GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER - DEBSWANA DIAMOND COMPANY

Debswana Diamond Company – Debswana Jwaneng Mine would like to invite suitably qualifi ed innovative, results oriented and self-driven individuals to apply for the position listed and described below and join a professional team driven by service excellence, where the demands of the business are met by encouraging team work and addressing the needs of the individual.

Geotechnical Engineer
REF: JWNG000154

Job Summary
To provide an effective Geotechnical Engineering service to meet the operation’s production objectives.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

BSc relevant degree plus Post Graduate Qualification in either rock mechanics or geotechnical engineering
4 years post qualification experience, 2 years of which should be in a mining/mineral resources management
environment.
Supervisory development training
Numerical Modelling
Relevant technical training

Key Activities

Recommends and incorporates cost saving initiatives into budgets and controls expenditure within approved parameters.
Implements and ensures adherence to set geotechnical standards, quality control and assurance systems for alignment of information management systems and technical processes to geotechnical code of practice.
Conducts pit audits to determine compliance to slope angles designs and recommends corrective action of deviation to production and planning personnel.
Develops, evaluates and prioritises geotechnical data acquisition schedule to optimise data acquisition for input into geotechnical models and slope designs.
Analyses and interprets geotechnical mapping, slope monitoring data and strength data and determines design parameters for slope angle design.
Analyses final wall blast evaluation data for slope stability monitoring purposes and blasting improvements initiatives.
Carries out integrated geotechnical models for slope angle design, slope stability analysis and mine planning, and updates models as and when required.
Plans and implements systematic Geotechnical Systems to ensure continuous and effective monitoring of the pit slopes.
Investigates and analyses slope failure incidents and recommends and ensures implementation of safety and production mitigation plans based on slope monitoring analysis results.
Carries out back analysis from failure reports to determine slope angle design parameters and validates existing models.
Manages and ensures implementation of slope angle design programmes.
Ensures implementation of slope angle design recommendations and monitors recommended slope angle performance.
Evaluates and carries out sensitivity slope stability analysis or slope angle optimisation based on hydrogeological and geotechnical parameters.
Evaluates pit risk assessments and develops slope failure hazard plan for each pit considering geotechnical conditions.
Plans and conducts slope failure evaluation simulations and ensures implementation of corrective actions arising from the slope failure evacuation report.
Collates and validates geotechnical data into databases, updates geotechnical design sections and plans.
Continually identifies opportunities for improvement in data acquisition, processing and storage by benchmarking and improving on solutions identified.
Identifies, coordinates and manages the implementation of and adherence to legal and corporate governance principles/requirements in area of responsibility.
Initiates, monitors and controls short term sectional projects to ensure attainment of desired results.
Implements safety, health and environmental programme in area of responsibility.
Implements the departmental talent management initiatives by ensuring the competence and effectiveness of manpower (capacity building) through developing and implementing career, localisation/succession, training and development plans.
Implements knowledge management principles through application of tools and methodologies to continuously improve and sustain business performance.
Identifies and implements creative and innovative ideas to continuously improve and sustain business performance.
Establishes and maintains effective relationships with all key stakeholders and partners to ensure achievement of business objectives.