What Jobs are available for Blasting in South Africa?

To plan and organise resources in line with all the statutory, legal and BME SHERQ requirements. To supervise the performance of employees, manage stocks, manage costs, and manage quality of products and of service delivery.

• Grade 12 (with Mathematics).
• Blasting Ticket (mandatory)
• Certificate in Blasting Technology.
• Competent A Certificate – MQA

• 5 years' demonstrated experience as Blaster (including surface mining, blasting, blast reports, seismograph.
• 3 years' demonstrated experience in supervising employees
• 3 years' demonstrated experience in responsibility for managing costs and Computer literacy

• Works closely with internal and external customers in order to assess needs and plan operations accordingly.
• Plans and organises the availability to resources, in order to meet customer's requests.
• Ensures that the assets of the company are protected from theft and damage.
• Ensures that equipment is properly maintained and complies with standards.
• Responsible for the operation rollers, bending press and Guillotine.
• Organises, schedules and coordinates building off explosives truck tanks in order to facilitate the smooth, timeous flow of deliveries.
• Administers stocks and continuous stock availability by ensuring that paperwork such as store stock are up to date and reconciled.
• Ensures that all administration, documents, storage of information are kept according to BME standards.
• Provides inputs into the annual budgeting process in line with the objectives of the department.
• Identifies cost saving initiatives while balancing customer requirements.
• Ensures that the necessary incident investigations take place.
• Ensures that required staff training is up to date.
• Ensures that the impact of production processes on environment is understood by staff and appropriately monitored.
• Ensures that suitable employees are recruited.
• Plans daily/ weekly/ monthly scheduling of work/shift allocations.
• Ensures induction for new staff members is done
• Ensures that all staff are given the required training in accordance with work requirements.
• Any additional ad hoc duties must be completed within the required timeframe.

Business Acumen - Essential

Conflict Management - Essential

Customer Focus - Essential

Timely Decision Making - Essential

Functional Technical Skills - Mastery

Developing Direct Reports and Others - Strong Focus

Innovation Management - Essential

Meeting Deadlines - Essential

Motivating Others - Essential

Problem Solving - Essential

Drive for Results - Essential

Skills

• Ensures that systems, processes and procedures are in place and managed to ensure timely maintenance is performed on equipment and vehicles.
• Plans, coordinates and schedules maintenance
• Ensures that regular inspections are conducted on Boiler shop equipment
• Implements controls and does inspections to assess correct usage of PPE or equipment and to take the necessary actions
• Implements controls to ensure that maintenance and repair work has been satisfactorily conducted

We are seeking a Vibration and Blasting Specialist with a strong foundation in noise and vibration assessments within an environmental or consulting environment. The ideal candidate will contribute to complex mining projects by delivering expert assessments, analysis, and solutions that align with environmental and regulatory standards.

• Setup monitoring equipment and conduct measurements - ground vibration, blasting and noise.


• Working understanding of mining methods both - surface or underground, basic blast designs patterns, charging and initiation, planned mining depths and associated geotechnical issues.


• Conduct impact evaluation and complete a risk assessment caused by ground vibration, air blast (air vibration), fly rock and blast fumes from blasting activities


• Acoustic understanding of noise from mining and monitoring in line with local and international standards.


• Analyse and interpret field data, prepare technically reports, and present findings to clients and regulatory bodies.


• Perform baseline vibration assessment, conduct predictive modeling exercise and provide zones of influence using industry-standard software, coupled with impact risk assessment.


• Support Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and other permitting processes.


• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including environmental scientists, engineers, and project managers.


• Advise clients on mitigation measures to reduce noise, ground vibration, air blast (air vibration), fly rock and blast fumes impacts.

Skills

• Knowledge of Applicable Environmental and Mining legislation.

• Knowledge of IFC and World bank principles would be preferable.


• Excellent organisation skills


• Must have excellent report writing skills.


• Communication skills (verbal and written).


• Strong ability to network with clients.


• Must be in possession of a valid passport and drivers’ license.


• Willing to travel throughout Africa and elsewhere, as the need arises.


• Able to work in a team and independently.


• Strong administration skills.


• Must be in possession of a valid passport and drivers’ license.

Qualifications

• A BSc Degree: Mining and Explosive Engineering or similar.


• Affiliation with professional bodies would be advantageous, such as:  Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), South African Society of Blasting Engineers (SASBE), International Society of Explosives Engineers


• A Project Management certification would be advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in ground vibration, air-blast assessments within a consulting or environmental setting.


• Proficiency in vibration and blast monitoring equipment and modelling software.


• Understanding of applicable legislation and international guidelines.