Job Description
About the Role
Ikwezi Mining (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior Mining Surveyor to join our team. As a key member of our geospatial services department, you will be responsible for conducting high-precision surveys and providing critical data support to our mining operations. You will work closely with various teams, including mine planning, engineering, and environmental management, to ensure accurate and timely survey outputs.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct high-precision GPS, Drone and total station surveys for mining, engineering, and surface infrastructure.
- Perform daily, weekly, and monthly production surveys to support mining operations.
- Maintain and update mine survey control networks and benchmark systems.
- Perform stockpile surveys using GPS, drone photogrammetry, and total station.
- Generate volumetric calculations and produce accurate daily, weekly and monthly mining and stock reports.
- Conduct inventory reconciliations between survey volumes, plant figures, and dispatch data.
- Ensure compliance with audit requirements for stock reporting.
- Plan and execute drone flights for photogrammetry and mapping.
- Process imagery into orthomosaics, DTM/DSM, and point clouds.
- Integrate drone data into mine planning and geotechnical analysis.
- Ensure drone operations comply with regulatory procedures (CAA/SACAA, etc.).
- Provide survey inputs for short-, medium-, and long-term mine planning.
- Assist planning engineers with pit designs, dump designs, haul roads, and excavation limits.
- Set out and verify blast patterns, ore boundaries, cut lines, and excavation limits.
- Monitor pit walls, slopes, and stability using survey data.
- Conduct surveys for civil construction, such as haul roads, stormwater structures, foundations, platforms, pipelines, and plant expansions.
- Provide setting-out for contractors and verify as-built data.
- Maintain accurate as-built documentation for project completion.
- Produce rehabilitation survey plans and track progress of rehab areas.
- Support environmental compliance by providing accurate survey data for land disturbance, topsoil management, and closure planning.
- Monitor and report on rehabilitated landform stability and drainage compliance.
- Prepare survey reports, maps, plans, section drawings, and 3D models.
- Ensure compliance with mine standards, legal survey specifications, and health & safety rules.
- Maintain digital and hard-copy survey records in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Supervise and mentor junior surveyors and survey assistants.
Requirements
- National Diploma or Degree in Mine Surveying, Geomatics, or related field.
- Government Mine Surveyor Certificate (advantage or required, depending on operation).
- Minimum 5–8 years’ mining surveying experience, ideally in open pit or underground mines.
- Experience with drones/UAVs for mining applications.
- Valid SACNASP, IMSSA, or PLATO registration (advantage).
- Valid driver’s licence.
Qualifications
No formal qualifications mentioned in the original job description.
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