Mine Surveyor Supervisor

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mine Surveyor Supervisor to join our Mine Technical Services department at Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. As a Mine Surveyor Supervisor, you will play a crucial role in providing essential survey control for a variety of mining needs and detailed surveys of the mine workings and plant infrastructure, using modern sophisticated survey equipment and appropriate presentation of all data in accordance with RGM's procedure.

Your key responsibilities will include:
To provide essential survey control for a variety of mining and total site needs, and detailed surveys of the mine workings.

• To compile, keep, update, and submit to the Mines Inspectorate, appropriate plans as per Mining Regulations.
• Ensure that all survey requests are prioritized and dealt with according to set priorities. End-of-month reporting of the quantities and qualities for all payment and record purposes.
• Keep an accurate up-to-date status of acquired lands and prospective lands to be acquired.
• Ensure all resources are organized for survey function.
• Maintain and update accurate as-built of locations including but not limited to pits, dumps, stockpiles, Tailings Facilities, Water Ponds, Plant site, services and all other infrastructure within the mining concession that may be altered either by excavation or by dumping.
• Ensure surveying services and support interface effectively with the engineering, mine planning and production functions.
• Provide basic design layout of roads, dumps, drainage, etc., and does more elaborate design under the direction of engineering staff.
• Provide final design layout under engineer direction and ensure follow-up in the field.
• Provide operations monitoring and reporting to enable the achievement of short and long-term business objectives.
• Contribute to the Operations of the Mine by ensuring all jobs are done accurately and in a timely fashion.

To be responsible for volume calculations of reportable material movements.

• Supervise the preparation and uploading of the data for the above tasks into the data loggers.
• Supervise the downloading, processing, and filing of the data coming in from the field and prepare the results and plan for distribution.
• Supervise the month-end volumetric survey of the pits and ensure the correctness of the computed volumes.
• Supervise or perform regular slope stability monitoring observations in the pit and timeously submit the reduced data to the Geo-technical Geologist.
• Help with data interpretation for mine planning, production forecasting and operational decision-making.

To supervise a team of survey personnel.

• Identifies strategies and key performance goals and acts as an advisor to direct reports; works to overcome challenges and barriers and minimize risk.
• Sets performance targets and measures, monitors and manages overall performance of the team and direct reports.
• Builds the capabilities of the team to enhance their ability to achieve financial and operating strategy; hires appropriately, leverages the talents of the team and takes corrective action where necessary.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, surveying, geomatics, geospatial science, geophysics or related field.
• A minimum of 7 years of related work experience as a surveyor in an open cast mining environment.
• A minimum of 3 years experience in a management or supervisory position.
• Strong management capabilities and strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Stong knowledge in the use of modern surveying instruments (Total Stations, DGPS, Laser, Drome and optical levels and plummets) and post processing methods.
• Proficiency in at least one Mining Software Package, AutoCAD, GIS, etc.
• Proficiency Microsoft Office suite and MS Project user.
• Excellent communication, training, interpersonal and supervisory skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English. 
• Willingness to work on a rotational schedule of 6 weeks on/ 3 weeks off, 12 hours a day.

If you are a highly motivated individual with a passion for mining and a proven track record of success in a surveyor role, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Rosebel Gold Mines. Please note that only candidates who meet these requirements will be considered for the Supervisor Mine Surveyor role at Rosebel Gold Mines.