Candidate Rock EngineerCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

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  Ensure that assigned project outputs are completed within agreed timeframes, of good quality and within budget.
• Undertakes specific project management and/or administrative tasks for assigned activities, e.g., managing project timesheets, purchase orders, invoicing, and other tasks.
• Acquire knowledge of CSIR systems, e.g., Peoplesoft, Workflow etc

Contribute to the development of the rock or geotechnical engineering technical discipline:

• Apply sound scientific knowledge in problem solving and synthesising solutions using geoscience domain knowledge, e.g., geology, rock engineering, mining processes, mine value chain, coding, engineering.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to implement solutions and research.
• Execute software coding to assist with the development of solutions.
• Disseminate technical knowledge e.g., through publications, presenting at conferences.

Business Development:

• Contribute towards proposals for grant and private sector funding.
• Actively scan cutting edge technologies in and outside mining sector to solve critical, primarily mining issues.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Respond to internal client instructions and requests.
• Participate in appropriate technical industry bodies.

Human Capital

• Develop own skills through on-the-job training, participating in projects, reading broadly, and seeking training opportunities.
• Mentor and supervise interns.

Financial sustainability

• Project delivery to enable financial recovery.
• Implement cost containment measures to avoid an operating loss.
• Apply business practices that would result in a clean financial audit.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in Mining,Geology,Engineering geology or related fields.
• One year experience in:
  • On-site work on surface and underground environments.
  • Understanding surface and underground mining practices.
  • Research project execution.
  • Mining, rock engineering and geophysics related equipment, tools and instruments.
• Interest in coding, numerical models.
• Excellent English communication, presentation and writing skills, including the publication of technical outputs.
• Applied research skills.
• Good observational skills in mining environments.
• Good interpersonal and team skills
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team.
• Problem-solving and solution-seeking orientation
• Be able and fit to conduct site visits and project related trials at surface and underground mines.
• All international qualifications require an evaluation report / certificate issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).