Job Number: 711558
Business Unit / Group Function: Platinum
Work type: Full Time Permanent
Discipline: Geology
Location: Limpopo
Site: Twickenham Platinum Mines
The role:
The Chief Ventilation Engineer is responsible for managing and
coordinating the overall Ventilation and Refrigeration strategy for operations,
includes mines, projects and JV's as applicable, as well as providing the Mine
with specialist Ventilation and Refrigeration services and expertise, to ensure
a safe and healthy work environment. Setting of mine / site specific
ventilation standards.
Ensure that environment conditions are designed to be safe and a system
for monitoring is in place – Act 50 of 1991 Reg 2.16., including ventilation
and refrigeration engineering systems.
Establish system to understand and mitigate occupational and ergonomic
hazards MHSA Sect 12. Ensure and assure legal compliance as well as a safe and
healthy work environment, to ensure minimized pure risk, litigation exposure
and adverse publicity
Technical work responsibilities:
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Audit
individual shafts to ensure compliance to Mine Health & Safety Act, Group
Guidelines and Mine Standards
·
Ventilation
engineering design model-up and reviews of design at the shaft to ensure
appropriate working conditions at the mining faces/operational areas.
·
Setting
of mine/site specific standards.
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Ventilation
Engineering modelling and designs
Core Work Outputs:
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The
core work outputs of the role are to ensure that:
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·Ensure
that legal requirements, group standards and policies are adhered to.
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Anticipate,
recognize, evaluate and control those conditions that may arise in or from the
workplace, which may cause illness or adverse health effects to persons
·
Design,
implement and manage total effective long term Ventilation and Refrigeration
strategies and systems.
·
Manage
risk assessment and auditing processes.
·
Report
and advise on ventilation findings and trends
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Participate
in projects and the effective management thereof
·
Manage
budget and cost containment
·
Management
of resources and assets
·
Responsible
for long term LoL ventilation planning (in access of 5 years)
·
Liaison
with Occupational Hygienists and medical staff regarding state of working
conditions on the operation
·
Monitoring
of conditions to ensure heath of employees and minimise potential occupational
heath claims against the company
·
Produce
ad-hoc and mandatory quarterly and annual occupational hygiene reports
·
Implement
occupational hygiene systems. Constantly review policies, procedures,
guidelines, and code of practices to meet the needs of the Mine
·
Produce
occupational exposure histories and link occupational hygiene measurements to
medical surveillance records
·
Advise
on occupational hygiene training, education, awareness and development
Required abilities:
·
Legal
requirement: Chamber of Mines (COM) Certificate in Mine Environmental Control
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Training,
via courses, formal training or practical experience in:
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Occupational
Health legislation
·
Management
system formulation and implementation
·
Safety,
Health and Environmental integration
·
Hazard
identification and risk assessment
·
Extensive
computer literacy in MS Office, SAP,
·
Palladium
and other specialised technical programs (VUMA)
·
Practical
experience of at least 10 years + in the Ventilation field and at least 5 years
as Manager Ventilation
·
Experience
in the development, implementation and evaluation of management systems
and database formulation
·
Member
of Mine Ventilation Society of South
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Sound
knowledge pertaining to people management
·
Working
knowledge of specialist Ventilation and Refrigeration computer simulation
programs
Physical Requirements:
·
Certificate
of Fitness
·
Fit
for movement underground
Additional Information:
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Anglo
American Platinum shall apply the Employment Equity principles as set out in
Anglo Platinum's Employment Equity Policy.
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Incomplete
CV's and /or applications will not be considered.
·
Application
will not be considered without a valid copy of the qualification and/or the
license required for this role
·
You
can also apply using the SMS functionality by sending an sms with the job
reference number to 35641, ensure that you register for the SMS
functionality on the Anglo American website.
·
If
you do not hear from the Company within 21 days after the closing of the
advert, please consider your application to unsuccessful.
Advertised: 09 Jan 2015 South Africa
Standard Time
Applications close: 20 Jan 2015 South Africa Standard Time
Applications close: 20 Jan 2015 South Africa Standard Time
