Job Opportunity at Debswana Diamond Company – Jwaneng Mine , Closing date: 14 May 2016

Debswana Diamond Company – Jwaneng Mine would like to invite suitably qualified 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: JWNG000199

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

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• BSc relevant degree + post graduate qualification in either Rock Mechanics/ Geotech Engineering
• 4 years post qualification experience, 2 of which should have been in a mining environment
• Supervisory Development Training
• Numerical Modelling

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 pits audits to determine compliance to slope angle designs and recommends corrective action of deviation to production and planning personnel
• Develops, evaluates and prioritises geotechnical data acquisition for input into geotechnical models and slope designs
• Analyses and interprets geotechnical mapping, slope monitoring data and strength data and determines parameters for slope angle design
• Analyses final wall blast evaluation data for slopes stability monitoring purposes and blasting improvements initiatives
• Carries out integrated Geotechnical models for slope angle design, slope stability analysis and mine planning, 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 , 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 stabilisation support systems and corrective actions for unstable areas
• Manages and ensure 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 for slope angle optimization based on hydrogeological and geotechnical parameters
• Evaluates pit risks assessments and develops slope failure hazard plan for each pit considering geotechnical conditions
• Plans and control slope failure evacuation simulations and ensures implementation of corrective actions warising 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 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

Closing date and application instructions

Only candidates who meet the above requirements need apply enclosing a current curriculum vitae and certified copies of certificates:

Please indicate the position applied for by quoting the job reference number on the e-mail subject line when sending the e-mail. Send applications to Email: recruitmentJWN@debswana.bw Please reference JWNG000199 in the subject line on both the email and application letter.

Closing date: 14 May 2016

• NB: Only short listed candidates will be responded to.