Operator Hauler - Mamatwan Mine

South32; Hotazel; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A mining company is seeking a full-time Operator Hauler at their site in Hotazel, Northern Cape. The role involves hauling Overburden or Manganese, ensuring safety and compliance on haul roads, and maintaining equipment. Candidates should have a minimum of 1 year's experience in operating mobile equipment in a mining environment and hold the relevant licenses. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in a sustainable mining operation.

Benefits

Employer contribution towards retirement fund

Support for part-time studies

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year's experience in operating mobile equipment in a mining environment.
• Experience in surface mining operations.

Responsibilities

• Hauling Overburden or Manganese to the allocated destination.
• Ensure judgement driving on haul roads to prevent incidents.
• Dumping at dumping area or in-pit crusher tip to prevent interaction.
• Maintaining safe distance from dump edge.
• Compliance with fatigue rules.
• Constructing ramps safely for dumping load.
• Removing rocks from muck pile.

Skills

Operating mobile equipment

Mining production experience

Education

Grade 12

Equipment license on CAT777 Hauler

Valid driver's license

Tools

Excavator

CAT Loader 992

CAT dozer D8/D10

Grader

Job description

Overview

DISCOVER ABRIGHTERFUTURE: At South32, we’re meeting the challenge of enabling a sustainable future through our focus on responsibly producing commodities critical for a low-carbon world. As a collaborative, caring and inclusive company, there’s no better place to make a genuine difference. Together we’re making a positive, global impact that has the potential to change lives. Whatever career path you choose, we’ll support you every step of the way to learn, grow and succeed. So, join us, step towards a brighter future and leave your legacy.

About Mamatwan

The South Africa Manganese operation is in the manganese-rich Kalahari Basin, in the Northern Cape, which is home to 80 percent of the world's manganese. This position is based at our open-cut Mamatwan mine which started operating more than half a century ago.

What South32 offers

Eligible employees will receive an employer contribution towards the company-elected retirement fund. South32 will support assistance for part-time studies aligned to role requirements and business needs at accredited institutions to eligible employees.

About the Role

This is a permanent full-time position.

As an Operator Hauler, you will be responsible for hauling Overburden or Manganese from the applicable loading area to the allocated destination, either a waste dump, in-pit stockpile or in-pit crusher. Dumping could include road, ramp, safety and catchment construction.

Other key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Haulers are the primary equipment in use for transporting waste or ore material from the pit benches and moving material for constructing in-pit infrastructure according to our standards;
• Ensure continuous judgement driving on the haul roads to adhere to traffic signs and management to prevent incidents and interaction with other vehicles;
• Ensure continuous judgement entering the dumping area or in-pit crusher tip to prevent any interaction with the dozer or tip walls;
• Ensure the safe distance from the dump edge is maintained to prevent reserving over the dump edge;
• Ensure compliance with fatigue rules to prevent any fatigue-related incidents, which could include interaction on the haul road, driving through the safety berm over the edge of the high wall, rolling back into another hauler whilst queuing and reversing over the dump edge or into the crusher tip walls;
• Ensure continuous judgement during ramp construction to use appropriate position to safely dump the load on an incline;
• Opening sumps and trenches for water pumps next to haul roads;
• Removing and separating big rocks from the muck pile;
• Close trenches for pipe columns.

About You

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Must have a minimum of 1 year’s experience in operating mobile equipment in a mining environment;
• Mining production experience in surface mining operations;

Qualifications

• Grade 12 (external candidates) and Grade 10 (internal candidates);
• Equipment license on CAT777 Hauler;
• Equipment license on either Excavator, CAT Loader 992, 980 or CAT dozer D8/D10, wheel dozer or grader is advantageous;
• Valid driver’s license.

South32 is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Please apply online by entering the preferred position reference number on our website: careers.south32.net

This advertisement will close on 30 September 2025.