Job Description

Closing Date 2025/06/23
Reference Number AEC250609-3
Pillar AECI Mining
Job Title Electronics Specialist
Job Type Classification Permanent
Job Grade CU
Number of Positions 1
Location - Town / Site Sishen Mine
Location - Province Northern Cape
Location - Country South Africa

To represent business unit objectives of securing a profitable relationship in the market through the provision of high-quality technical support and demonstration of long-term value to customers and maintaining site's compliance to World Class and ISO standards.
Required outputs: Functional

• Operate in a safe and efficient manner at company and customer sites.
• Generate Explosive Engineering recommendations to customers.
• Co-ordinate effective utilization of people and equipment resources and manage site to AEL World Class Standards.
• Conduct research and development for improved blasting practices.
• Competent operation of technical blasting tools.
• Interpretation of blast design data for safe and efficient blasting.
• Communication of blast design data to supervisor/customer/subcontractor.
• Responsible for logistics of supply of explosives products for blasting.
• Responsible for maintenance of World Class Standards.
• Conducts post blast evaluation.
• Identifies and analyses opportunities for value adding services to improve customer operations.
• Implementation and maintenance sites compliance to ISO9001 standard.
• Responsible for Site Improvement Plan.
• Maintenance scheduling of equipment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric Grade 12.
• Valid Code 08 Drivers Licence. (B)
• The applicants must be able to obtain a Red Ticket and a PrDP.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Diploma in Explosives Technology/and, or/Level Two of Technical Development Program.
• Mining degree / diploma will be an advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years in an explosives & mining environment.
• Surface Blasting certificate is essential.
• Surface explosives engineers.

Competency in:

• BCU Centralised blasting system.
• Assessors Certificate.
• Coach to Learner.
• BCP Surface & Underground.
• A minimum of 5 years opencast experience, of which a minimum of two years has been in a supervisory position