About This Role:

• To contribute to and participate in providing a detailed survey and evaluation service, through the use of scientific survey tools and equipment.
• To retain optimum mining levels of the ore body and maintain the longevity of a continuous ore supply.

In This Role You Will:

Health, Safety and Environment

• Deliver on prescribed outcomes and / or provide support services, by applying Newmont’s Health, Safety and Environment systems, policies and protocols.
• Ensure that safety standards are adhered to.
• Attend monthly safety inspections and meetings.

Survey Data Calculation and Aggregation

• Compile obtained data from various sources to generate maps.
• Collect, measure, record and calculate survey work / field data based on readings obtained from instrumentation and channel inputs into designated systems.
• Check spatial data to verify the integrity and accuracy of data for quality assurance / quality control purposes.
• Plot the survey results emerging out of the spatial data.
• Work in conjunction with Surveyors, Geologists and Mine Engineers to confirm that data is accurately collected, presented and utilised.

Survey Execution

• Assist Surveyors on the field to conduct and undertake the surveys works for the mine.
• Maximise effective vehicle and product movements by undertaking routine surveys to measure movements to and from the mining pit and product stockpiles.
• Assist in other field work to contribute to other mine requirements.
• Establish, operate and adjust equipment at surveying job sites.
• Insert flaggings around pegs and tapes for blasted material by digging polygon boundaries.
• Control pit and / or bench limits through the picking and staking out of crests and pit boundaries.
• Place controls in the mining area by battering profiles and conducting highwall integrity checks.
• Assist in controlling pit / waste dump limits through the determination of line definitions and examination of problem areas.
• Operate field GPS, total station, hand held GPS, levelling Equipment to determine as-built pickups for volume calculations and defining field points for the mining engineers.
• Inspect, adjust, test and monitor the performance of survey equipment (GPS, total station, hand held GPS), levelling equipment and other related systems.
• Maintain and regularly calibrate surveying instruments and equipment to enable continuous and accurate operation of mining activities.
• Prepare topographic maps, aerial photo mosaics, and other custom land survey products as required.
• Conduct quality assurance checks on surveys and provide recommendations on any technical issues encountered.
• Commit to attending scheduled training and play an active role on ones’ own ongoing professional development.
• Be responsible for operating the light vehicles.
• Ensure to stock the light vehicle with hammers, pegs, flagging tapes, tape measures, aerosol spray and other survey gears for survey task.

Survey Planning and Preparation

• Assist in the planning of field surveys for the mine (i.e. Open Pit).
• Set up reference points as benchmarks.
• Contribute to the preparation of detailed drawings, charts and mine plans.
• Assist in the planning of routine maintenance and attend to any equipment variances that may arise.
• Lay out blast patterns (i.e. drill patterns, after-drill pick-ups and ore control polygons), prior to blasting activities.
• Assemble and disassemble markings, stakes and other signifiers at pre-determined survey locations.

Survey Outcome Reporting

• Compile survey notes and reports and deliver report outcomes to the Surveyor for final review and decision making.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• Minimum of Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
• Certification of completion in Survey related training.
• Ghanaian driving license.

Additional Knowledge:

• Competency training at Ghana Survey skills.
• Sound knowledge of planning and scheduling.
• Sound knowledge of the work management process.

Experience: 

• A minimum of 2–3 years’ experience in the mine surveying field within an open pit mining environment.
• Experience in mine development or construction, engineering surveys and exploration surveys.

Technical Skills:

• Strong technical acumen in survey equipment, systems and software.
• Strong technical trouble shooting / fault finding.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Sound computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), MS Project, mine planning / surveying systems – GIS and ArcGIS.
• Sound data analysis skills.
• Sound report writing skills.
• 3D visualisation skills.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of mine operations and survey functions.
• Ability to perform work in extreme weather and environmental conditions (i.e. steep slopes and rugged terrain).
• Ability to demonstrate comprehension and operation of survey equipment.

Behavioral Attributes:

• Accuracy.
• Analytical.
• Detail focused.
• Quality oriented.
• Reliable.
• Safety conscious.
• Team player.

Working Conditions

• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job.
  • Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level in the field is frequently in excess of 85 decibels. Incumbent is regularly exposed to noise, fumes, high temperatures, hazardous materials, sharp edges, dust, unpaved pathways, pinch-points, extreme vibration when working adjacent to dozers, excavators and drilling rigs, slippery surfaces.