Geotechnical Superintendent at Barrick – January 2024

Geotechnical Superintendent at Barrick – January 2024

Barrick Gold Corporation Location: Musoma

Position Description:

The Barrick Africa Middle East Team is looking for a Geotechnical Superintendent to join and contribute to our growing team. If you embody Barrick’s core values and are ready to champion Barrick’s DNA by communicating honestly, transparently, and acting with integrity, exhibiting a results-driven approach, delivering fit-for-purpose solutions, and more, we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of our diverse workforce.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide geotechnical input into the mining and mine planning process.
2. Maintain the mine’s Ground Control Management Plan, ensuring regular updates to the document.
3. Develop geotechnical stope designs.
4. Design stope and development support, including primary support and cable bolt layouts.
5. Design, install, evaluate, and analyze underground stability monitoring systems.
6. Maintain a 3D Geotechnical block model for stope stability and ground support evaluations.
7. Maintain a Life of Mine stress model, utilizing it for stope sequencing, seismic risk evaluation, and recommendations to mitigate geotechnical risks.
8. Perform raise bore stability analysis.
9. Conduct pillar design and analysis.
10. Analyze and validate rock mass and structural logging data.
11. Manage ground support project costing, budgeting, and change management.
12. Oversee hydrogeological work, including the design and monitoring of hydrogeological systems.
13. Train Geotechnical Engineers.
14. Collect, analyze, and interpret geotechnical data.
15. Ensure production team adherence to approved mine ground support standards.
16. Conduct regular ground control audits and quality assurance programs.
17. Review standard ground support profiles.
18. Maintain adequate stocks of ground support consumables on-site.
19. Provide monthly consumption reports on ground support installed.
20. Implement ground control training programs when required.
21. Manage ground support trials and make recommendations on their performance.
22. Inspect and report on all significant ground falls.
23. Advise on ground control matters and generate relevant/specific ground control designs.
24. Generate weekly and monthly Geotechnical reports.
25. Promote health and safety in the workplace.
26. Ensure compliance with all statutory regulations and procedures.
27. Comply with all Company Policies and Procedures.
28. Establish and meet timelines consistently.
29. Provide upward reporting as required.

Qualification Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in Mining, Geology, or Geotechnical Engineering.
• Good understanding of trackless moving and drilling equipment.
• Computer literacy (Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and Database programs).

Experience and Competencies Needed:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in underground mining operations.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in open-pit mining operations.
• Good understanding of mining processes.
• Knowledge of underground and open-pit mining techniques and trackless equipment employed.
• Knowledge of geotechnical software such as Map3D, Phase2, Dips, Slide3, UnWedge, RocData, FLAC3D, GEM4D.
• Knowledge of mine design software such as SURPAC, Deswik CAD, Aegis & Studio-UG.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound judgment and analytical skills.

What We Can Offer You:

• A comprehensive compensation package, including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
• The ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to grow and learn with endless career opportunities across the organization.

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