OFFICE TIMING: 10.00 AM TO 5.00 PM (MON TO SAT)
OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
The Rock Engineer Specialist is directly involved in studying and determining physical and mechanical properties of rock and their behavior to design practical, cost effective and safe mining systems and to predict and control rock behavior. Plays an important role through all the phases of the mining cycle. Further, plays a pivotal role in the mine design team - striving for broad ranging improvement in mining conditions to ensure optimal production with maximum safety.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Work Performed
-Stability analyses and design of rock slopes for open pit and underground mines
-Analysis and design of underground excavations including empirical stability assessments, stress analyses, support design and excavation sequencing
-Perform numerical modeling, provide geotechnical design models and interpret results
-Design of min openings, pillars, slopes and rock mass excavations using analytical and numerical tools.
-Evaluate existing underground and surface workings (excavations, pillars, etc) to establish stability and provide rehabilitation plans as necessary.
-Provide technical direction to project and mining engineers
-Perform geotechnical remediation and design optimization for existing slopes, excavations, ground support systems, etc
-Review and evaluates design of underground openings with regards to stability and ground support requirements
-Collect geotechnical data such as stress measurements and joint mapping for preparing the mine design document
-Perform geotechnical core logging and plan, design and monitor various projects related to rock mechanics, backfilling and ground control
-Perform data collection for the underground mine rock mechanics.
-Build an extensive database of the entire underground mine relative to Geology and Rock Mechanics.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
-Bachelor's degree in Geotechnical, Civil or Mining Engineering or equivalent
-Minimum 8 to 10 years of experience.
-Demonstrable on site experience at a working underground mine or open pit.
-It is recognized that the individual's specialized experience will have a focus either for open pit mining or underground mining. The ability and willingness to conduct work in both these areas is a necessity
-Strong people skills and an ability to work in a team environment.
-Excellent command of both Arabic and English
-Intermediate computer literacy