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Date Posted: Wednesday, June 14 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

JOB DESCRIPTION
Lumwana Mining Company seeks to recruit a highly committed employee for the position of Projects Geotechnical Engineer to join the Mineral Resource Management team.
Reporting to the Geotechnical Coordinator, you will provide support to the Geotechnical Coordinator about geotechnical projects including geotechnical drilling, core logging and mapping, rock and soil sampling including validation of collected data.

Your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
• Provide leadership to the Geotechnical Technicians,
• Supervise geotechnical investigation drilling and ensure quality core is recovered with good quality orientation markings.
• Ensure drilling sites are prepared in advance of drilling and all requirements for each drill site are in place.
• Carry out lithological and structural logging of geological and geotechnical exploration holes on the drilling site or in the core shed.
• Ensure the core is properly secured and transported to the core shed for storage ore further processing.
• Carry out point load testing on some selected core pieces as directed by the Senior Geotechnical Engineer.
• Ensure that core samples for rock strength testing are selected and well parked in readiness for shipping to the Labs for testing.
• Ensure the logging data is accurately entered into the database.
• Continually improve their geotechnical skills by way of working through the geotechnical skills matrix and seeking guidance and mentorship from the Geotechnical Coordinator.
• Carryout rock mass characterisation from the logging data
• Structural data interpretation using Dips software.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following essential requirements:
• Grade 12 Certificate
• Experience (4 years) mine geotechnical engineering
• BSc in Mining /Geology/Geotechnical engineering
• Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia
• Experience with geology/geotechnical logging
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels.
• Good computer skills
• Zambian Driver’s license.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Barrick – Lumwana employees that meet the above stated requirements are invited to submit their CVs through http://jobs.barrick.com /

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