Geotechnical Technician Job at Barrick Tanzania

Job Description:

The Barrick Africa Middle East Team is seeking a geotechnical technician to join their team. The position involves working under the direction of a geotechnical engineer to ensure the company’s interests are upheld.

Responsibilities:

• To work under the direction of the geotechnical engineer to ensure the interests of the company are upheld.
• Daily inspections of active underground headings and stopes
• Daily pit, dump, sump inspections and reporting
• Geotechnical core logging of diamond drill cores & updating of the geotechnical database.
• Geotechnical mapping of underground development headings and open pit exposed batter faces and data processing
• Supervising scaling in the open pit mines to make sure it’s properly done and all berm crests are adequately protected
• Ensure adherence to geotechnical standard operating procedures and all relevant company procedures.
• Conduct pre-stoping inspections for input into the stope note process.
• Installation of ground movement monitoring systems and recording of instrumentation data
• Ground support designs
• Pastefill designs and pastefill QAQC ( work)
• Open pit pre-blast and post-blast assessments & supervision of all geotechnical drilling activities
• Laser scanning, tracking the seismic and slope stability radar data trends, and maintaining the rock noise database.
• Ensure all tracking sheets and inspection reports are shared on a daily/weekly basis.
• Assisting in routine short term geotechnical numerical model analysis for ground conditions and slope stability assessments
• Assisting the Geotechnical Engineer with monthly underground dilution database updates
• Assisting the Geotechnical Engineer with monthly and quarterly (development, stope, cable bolt and slope stability) performance review reports
• Weekly updates of the Geotechnical Section Work Plan
• Maintaining adequate stocks of ground support consumables on site
• QAQC of installed ground support units (pull testing and extensometer data monitoring)
• Promote health and safety in the workplace.
• Compliance with all statutory regulations and procedures
• Compliance with all the Company’s Policies and Procedures
• Upward reporting as required.

Requirements:

• Diploma/degree in mining engineering, geology, civil engineeringor equivalent
• Mines Health & Safety Act Awareness
• Must have a valid Tanzanian driving license and be able to drive a light vehicle in an underground environment.
• Knowledge of any relevant geotechnical or mining design software will be an added advantage.
• Deliver accurate logging and mapping data for all open-pit and underground projects.
• Deliver concise and accurate daily inspection reports for the open pit, dumps, sumps, active stopes, and development headings.
• Provide accurate monitoring data from installed ground movement monitoring instrumentation.
• Provide accurate ground support and paste fill designs.
• Daily update on the pit slope performance status through available monitoring instrumentation
• Update all tracking sheets and relevant geotechnical databases
• Driving Ability with valid driving license

Application Process:

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