Operator Front End Loader 992 – Mamatwan Mine Job at South32
Job role overview
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Date posted
May 11, 2026
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Closing date
June 11, 2026
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Hiring location
Northern Cape
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Qualification
Matric
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Experience
2 years
Description
ABOUT THE ROLE:
- This role is a permanent full-time position.
- As an Operator Front End Loader 992, you will be responsible to be an alternative loading equipment for the excavators to dig, clean, remove and load Overburden or Manganese from the applicable bench and high wall onto haulers by means of an Front End Loader, leaving only a safety and catchment berm in place
Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:
- Front End loaders are the primary equipment in use for preparing drilling blocks at Mamatwan;
- Front End Loaders are the secondary equipment at Mamatwan for loading waste or ore material and is critical equipment to replace an excavator on breakdown or maintenance to achieve overburden and ore budget volumes;
- Ensure continuous judgement during drill block preparations on where the high wall crest is whilst pushing loose material over the edge;
- Ensure continuous judgement of the orebody inclination for the correct approach angle during drill block preparation to prevent slipping and machine damage;
- Effective and efficient FEL operations supports preparational activities, which is critical within the mining cycle to unlock productivity of the primary fleet;
- Control the area where loading is taking place. FEL operator must give permission for any person or equipment to enter the loading area, including the haulers within the applicable cycle;
- Loading of haulers as per instruction and allocation, either Overburden or ROM material;
- Inform the hauler operator regarding the quality of the load and the applicable dumping allocation;
- Inform the hauler operator to dump poor quality Manganese as waste and stockpile good quality Manganese as ore;
- Continuously construct a catchment berm as per standard along the toe of the high wall;
- Continuously construct a safety berm as per standard along the crest of the bench, 3 meters from the edge;
- Ensure continuous compliance of the loading sequence of a hauler number of loads, placement of loads and fill factor of the hauler bowl.
ABOUT YOU:
You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:
- Must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in operating mobile equipment in a mining or plant environment;
- Excavator skills within a Surface mining operation.
Qualifications for this role are:
- External Candidates: Grade 12;
- Internal Candidates: Grade 10;
- Equipment license on FEL 992;
- Valid Drivers license.
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