Minimum Requirements: B.Tech or B.Eng / B.Sc.Eng.

Role Description:

Design of infrastructure bulk earthworks, terracing, roads, storm water, and sewerage reticulation associated with mining and process plants.
Design of construction camps and non-process buildings (with input from prefabricated building suppliers or an architect, in certain cases)
Preparation of cost estimates according to the level of effort that is appropriate to various estimate classes (conceptual, pre-feasibility, feasibility and execution).
Preparation of engineering schedules for tender purposes as well as execution cost control.
Assistance with technical adjudications of tenders.

Familiarity with the following specifications, design standards and procedures:

South African National Standard Specifications (SANS)
Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design (CSIR)
Geometric Design Guidelines (SANRAL)
Drainage Manual (SANRAL)
TRH (Technical Recommendations for Highways).
TMH (Standard Methods of Testing Road Construction Materials).
Government Gazette 20118 (volume 408) notice 704 (GN 704) - Regulations on use of water for mining and related activities aimed at the protection of water resources
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, 2007. Best Practice Guideline A4: Pollution Control Dams