Geotechnical Technician — FIFO Mine Inspections & Data

AngloGold Ashanti; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AngloGold Ashanti is seeking a Geotechnical Technician to join the Geotechnical department at the Tropicana Gold Mine. This full-time permanent position operates on an 8/6 FIFO roster, with direct flights to site from Perth and Kalgoorlie.

You will support site mining geotechnical activities through inspections, data collection and interpretation related to blasting, monitoring, and reporting on a daily, weekly and monthly basis; supervise wall scaling and prepare scaling plans; input data for

Qualifications

• Experience in mining, quarrying, or similar operational environments.
• Experience leading crews or supervising field based activities.
• Experience with monitoring equipment and data collection.
• Strong safety leadership and a demonstrated commitment to maintaining safe work practices.
• The ability to collect, record, and communicate operational data accurately.

Responsibilities

• Display active safety leadership including hazard identification and rectification and intervention where necessary to ensure the safety of all employees.
• Provision of accurate information when requested and ensuring awareness of any possible Geotechnical hazards is effectively considered at all times.
• Conducting routine inspections and communicating with various operators.
• Data collection and interpretation from blasting activities.
• Creating daily, weekly and monthly monitoring reports and communication of the results.
• Supervision of wall scaling and associated activities, preparation of scaling plans and supporting documentation for final wall sign-offs including the use of Docusign.
• Data input for monthly crest lossanalysis report.
• Assist engineers with scanline mapping.
• Effective maintenance, deployment and troubleshooting of monitoring systems.
• Monitoring installationand data capture including groundwater, prism and radar data and completion of associated reporting.
• Completion of approved Geotechnical project work as assigned in a timely and thorough manner.

Skills

Geotechnical fieldwork

Safety leadership

Data collection

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Docusign

Job description

AngloGold Ashanti is seeking a Geotechnical Technician to join the Geotechnical department at the Tropicana Gold Mine. This full-time permanent position operates on an 8/6 FIFO roster, with direct flights to site from Perth and Kalgoorlie.

You will support site mining geotechnical activities through inspections, data collection and interpretation related to blasting, monitoring, and reporting on a daily, weekly and monthly basis; supervise wall scaling and prepare scaling plans; input data for