Surveyor: Junior at Rio Tinto

About the role

• Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
• We are looking for a Junior Surveyor to ensure that all work for surveying, mapping and mine plans is undertaken as is required by the Regulations of Mine Health and Safety Act.

Reporting to the Superintendent: Surveying, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within Mine Technical Services, you will:

• Be Involved in the accurate measurement and recording of mine workings and be involved in surveying of product stockpiles to ensure accurate measurements.
• Be working with the design, planning and safety of surface mining activities, which must be accurately represented on mine plans.
• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys in order to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed as well as prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
• Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
• Record the results of surveys, including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, and other characteristics of terrain as well as calculate ore production, in volume or mass units, from the mining operation.
• Survey the volume of the dumps of waste accumulating on the surface of the mining property.
• Be Setting out of boundaries, pit limits and elevations and be doing daily checks on loading bench and floor elevations.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Diploma / Degree / B Tech in Surveying. (Attach a clear and valid document)
• 0 – 2 years’ experience surveying stockpiles.
• Ability to work in a team and independently.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Computer literacy