Snr 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
• Generate Explosive Engineering recommendations to customers
• Co-ordinate effective utilization of people and equipment resources for blasting operations
• Conduct research and development for improved blasting practices
• 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
• Responsible for safe blasting process
• Conduct post blast evaluation
• Identifies and analyses opportunities for value adding services to improve customer operations
• 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

• Diploma in Mining Engineering would be an advantage
• Valid Code B Drivers license
• Must have completed the surface modules of the Explosives Engineers course
• Surface blasting certificate is essential
• Valid first aid certificate
• Technical aptitude
• A minimum of 5 years relevant mining and blasting experience