Survey Technician

TharisaZA

16 days ago

Job description

Job title : Survey Technician

Job Location : North West,

Deadline : November 15, 2025

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Purpose of Role

To conduct and participate in field surveys, using surveying instruments and technology, to collect data related to mining operations. To ensure survey activities comply with the relevant Acts, Regulations and contractual agreements, supporting informed management decision making.

Role Context

Compliance, Risk and Safety

Attend daily safety meetings with management to discuss risk assessments prior to any survey work being conducted, to identify and report any substandard conditions.

Identify and report on unauthorised usage of surface areas, to ensure adherence to all mine standards procedures and legal requirements.

Operational Efficiencies

Import and export electronic information from other systems to resolve internal data requests in the required format.

Resource Management

Provide input into required changes in resources (financial or non-financial) to enable the achievement of team and / or own objectives.

Determine resource needs of the team and / or own area of work to achieve business outcomes.

Request and allocate required assets and / or resources for the fulfilment of work objectives to guarantee quality outputs.

Monitor the use of assets and resources within the team and own area of responsibility, to ensure assets and resources are consistently and appropriately utilised and managed.

Provide staff with day-to-day direction and tasks aligned with Departmental procedures, to enable the usage of less resources more efficiently.

Record the usage of survey assets to support the effective maintenance of the Survey Asset Register.

Inspect surveying instruments and technology, reporting on maintenance support required, to maintain quality surveying equipment.

Stakeholder Relations

Communicate with all relevant Departments on issues of the area of speciality. Liaise across the relevant Departments by engaging with the appropriate stakeholders to ensure all stakeholders remain abreast of Departmental objectives, any potential derailers are appropriately managed and duplication of work is avoided.

Communicate with internal and / or external stakeholders, where required, to achieve work objectives and to maintain relationships.

Surveying

Conduct daily aerial surveys and monthly volume measurements, using surveying instruments and technologies, to collect relevant data within the pit.

Process collected data and use as input into the design of drill patterns.

Provide subject matter expertise during Land Management Programs to address any survey issues identified according to the survey designs.

Update the water volumes in the pit, calculating the volume of pools of water, to support production planning.

Monitor the construction of new surface structures to identify and report on potential risks.

Set up the theodolite on a co-ordinated and elevated survey beacon to enable the measurement of horizontal and vertical angles.

Identify and report the need for a survey beacon to be co-ordinated and elevated to the Pit Surveyor, to ensure there is placement for the theodolite.

Conduct Tacheometric Location by Electronic Theodolite and Global Positioning System to precisely measure angles in the horizontal and vertical plans which support mapping and construction surveys.

Conduct identities location of surface reef mining floor terrain, stockpiles, dumps, roads, trenches, etc., using surveying instruments and technology to set up reference points as benchmarks.

Conduct installation of profiles (grades boxes), under supervision, on level and inclined plane to aid construction and excavation to planned elevations

Obtain the relevant measurements to assist with the creation of CAD drawings.

Locate and measure new structures in the field to support the DMR plans.

Survey completed drill holes (As-drills) to measure precise information about the depths of the hole, providing valuable extra information about the soil.

Mark the location of new works, by staking out drill patterns, reef outcrops, crests, toe positions, and any field and in-pit staking that is required to assist the Survey and Production Departments.

Design and prepare survey plans and reports, calling on specialist survey expertise if required, to advise on viability of workings.

Deliver on spatial compliance via electronic plans to improve alignment of short-and long-term mine planning at the mine.

Perform manual work including assisting with bush clearing and the carrying of stakes and other heavy items to support Field Surveys.

Job Requirements

Qualifications :

Matric (Grade 12)

Chamber of Mines Elementary Certificate in Surveying (NQF5)

Chamber of Mines Advanced Certificate in Surveying (NQF6) / National Diploma (NQF6) in Surveying is advantageous

Driving Licence

Job specific experience :

Minimum of between two to three (2-3) years relevant experience .

Experience using CAD / Model Maker / Deswik related software

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