Superintendent Rock Engineering
Job in
Brits, 0189, South Africa
Listing for:
Sibanye-Stillwater
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-11-15
Job specializations:
-
Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Minimum Qualifications
- Chamber of Mines Rock Engineering Certificate
- Valid driver's license (if applicable).
- Clear security screening record.
- Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
- Advanced Rock Engineering Certificate or Mining / Engineering / Geology / Physics Degree or Diploma
- Level 7:
Bachelors Degree and Advanced Diplomas Bachelor Degree Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of relevant current Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental legislation
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act, regulations and definitions
- Demonstrate knowledge pertaining to basic Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality principles in and around the workplace (PPE requirements, housekeeping standards, etc.)
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic health and safety practices related to mines
- Demonstrate an understanding of risk assessment concepts and processes
- Demonstrate knowledge of fire protection and suppression systems
- Demonstrate knowledge pertaining to fires in working places
- Demonstrate knowledge of Symbolic Safety signs
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the causes of Falls of Ground (FOG)
- Demonstrate knowledge of environmental awareness in the mining industry Competent A (Underground Mining):
- Demonstrate an understanding of the identification of and dealing with rock strata conditions
- Demonstrate knowledge of the most common harmful gases and vapours
- Describe the basic environmental factors of ventilating an underground working place to ensure a safe and healthy working environment Quality Management System:
- Demonstrate an understanding of quality requirements for a Quality Management System
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of quality principles used in the workplace
- Finance:
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of good financial management practices
- Demonstrate basic accounting concepts Mining Legislation:
- Demonstrate an understanding of legislation and compliance in the Mining and Minerals Sector
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act, regulations and definitions
Risk Management: - Apply general management principles to the risk management function
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of the nature of risk and the risk management process South African Mining Industry:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the:
- principal mineral groups and their characteristics
- principal rock groups, their origins and characteristics
- relevant terminology used in mining Mine Management:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of mining economics
- Demonstrate an understanding of continual improvement in the mining cycle
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the starting up and closing off procedures for an underground workplace Mine Planning:
- Read and understand a mine plan and transfer recorded information onto mine plans
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of short term mine planning principles
- Underground Mining Processes:
- Demonstrate an understanding of:
- common underground mining methods (conventional and mechanised)
- development, pre-ledging equipping, ledging, equipping and stoping processes
- typical underground hard rock mining services, processes and layouts
- water reticulation systems in an underground mine
- power reticulation system in an underground mine
- Demonstrate knowledge and ability to work in an underground mine Strata Control:
- Demonstrate an understanding of:
- strata control practices in an underground hard rock mine
- strata control theory and terminology relevant to mining environment
- mining related strata control issues impacting on mining practice
- strata control systems
- identification of and dealing with rock strata conditions Ground Control District:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the concept of a Ground Control District
- Geology:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between geological structures and mining layouts
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic mine geology Barring:
- Demonstrate knowledge to sound and bar down roof and side wall in an underground mine
- Support:
- Demonstrate an understanding of support principles
- Demonstrate an elementary understanding of pillar characteristics, behaviour and function
- Demonstrate an understanding of the effect of excessive spans and poorly installed or damaged support units on working place 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…
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