Surveyor Grade 4

• Lead and supervise the surveying team in line with legal appointment to obtain data used to inform mine planning operations
• Survey, map and calculate volume of material deposits, spoil piles or veins, overburden to be removed
• Compute survey data such as volumes of ore and connecting underground workings to control direction and extent of mining operation
• Determine the accuracy of any plan or drawing and verify the civil layouts and construction surveying for correctness of elevations etc.
• Supervise vertical shaft and underground surveying as per project scope
• Measure advances of faces and determine cubes and profile excavations
• Draft layouts and DMRE plans
• Prepare / verify mine survey plans are according to layouts and project scope
• Maintain and update G-Sheets [underground layouts and survey plans] responsible to submit general sheets to the DMRE to indicate adherence to the project plan
• Use SharePoint as a repository to maintain accurate document control and records of survey plans, drawings, mine ventilation and rescue plans etc.
• Accurate monthly survey measurements and reporting
• Survey layouts in conjunction with planning
• Assist with project proposals, design layout and pick-up of drill/blast and digging areas
• Effective communication of plans, provide appropriate information to project teams
• Proactive identification and mitigation of mine survey risks
• Self and team understand and comply with legal regulations, M&RC’s policies, procedures, standards, and safety protocols
• Effective self and team management in alignment with M&RC’s values

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Government Mine Surveyor’s Certificate of Competency
• MS Office Proficient [Word, Excel]
• MS Projects
• Exposure to mine survey / planning software [site specific]
• Valid EB driver’s license
• Valid Medical Certificate of Fitness
• Proficient in English both verbal and written
• Ability to supervise a team
• Proficiency in mining software [Microstation/ Micromine/ Deswik] – Advantageous
• Advanced Survey Certificate issued by the Chamber of Mines South Africa – Advantageous

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• Minimum 5 years of underground mine surveying experience associated with shaft sinking, declines and holings between shafts and major excavations
• Experience interpreting plans and plotting tape and offset measurements on a plan with sound knowledge of layouts and excavation design preparations
• Project scheduling
• Competent as MHSA Section 17.2(a) appointee
• Experience supervising a team
• Knowledge of infrastructure development (shaft loading boxes, silo excavations and conveyor structures.
• Knowledge of trackless mining and development [site specific]

All appointments will be done in line with our employment equity strategy.