Chief Rock Engineer - Mokopane at Anglo American

Job Description:
Key tasks of the role are:

• Develop/contribute to tactics and plans for mining successive cutbacks at increasing depth and complexity.
• Draft Rock Engineering systems, policies, protocols and standards to satisfy Regulatory, AA Group Geotechnical Standard and mandatory Fall of Ground Critical Control requirements.
• Participate in industry technical forums and liaison with external parties (e.g. local government, other mining companies).
• Benchmarking the state of rock engineering practice in relation to established best practice (technology).
• Review and sign off mandatory codes of practice and rock engineering related systems.
• Investigate opportunities to optimize efficiency and cost, driven by rock engineering input.
• Conduct and sign-off geotechnical modelling for mine design and sequence purposes.
• Conduct/contribute to feasibility studies for new on-mine projects.
• Develop and implement the monitoring strategy to ensure safe operations and maximised extraction.
• Liaison with Principal Rock Engineering to facilitate Governance.
• Responsible for the rock engineering service at the mine, including Human Resources optimization and talent management.
• Business and technical risk analysis.
• Cross discipline (Mining, Planning, Safety, Geology, Hydrogeology and UG Geotechnical) input in mine planning.
• Support the overall operational management of the Mine.
• Manage QA/QC of support and rockfall systems in conjunction with Principal Rock Engineering.
• This role is at a band 6 level reporting to the Technical Services Manager.

Qualifications:

• Legal requirement: Chamber of Mines Rock Mechanics Certificate
• Mining or Geology Degree (4 years) or equivalent
• Member of South African National Institute of Rock Engineering

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• 8 years Post qualification experience in mining rock engineering
• Experience in managing a team of qualified rock engineering/strata control staff.
• Established expertise rock engineering
• Sound knowledge to integrate with mining, Safety & Health. Legislation, ventilation, geology and planning disciplines.
• Sound knowledge pertaining to people management.
• The understanding of and experience in asset management principles around mining, equipment and associated operational / maintenance standards /philosophies will be required.
• Working knowledge of specialist rock engineering computer programs and models.
• Well versed about world “best practice” and latest research findings.