The objective of the role is to design, implement, monitor, and optimize the underground mine ventilation system to provide a safe, healthy, and productive working environment. To ensure adequate airflow and effective control of dust, heat, diesel emissions, and hazardous gases in compliance with company standards, mining regulations, and industry best practices.

Responsibilities or duties

• Develop and maintain underground ventilation plans and models.
• Monitor airflow, gas concentrations, temperature, and dust levels.
• Ensure compliance with mine ventilation legislation and company standards.
• Design ventilation circuits, fans, regulators, and ventilation controls.
• Investigate and resolve ventilation-related issues affecting safety or production.
• Support mine planning by incorporating ventilation requirements into mine designs.
• Conduct ventilation surveys and analyse performance data.
• Recommend improvements to enhance ventilation efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Prepare technical reports, ventilation schedules, and statutory documentation.
• Mentor ventilation technicians and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Stop any work that is being done in an unsafe way and report the same to the supervisor or safety personnel.

Qualifications or requirements

• Mining Engineering or equivalent qualification obtained from a recognized institution.
• Registered with ERB.
• Awareness of safety requirements.
• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Positive attitude towards end users and team.
• Good communication with end users, service provider, and team.
• Self-motivated.
• Committed to work.
• Teamwork and cooperation.
• Attention to detail.
• Interpersonal communication.
• Respecting individual team members.
• Building relationships with team members in functional departments.

Experience needed

• At least 2 to 5 years and above work experience in underground mining.
• Experience in various underground mechanized mining methods.

• Develop and maintain underground ventilation plans and models.
• Monitor airflow, gas concentrations, temperature, and dust levels.
• Ensure compliance with mine ventilation legislation and company standards.
• Design ventilation circuits, fans, regulators, and ventilation controls.
• Investigate and resolve ventilation-related issues affecting safety or production.
• Support mine planning by incorporating ventilation requirements into mine designs.
• Conduct ventilation surveys and analyse performance data.
• Recommend improvements to enhance ventilation efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Prepare technical reports, ventilation schedules, and statutory documentation.
• Mentor ventilation technicians and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Stop any work that is being done in an unsafe way and report the same to the supervisor or safety personnel.

• Awareness of safety requirements.
• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Positive attitude towards end users and team.
• Good communication with end users, service provider, and team.
• Self-motivated.
• Committed to work.
• Teamwork and cooperation.
• Attention to detail.
• Interpersonal communication.
• Respecting individual team members.
• Building relationships with team members in functional departments.

• Mining Engineering or equivalent qualification obtained from a recognized institution.
• Registered with ERB.