Excavator Operator (Open Cast Mine)

Big machines, long shifts, good pay: the open-pit iron ore mine near Potchefstroom needs qualified operators. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is an open-pit iron ore mine on the Potchefstroom side of North West. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Haul ore and waste on the haul road loop to the crusher or dump
• Keep radio contact with the dispatch controller and follow the right-of-way rules
• Load, haul and tip with the LHD from draw points to the ore pass
• Log loads, cycle times and machine hours on the onboard system or sheet
• Drill blast holes to the plan depth and angle marked by the survey team
• Report defects and lock out the machine for the maintenance crew
• Refuel and wash the machine at the end of your shift where required

• At least 2 years operating the machine in a mining environment
• Grade 10 at minimum, with Grade 12 strongly preferred
• Code 10 or Code 14 driver's licence
• Certificate of fitness from a mine medical practitioner

• Machine training instructor experience
• Certificates on two or more machine types
• Experience with ultra-class haul trucks

• Company bus from nearby towns to the mine gate
• Annual performance bonus
• Shift allowance for night and weekend shifts

• Put your operator certificate expiry dates on the CV. Expired tickets are the top reason operators get filtered out.
• Name the exact machine class and size you operated, like "100-ton rigid dump truck". Mines hire by machine.