Environmental Specialist (Mine Closure)

A well established company in the Mining industry is looking for Environmental Specialists.

• Your excellent relevant experience in assessing costs in mine closure is required.
• Some key responsibilities include assessing items for decommissioning, demolition and closure as well as implementing a Health and Safety plan.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Degree

Job Specification

Main duties/ responsibilities:

• For the mine to be able to comply with the conditions of the approved EMPR's, the consultants must assess, amongst others, the following aspects:
• Items to be assessed for decommissioning, demolition and closure shall include, amongst others;
• The removal of unwanted infrastructure;
• Opencast rehabilitation including the final voids and ramps;
• Dismantling of processing plant and related structures (including overland conveyors and powerlines);
• Demolition of steel buildings and structures;
• Demolition of reinforced concrete buildings and structures;
• Rehabilitation of access roads;
• Demolition and rehabilitation of electrified railway lines;
• Demolition and rehabilitation of non-electrified railway lines;
• Demolition of housing and/or administration facilities;
• Sealing of shafts, audits and inclines;
• Rehabilitation of overburden and spoils;
• Rehabilitation of processing waste deposits and evaporation ponds (basic, salt-producing waste);
• Rehabilitation of processing waste deposits and evaporation ponds (acidic, metal-rich waste);
• Rehabilitation of subsided areas;
• General surface rehabilitation;
• Long term stability on river diversions;
• Removal of security fencing and construction of standard farm type fence;
• Water management-Pollution control dams, bypass canals, drains and pipelines;
• Water treatment plants including desalination;
• 2 to 3 years of maintenance and aftercare of all rehabilitated areas;
• Specialist studies;
• Pipeline, power lines, telephone, transport and land purchase;
• Engineering and management costs for executing closure activities; and
• Mine closure administration costs.
• Compilation and submission of the 3 draft reports for Mine staff to comment; and
• Compilation and submission of the 3 final report to the three entities.
• Quality Requirements: The Consultant is required to provide details of its quality and other formal certifications and may include quality, environmental or other certification.
• Health and Safety Plan: All consultants who visit the mining sites must conform to the mine's Health and safety requirements.