Miner Stoping

Sibanye-Stillwater; Brits; On-site; ZAR 279,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

Sibanye-Stillwater is seeking a MINER to safely open ore reserves through face blasting and extract ore from underground workings, meeting production targets on the stoping horizon.

The role requires SHERQ compliance, adherence to PPE, incident reporting, and enabling high performance through coaching and development of reporting staff.

Qualifications

• Permanent Blasting Certificate.
• AET 3 / Gr 9 - Gr 12

Responsibilities

• SHERQ.
• Ensure that team members adhere to PPE requirements.
• Participate in required SHERQ meetings, interventions and campaigns.
• Conducts accidents and incidents investigations and implement necessary measures to avoid re-occurrence.
• Ensuring compliance to mine standards and procedures.
• Reporting of all incidents and/or near miss incidents to the relevant parties.
• Liaising with safety representatives and team members.
• Conduct Safe Behavioural Observations (SBOs) and Planned Task Observations (PTOs).
• Maintain and comply with SHERQ standards within the work environment.
• Participate in risk assessments and investigate and take appropriate action as per identified risks.
• Ensure adherence to all company policies and procedures.
• Production
• Conducts daily re-entry examinations.
• Marking-off of support.
• Identifying of reef band and mark the face as per the geological reports.
• Charging up of the face and safe blasting.
• Planning and coordination of mining activities in line with targets and objectives. Administration
• Accurately complete documentation and administration as required.
• Conduct planning for leave cycles.
• Achievements of production targets and efficiencies.
• Effective utilisation of available resources (material, machinery and people).
• People Management
• Provide coaching and on-the-job training to reporting staff.
• Manage performance and development of reporting staff.
• Ensure fair work allocation for team members.
• Inspire team members towards high performance.

Job description

• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record

Minimum Qualifications

• Permanent Blasting Certificate.
• AET 3 / Gr 9 - Gr 12

Requirements

• At least 2-3 years’ mining experience
• Valid first aid certificate
• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record

Advantageous Qualifications

• Shift Supervisor Certificate

Key Responsibilities

• SHERQ
• Ensure that team members adhere to PPE requirements.
• Participate in required SHERQ meetings, interventions and campaigns.
• Conducts accidents and incidents investigations and implement necessary measures to avoid re-occurrence.
• Ensuring compliance to mine standards and procedures.
• Reporting of all incidents and/or near miss incidents to the relevant parties.
• Liaising with safety representatives and team members.
• Conduct Safe Behavioural Observations (SBOs) and Planned Task Observations (PTOs).
• Maintain and comply with SHERQ standards within the work environment.
• Participate in risk assessments and investigate and take appropriate action as per identified risks.
• Ensure adherence to all company policies and procedures.
• Production
• Conducts daily re-entry examinations.
• Marking-off of support.
• Identifying of reef band and mark the face as per the geological reports.
• Charging up of the face and safe blasting.
• Planning and coordination of mining activities in line with targets and objectives. Administration
• Accurately complete documentation and administration as required.
• Conduct planning for leave cycles.
• Achievements of production targets and efficiencies.
• Effective utilisation of available resources (material, machinery and people).
• People Management
• Provide coaching and on-the-job training to reporting staff.
• Manage performance and development of reporting staff.
• Ensure fair work allocation for team members.
• Inspire team members towards high performance.

Job Purpose

• The MINER is accountable for the safe opening up of ore reserves through face blasting and extracting ore from underground working areas. This includes meeting production targets by the safe blasting of underground excavations on the stoping horizon, including the development waste and reef footprin