Job Description

An Engineering Consulting firm based in Midrand, Gauteng is seeking an experienced candidate to fill the role of Principal Consultant. The successful candidate will play a strategic project management role in the Mine Closure Planning and Closure Costing Team for its South African operations.Responsibilities:

• Managing mine rehabilitation and closure, next land use, and post-mining economy planning projects.
• Leading closure project teams
• Conceptualising appropriate, feasible solutions to address complex closure related challenges and clearly articulating these using reports, spread sheets and drawings.
• Develop mine closure strategies, plans, policies, and procedures.
• Utilising a working knowledge of AutoCAD, QGIS Google Earth PRO and related software packages to compile reference maps that comply with the relevant regulatory and/or internal company standards.
• Liaison with clients and financial auditors to address queries and finalise reports.
• Build and maintain relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
• Health and safety
• Willingness to travel in Southern, Central and Western Africa.

• Minimum of six years relevant consulting experience in the fields of mine rehabilitation and closure planning and related management functions
• Graduate degree in Environmental Management, Mining or Civil Engineering, Agricultural Management, Soil Science or Landscape Architecture, Honors Degree advantageous
• Professionally registered and qualified in relevant specialist field, or able to demonstrate that qualification is in process.
• Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of various mining activities and aspects (e.g. legislations, and compliance, processes and layouts and mining terminology)
• Advanced use of MS Excel is a prerequisite.
• Proficient use of AutoCAD; MS Office suite of programs especially MS Projects; Google Earth Pro, and Adobe Acrobat Pro is required.

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