Engineer Geotechnical

- Geotechnical data collection and validation recognition, investigation, analysis, and effective communication of rockfall events and ground control issues;
- Daily production tasks including documented geotechnical inspections of all mining areas, management of slope stability monitoring systems, input to wall control blast designs;
- Slope reconciliation risk assessment and geotechnical hazard management ground support design and QAQC;
- Contractor management and supervision of geotechnical field projects;
- Input to the geotechnical assessments of pit and waste dump designs
- Establish and maintain geotechnical systems of work in the open pit (and other areas as maybe required).
- Visual inspection of working face
- Liason with production supervisors
- Ensure geotechnical mapping within the pit is performed and recorded in a systematic manner. From such mapping and data collection review wall designs and give recommendations about possible failure zones, mitigations and changes to design that maybe necessary.
- Coordinate with survey to ensure that pit wall monitoring is performed, reported on and analyzed.
- Coordinate with the environment depart to gather blast vibration data to understand and advise on drill and blast design work adjacent to pit walls
- Install instrumentation as maybe required (extensometers, VWP's, etc) to ensure that sufficient monitoring of the pit walls is undertaken. Perform periodic review of said monitoring data collected and if necessary provide recommendations to mitigate against possible pit wall failures
- If necessary provide advice and recommendations of the installation of ground support as maybe required. If ground support is required ensure installation is to the required standard through a system of QAQC checks
- Analysis/Review of mine/TSF designs with respect to geotechnical stability and optimal efficiency
- Hazard areas are demarcated on pit walls and are displayed in appropriate plans
- Analysis/Review of mine/TSF designs with respect to geotechnical stability and optimal efficiency
- Budget/quarterly plan for anticipated future geotechnical requirements.
- Other tasks as required