POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Barrick Bulyanhulu Gold Mine is seeking to recruit Survey Technicians to join our team. The successful candidate for this position is expected to align to the Barrick DNA and drive a change within his/her team and the business and on a practical note will ensure activities in the Mining department are effectively planned and undertaken in a safe and cost-effective manner to achieve targets in accordance to BGML Mining Safety Standards, Policies and Procedures.

Reporting to Senior Mine Surveyor 

Duration: Permanent 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure safe work practices, i.e., attending compulsory safety courses and meetings, use of required PPE, incident/accident reporting, and ensuring total adherence to all Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental Policies, as well as other relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Development pickups and pickup processing
• Ensure all fired rounds are correctly recorded to monitor development trend of every active mining heading.
• Able to do DGPS Base setup system
• Compiling the information in a system that it can be retrieved and used
• Ensure all survey station reports and mine stakeout plans are filed correctly.
• Ensure all Survey stations are positioned and placed correctly as directed by the Mine Surveyor
• Regular stock taking of survey consumables to ensure there is at least the minimum required always kept in survey store.
• Installation of Grade pins
• Installation of lasers & Stations
• Mark-up of Holes EH, PH
• Face mark-ups
• Setup of instrument below station u/g
• Assists the Mine Surveyor in any task required for the maintenance of Survey control"
• Numbering batteries of all electronic equipment and ensuring they are charged correctly, keeping record of the mandatory discharging process of all such batteries.
• Daily vehicle cleaning checks and timely reporting of any defects. Liaise with Maintenance Department when reporting defects at regular service intervals.
• Borehole survey for production holes(downhole and up hole.)

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:                                                                     

• A Survey Technician’s Certificate.
• Technician certificate in any of the survey related fields of Geomatics, cartography, Civil engineering, mining survey, coupled with experience of working as a survey assistant in underground mining environment.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 2 years working on underground mining surveying
• Sufficient on the job training and working experience through other documented roles in underground mining surveying that are considered acceptable by company authorities

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent communication in English, both writing and verbal
• Knowledge of MS Office suite of programs is beneficial Sound practical experience in any conventional surveying method
• Drone pilot licensee from TCAA adding advantage