Technical Officer

Purpose of the job

• Providing technical expertise and value adding blasting services to customers to support company’s strategic thrust into value added premium markets

Functional Outputs

• Operate in a safe and efficient manner at company and customer sites
• Competent operation of technical blasting tools
• Interpretation of blast design data for safe and efficient blasting
• Communication of blast design data to supervisor/ customer/ subcontractor
• Responsible for logistics of supply of explosives products for blasting operations at allocated sites
• Responsible for safe blasting process
• Conducts post blast evaluation
• Analyses opportunities for value adding services to improve customer operations
• Extensive travel to Lesotho weekly
• Blasting assessments on a weekly basis on the operators and assistants
• Monthly reports on the business, supply, delivery and usage of product
• Interfacing with the technical projects team, accountable for all technical projects on site
• The position requires a full understanding of all the modules that take up the blasting competency program
• The position requires involvement in dealing with management at all levels in the organization
• Problem solving as well as decision making both in on bench conditions and customer enquiries are critical at all times. 
• The position involves gathering information from various sources to determine the viability of the business. 
• The incumbent should use his initiative to extract information to provide management with information that could further assist them in management decisions

Requirements

• Matric
• Valid Code B Drivers license
• Surface blasting certificate is essential
• Valid first aid certificate
• Technical aptitude
• At least 3 -5 years relevant mining and blasting experience