Underground Service Crew

About the role

AngloGold Ashanti is hiring a Service Crew member for its Underground Mining department at the Geita Gold Mine in Tanzania. The objective is to ensure construction and service activities are carried out safely and effectively to meet expected targets. The position is full time.

Key responsibilities

• Follow all safety requirements, use the Take 5 tool, comply with underground operating procedures, report hazards and incidents, and support safe work practices across the team.
• Carry out underground vent wall construction, including scaffolding erection and dismantling, steel skeleton construction, timber works and site housekeeping.
• Assemble and install primary ventilation fans and prepare skeleton walls for shotcreting in line with approved designs and layouts.
• Construct underground backfill barricade walls, including formwork, reinforcement installation, timber works, housekeeping and hot works in accordance with procedures.
• Support underground civil projects by constructing formwork, installing reinforcement bars, building concrete and cement pads to approved standards and completing other manual works assigned by the Supervisor.
• Undertake training to become competent in underground air and water service line installation, offsider and nipper duties, underground machines and light vehicle use underground where applicable.

Required profile

• Secondary school education completed.
• Valid Tanzanian driving licence.
• 2-3 years of operational experience in an underground mining environment.
• Experience operating underground utility vehicles.
• Experience erecting underground civil projects.

Required skills

• Thorough understanding and application of the Job Safety Analysis tool.
• Ability to read and understand work plans and mining instructions.
• Knowledge of construction and civil works techniques, timber formwork and steel fixing works, and hot work procedures.
• Reporting, cross-shift communication, planning and execution of works, and coaching of new employees.

What we offer

• Medical insurance, employee assistance programmes and wellbeing initiatives.
• Company-supported pension or provident fund contributions.
• Annual leave, sick leave and public holidays in line with company policy.