JOB DETAILS:
Purpose of the role:
Assist in collection of relevant geotechnical data required for underground design recommendation for the assigned underground mine(s).

Qualifications:
• Undergraduate degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Geology, or equivalent is essential.
• Post graduate diploma or degree in geotechnical engineering if first degree is not in geotechnical or engineering geology field.

• Must poses a valid Tanzanian driving license with class D.

• GGML is an equal opportunity employer: Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Experience:
• Previous underground geotechnical experience is an added advantage.

Main or key accountabilities:
Underground Geotechnical Data Collection
• Develop competence in undertaking timely collection of underground geotechnical data from various sources and ensuring that collected data meets the required quality standards.
• Learn how to ensure data collection for investigating ground conditions and underground workings is current.

Geotechnical Modelling
• Develop competence in undertaking data validation on all collected geotechnical data prior to use in analysis.

Underground Support and Fall of Ground Risk Mitigation
• Learn how to develop ground support systems using engineered rock mechanic principles.
• Develop competence in generating and timely communicating of ground support requirements and safe access controls in the affected areas.
• Learn how to monitor the implementation of the mitigation measures to ensure compliance to required standards.

Underground Excavation Monitoring
• Develop competence in conducting underground inspections, ensuring ground stability control management programmes are in place and maintained in line with geotechnical best practice and standards.
• Learn how to cooperate and work effectively with team members as well as other departments to address ground stability control issues and provide solutions to mitigate risks.

Safety
• Learn and follow the Safety requirements related to your work.
• Consider what could go wrong and what needs to be done to work safely before starting a task.
• Speak up if you think a task cannot be done safely.
• Continually look for new hazards in the workplace and report them to your supervisor.
• Talk to your supervisor when you are not fit for work.
• Suggest ways to improve Safety performance.
• Promptly report all injuries, illnesses and incidents.
• Help others to work safely.

Additional requirements:
• Must have basic understanding of soil and rock testing and analysis techniques, Geotechnical or Engineering Geology experience in open pit environment.
• Must have a basic working knowledge of geotechnical data gathering, analysis, interpretation, modelling, design, and quality assurance techniques and must be able to perform assigned tasks under supervision.
• Must have basic understanding and application of geological data collection methodologies.
• Must have a basic understanding of rock mass classification and data analysis.
• Must have basic understanding and application of geotechnical risk management.
• Must have basic understanding of soil and rock testing and analysis techniques.
• Must have basic knowledge and application of underground mine geomechanics.
• Must have a basic knowledge and application of stope stability analysis techniques.
• Must have basic knowledge and application of slope monitoring and stability management techniques.