Shaft Ventilation Engineer at The Tumela Mine – Apply Now!

🧾 Job Details

🏢 Employer: Valterra Platinum
📍 Location: Tumela Mine, Thabazimbi, Limpopo, South Africa
💼 Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
📅 Closing Date: 24 December 2025

🏢 Company Overview

Valterra Platinum, formerly Anglo American Platinum, is a leading producer of platinum group metals (PGMs) with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations across South Africa and Zimbabwe. Following its demerger from Anglo American plc, Valterra is now an independent, publicly listed company committed to operational excellence, sustainability, and long-term value creation.

🧑‍💼 Role Overview

The Shaft Ventilation Engineer will manage and coordinate the mine’s ventilation and occupational hygiene systems, providing operational management with specialized technical guidance to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. The role focuses on medium- to long-term planning (1–5 years) while proactively addressing emerging trends in ventilation and occupational hygiene.

📝 Key Responsibilities

🏗 Ventilation & Occupational Hygiene Management

• Ensure compliance with Section 11 and 12 of the Mine Health and Safety Act (Occupational Health Risk Assessment and Monitoring)

• Advise management on operational ventilation and occupational hygiene systems, planning, and administration

• Establish and maintain technical standards and management information systems

• Lead emergency preparedness programs and high-level technical projects

• Conduct trend analysis to identify and solve ventilation and hygiene issues

• Develop and implement ventilation and occupational hygiene policies, procedures, and standards

• Benchmark systems against international best practices and audit findings

📊 Operational Planning & Risk Management

• Set daily, weekly, and monthly ventilation and occupational hygiene targets

• Conduct hazard identification, risk assessments, and system audits

• Forward scan trends to anticipate future ventilation and hygiene challenges

• Provide leadership in ventilation and occupational hygiene technology studies

🎓 Qualifications & Experience

Essential Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualification

• Elementary certificate in Mine Environmental Control

• Chamber of Mines (COM) Certificate in Mine Environmental Control

Experience:

• 5+ years post-qualification experience in ventilation and occupational hygiene

• Competence in Occupational Hygiene Practitioner functions per MHSA (5.1(1), 9.2(2), 16.1(1), chapter 12.1)

Knowledge & Skills:

• Occupational Health legislation

• Hazard identification and risk assessment

• Management system formulation and implementation

• Proficiency in MS Office, SAP, and specialized technical software such as Palladium

📄 CV Application Tips

• Highlight post-qualification experience in mine ventilation and occupational hygiene

• Detail your knowledge of MHSA compliance and occupational health legislation

• Include any COM or other professional certifications

• Showcase experience in risk assessment, hazard identification, and system audits

• Emphasize ability to lead technical teams, manage projects, and implement best practices

• Demonstrate proficiency in relevant software and technical systems

🌟 Values & Culture

• Safety First: Zero Harm and strict adherence to MHSA

• Excellence: Delivering operational efficiency and technical precision

• Inclusion & Diversity: Equal opportunities, zero tolerance for bullying, harassment, or gender-based violence

• Innovation & Learning: Continuous improvement and skill development opportunities