Barrick Africa Middle East Team is seeking to recruit a Backfill Superintendent to join and grow its team. The successful candidate will become part of Barrick’s diverse workforce and contribute to a world-class mining team while upholding the company’s core values.

Barrick is looking for individuals who can champion its DNA by:

• Communicating honestly, transparently, and acting with integrity.
• Exhibiting a results-driven approach.
• Delivering solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Building a sustainable legacy.
• Taking responsibility and being accountable.
• Committing to zero harm.
• Cultivating strong and meaningful partnerships.

Qualified and motivated candidates are encouraged to apply and become valued members of Barrick’s team.

Responsibilities or duties

Safety and compliance

• Ensure strict adherence to all safety protocols, regulations, and environmental standards for backfill operations.
• Promote a strong safety culture in line with Barrick’s commitment to zero harm.
• Maintain awareness and application of relevant mine health and safety requirements.

Operational management

• Oversee daily backfill activities, including preparation, transportation, and placement of backfill material.
• Ensure backfill operations are carried out efficiently, safely, and according to operational plans.
• Coordinate the use of pumps, pipelines, heavy machinery, and related backfill equipment.

Planning and scheduling

• Coordinate backfill schedules with overall project timelines.
• Work closely with project managers, engineers, and other superintendents to prevent delays.
• Support planning activities to ensure the stope filling sequence is achieved effectively.

Quality control and assurance

• Implement quality assurance and quality control measures for backfill operations.
• Ensure backfill materials meet required engineering specifications, including strength and compaction standards.
• Monitor mix design, paste fill quality, and cemented aggregate fill requirements.

Resource management

• Manage and coordinate staff, equipment, and materials required for backfill operations.
• Support procurement and availability of materials needed for continuous backfill activities.
• Ensure resources are used effectively to meet operational targets.

Personnel supervision

• Hire, train, supervise, and support the backfill team.
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to subordinate supervisors, operators, and laborers.
• Mentor team members and motivate crews to implement company directives.

Reporting and documentation

• Prepare detailed reports on project status, progress, costs, and safety incidents.
• Maintain accurate documentation related to backfill operations.
• Report technical, operational, and safety matters to relevant management teams.

Problem-solving

• Identify and resolve technical or operational issues that arise during the backfill process.
• Provide practical solutions to ensure continuity of operations.
• Support continuous improvement of backfill systems and processes.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Degree in Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Specialization in Ground Control, Geotechnical Engineering, or Rock Mechanics is preferred.
• Valid Tanzanian driver’s license.
• Mine Overseers Certificate of Competency or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• Mines Health and Safety Act awareness.

Experience needed

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in an underground mining environment.
• At least 5 years of post-graduate industry-specific experience, such as paste fill design and placement.
• Significant experience in a supervisory or management role.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and motivate teams.
• Ability to work as part of a team and maintain a “can do” attitude.
• Ability to motivate crews to act on company directives, regardless of personal opinion.
• Strong expertise in backfill processes, including:
  • Paste fill operations.
  • Cemented aggregate fill operations.
  • Quality assurance and quality control.
  • Mix design.
• Strong understanding of mining processes, including:
  • Ground control management plans.
  • Mine layouts.
  • Underground mining operations.
• Experience in planning, monitoring, and optimizing paste reticulation to enable the stope filling sequence.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong commitment to safety regulations and industry standards.

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What Barrick can offer you

Barrick offers the successful candidate:

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

• Ensure strict adherence to all safety protocols, regulations, and environmental standards for backfill operations.
• Promote a strong safety culture in line with Barrick’s commitment to zero harm.
• Maintain awareness and application of relevant mine health and safety requirements.
• Oversee daily backfill activities, including preparation, transportation, and placement of backfill material.
• Ensure backfill operations are carried out efficiently, safely, and according to operational plans.
• Coordinate the use of pumps, pipelines, heavy machinery, and related backfill equipment.
• Coordinate backfill schedules with overall project timelines.
• Work closely with project managers, engineers, and other superintendents to prevent delays.
• Support planning activities to ensure the stope filling sequence is achieved effectively.
• Implement quality assurance and quality control measures for backfill operations.
• Ensure backfill materials meet required engineering specifications, including strength and compaction standards.
• Monitor mix design, paste fill quality, and cemented aggregate fill requirements.
• Manage and coordinate staff, equipment, and materials required for backfill operations.
• Support procurement and availability of materials needed for continuous backfill activities.
• Ensure resources are used effectively to meet operational targets.
• Hire, train, supervise, and support the backfill team.
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to subordinate supervisors, operators, and laborers.
• Mentor team members and motivate crews to implement company directives.
• Prepare detailed reports on project status, progress, costs, and safety incidents.
• Maintain accurate documentation related to backfill operations.
• Report technical, operational, and safety matters to relevant management teams.
• Identify and resolve technical or operational issues that arise during the backfill process.
• Provide practical solutions to ensure continuity of operations.
• Support continuous improvement of backfill systems and processes.

• Strong expertise in backfill processes, including: Paste fill operations, Cemented aggregate fill operations, Quality assurance and quality control, Mix design.
• Strong understanding of mining processes, including: Ground control management plans, Mine layouts, Underground mining operations.
• Experience in planning, monitoring, and optimizing paste reticulation to enable the stope filling sequence.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong commitment to safety regulations and industry standards.

• Degree in Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Specialization in Ground Control, Geotechnical Engineering, or Rock Mechanics is preferred.
• Valid Tanzanian driver’s license.
• Mine Overseers Certificate of Competency or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• Mines Health and Safety Act awareness.