The Barrick Africa Middle East Team is seeking to recruit a Geotechnical Superintendent to join and grow our team.

Join our exceptional team and embody Barrick's core values as you work with us. We are in search of individuals who can champion Barrick's DNA by:

• Communicating Honestly, Transparently, and Acting with Integrity.
• Exhibiting a Results-Driven approach.
• Delivering solutions that are Fit for Purpose.
• Dedicating themselves to Building a Sustainable Legacy.
• Taking Responsibility and being Accountable.
• Committing to Zero Harm.
• Cultivating strong and meaningful Partnerships.

If you're ready to contribute to our world-class team while embracing these values, we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of our diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

This role is the North Mara Geotechnical discipline lead and is responsible for leading the site-based team (with consultants where needed) to deliver Geotechnical planning and design inputs, and for protecting the plan from Geotechnical Hazards. In this capacity, the following activities are required.

• Providing geotechnical input into the open pit and underground mining & mine planning process.
• Maintain the mine’s Ground Control Management Plan, TARPS, Ground Support Standard etc.
• Manage the geotechnical budget and headcount in collaboration with the regional Geotechnical Manager. Procurement of equipment as needed in collaboration with the regional Geotechnical Manager.
• Commissioning of consultant work as needed in collaboration with the regional Geotechnical Manager.
• Lead the Geotechnical Team, and collaborate with all other teams on site to implement the Ground Control Management Plan in line with the Barrick Geotechnical Standard through activities such as:
• Geotechnical stope designs.
• Geotechnical slope designs.
• Geotechnical Hazard management in open pits and underground.
• Design of stope and development support e.g. primary support & cable bolt layouts.
• Design, installation, evaluation & analysis of underground and open pit stability monitoring systems.
• Maintaining systems to validate design assumptions, and track compliance of actual excavations to design.
• Maintaining a 3D Geotechnical block model (mining rock mass model for open pit and underground) for stope stability and ground support evaluations.
• Maintaining a Life of Mine stress model and utilizing the model for stope sequencing, evaluation of seismic risk & recommendations to mitigate geotechnical risks that might arise during the LOM.
• Raise bore stability analysis.
• Pillar design & analysis.
• Backfill exposure stability analysis.
• Rock mass & structural logging data analysis & validation.
• Ground support project costing, budgeting & management of change.
• Hydrogeological work – design and monitoring of hydrogeological systems & analysis of technical reports.
• Training of Geotechnical Engineers.
• Collecting, analyzing and interpreting geotechnical data.
• Collaborating with the open pit and underground mining managers to the production team adheres to the approved mine ground support standards.
• Ensuring ground control audits and quality assurance programs are carried out regularly and documented.
• Reviewing standard ground support profiles.
• Maintaining adequate stocks of ground support consumables on site.
• Providing monthly consumption reports on ground support installed.
• Carrying out ground control training programmes are carried out where required.
• Managing ground support trials and making recommendations on their performance (pull testing of installed ground supports).
• Inspection and reporting of significant ground falls.
• Managing ground control matters and generating relevant/specific ground control designs.
• Weekly and end of monthly Geotechnical reports.
• Promote health and safety in the workplace.
• Compliance with all statutory regulations and procedures.
• Compliance with all the Company’s Policies and Procedures.
• Establish and meet project timelines.
• Escalation of risks and matters requiring support to management for action.
• Responsible for design approval, site inspection, monitoring, interpreting, evaluating, maintaining, and reporting.
• Ensure pit designs are supported with quality and adequate geological and geotechnical data.
• Perform return stability analysis (kinematic, Limiting Equilibrium, and numerical) to proactively identify potential instabilities and recommend measures to prevent/manage such inabilities from occurring in collaboration with other teams on site. .

Qualification requirements

Bachelor’s degree of Science or Engineering with a major in Geotechnical Engineering, or Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering or Geology with a Masters in Geotechnical Engineering.

Preference will be given to candidates with qualifications in Leadership and Business Management.

Experience and competencies needed.

• At least 5 years’ experience in leadership role on a mine site (Snr Engineer and above)
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in underground mining operations
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in open pit mining operations.
• Good understanding of mining processes.
• Knowledge of underground & open pit mining as well as interaction problems between OP and UG.
• Working knowledge of geotechnical software such as Map3D, Phase2, Dips, Slide3, UnWedge, RocData, GEM4D.
• Working with geotechnical knowledge of mine design software.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Sound judgment and analytical skills.
• Ability to lead and implement changes and improvements.

What We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
• The ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.

• Providing geotechnical input into the open pit and underground mining & mine planning process.
• Maintain the mine’s Ground Control Management Plan, TARPS, Ground Support Standard etc.
• Manage the geotechnical budget and headcount in collaboration with the regional Geotechnical Manager. Procurement of equipment as needed in collaboration with the regional Geotechnical Manager.
• Commissioning of consultant work as needed in collaboration with the regional Geotechnical Manager.
• Lead the Geotechnical Team, and collaborate with all other teams on site to implement the Ground Control Management Plan in line with the Barrick Geotechnical Standard through activities such as:
• Geotechnical stope designs.
• Geotechnical slope designs.
• Geotechnical Hazard management in open pits and underground.
• Design of stope and development support e.g. primary support & cable bolt layouts.
• Design, installation, evaluation & analysis of underground and open pit stability monitoring systems.
• Maintaining systems to validate design assumptions, and track compliance of actual excavations to design.
• Maintaining a 3D Geotechnical block model (mining rock mass model for open pit and underground) for stope stability and ground support evaluations.
• Maintaining a Life of Mine stress model and utilizing the model for stope sequencing, evaluation of seismic risk & recommendations to mitigate geotechnical risks that might arise during the LOM.
• Raise bore stability analysis.
• Pillar design & analysis.
• Backfill exposure stability analysis.
• Rock mass & structural logging data analysis & validation.
• Ground support project costing, budgeting & management of change.
• Hydrogeological work – design and monitoring of hydrogeological systems & analysis of technical reports.
• Training of Geotechnical Engineers.
• Collecting, analyzing and interpreting geotechnical data.
• Collaborating with the open pit and underground mining managers to the production team adheres to the approved mine ground support standards.
• Ensuring ground control audits and quality assurance programs are carried out regularly and documented.
• Reviewing standard ground support profiles.
• Maintaining adequate stocks of ground support consumables on site.
• Providing monthly consumption reports on ground support installed.
• Carrying out ground control training programmes are carried out where required.
• Managing ground support trials and making recommendations on their performance (pull testing of installed ground supports).
• Inspection and reporting of significant ground falls.
• Managing ground control matters and generating relevant/specific ground control designs.
• Weekly and end of monthly Geotechnical reports.
• Promote health and safety in the workplace.
• Compliance with all statutory regulations and procedures.
• Compliance with all the Company’s Policies and Procedures.
• Establish and meet project timelines.
• Escalation of risks and matters requiring support to management for action.
• Responsible for design approval, site inspection, monitoring, interpreting, evaluating, maintaining, and reporting.
• Ensure pit designs are supported with quality and adequate geological and geotechnical data.
• Perform return stability analysis (kinematic, Limiting Equilibrium, and numerical) to proactively identify potential instabilities and recommend measures to prevent/manage such inabilities from occurring in collaboration with other teams on site. .

• Good understanding of mining processes.
• Knowledge of underground & open pit mining as well as interaction problems between OP and UG.
• Working knowledge of geotechnical software such as Map3D, Phase2, Dips, Slide3, UnWedge, RocData, GEM4D.
• Working with geotechnical knowledge of mine design software.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Sound judgment and analytical skills.
• Ability to lead and implement changes and improvements.

• Bachelor’s degree of Science or Engineering with a major in Geotechnical Engineering, or Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering or Geology with a Masters in Geotechnical Engineering.
• Preference will be given to candidates with qualifications in Leadership and Business Management.