Junior Rock Engineer
Hire Resolve
Hotazel, Northern Cape
Permanent
Posted 13 October 2025
- Closing Date 31 October 2025
Job Details
Job Description
Hire Resolve’s Client is looking for a Junior Rock Engineer to join their corporate office in Northern Cape!
Responsibilities:
- Conduct geotechnical investigations, including data collection, logging of exploration boreholes, slope stability analysis, and reporting on groundwater and pit wall conditions.
- Perform hazard identification, risk assessments, accident investigations, and implement systems to mitigate rockfall and other geotechnical risks.
- Provide technical input into mine design and layouts, including slope performance, reserve losses, dilution, and post-blast assessments.
- Monitor and assess rock mass characteristics, slope stability, and adherence to ground support standards, ensuring workplace safety and initiating work stoppages when necessary.
- Support continuous improvement by benchmarking rock engineering practices, training mine personnel in Strata Control principles, and reporting geotechnical findings to relevant stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Degree in Rock Engineering / Geology / Mining Engineering
- Rock Mechanic Certificate (at least completed 2 papers)
- Chamber of Mines Strata Control
- 5 years operational experience in an opencast mining environment
Benefits:
- Salary: R1,6m – R1,9m CTC
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Paid Time Off (PTO) (if applicable)
Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.
- Salary: negotiable.
- Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
- Apply for this role today, contact Stefnie Bestbier at Hire Resolve or on LinkedIn
- You can also visit the Hire Resolve website: hireresolve.us or email us your CV: [email protected]
We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.