Culture and Climate within the Business Unit to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and employee safety.
• Training and Development:
• Drive a culture of Learning and Continuous Improvement within the specific Operation to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and safety.
• Mentor individuals to enhance the individual`s knowledge, skills, values and attitude.
• Create opportunities for development through participation and involvement in new business or technology enhancement projects for team members.
• Provide coaching to team members on an ongoing basis.
• Transformation & Sustainability:
• Drive a culture of Transformation within the specific Operation to ensure organisational sustainability.
• Ventilation Control Installations:
• Demonstrate an understanding of ventilation systems in an underground mine.
• Demonstrate knowledge of airflow calculations and principles of airflow in a ventilation circuit.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to calculate air regulator dimensions.
• Ore-Loading Operations:
• Demonstrate knowledge of Mechanised ore loading operations.
• Horizontal Transport:
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of underground horizontal transport operation.
• Electrical & Mechanical Engineering:
• Demonstrate knowledge and operation of mechanical and electrical systems.
• Project Management:
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of project management.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the aspects of the project life cycle.
• Explain fundamentals of project management.
• Support:
• Demonstrate an understanding of support principles.
• Demonstrate an elementary understanding of pillar characteristics, behaviour and function.
• Demonstrate understanding of the effect of excessive spans and poorly installed or damaged support units on workplace stability.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence the stability of beams.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the hazards associated with the removal of installed support units under various conditions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of support installation quality.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship between rock strength, stress and fracturing.
• Demonstrate knowledge and basic understanding of the effect of high mining heights on artificial support installation and effectiveness.
• Identify common support failure modes from observations.
• Charging & Blasting:
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance of safe and efficient charging and timing of blasts in a mining environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of blasting products pertaining to blasting operations and principles of rock breaking activities.
• Demonstrate knowledge regarding legal aspects, types and application of explosives and blasting accessories.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the behaviour, performance and use of explosives.
• Underground Mining Processes:
• Demonstrate an understanding of:
• common underground mining methods (conventional and mechanised)
• development, pre-ledging equipping, ledging, equipping and stoping processes
• typical…