The main duties associated with the position include the following:
- Rehabilitation design of opencast and mine residue facilities
- Stormwater designs associated with rehabilitated landforms
- Financial provision determination aligned with the latest regulations
- Quantitative risk assessments associated with mining activities
- Running and debugging of programs developed for earthworks movement, survey manipulation, etc.
- Developing of new code as and when required for predictive modelling, earthworks movement, stormwater design and quantitative risk assessments
The requirements associated with the position are as follows (mandatory):
- 0 – 3 years of relevant experience
- Applicable MEng or MSc Eng degree
- Good fundamental understanding and knowledge of storm water design and/or Earthworks movement
- Candidate should be proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint
- Candidate should be proficient in AutoCad Civil 3D or Microstation
- The candidate should be inclined towards programming in python/VBA
Preference to candidates with the following attributes:
- Experience in storm water management and/or earthworks movement
- Experience with Conceptual designs, Preliminary designs, Detailed designs, and Construction drawings and tender documents (i.e. BOQ’s and works information) is preferable
- Proficiency in VBA/Python coding will be advantageous
- Good critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills, fluent in English
- Dynamic, self-motivated, takes responsibility and ownership of tasks
- Able to manage time effectively
- Attention to detail
