South Deep is recruiting!

This is an opportunity to bring your expertise to a dynamic and engaged team of professionals, working together to become the beacon of pride for our people, our communities, our stakeholders, and our shareholders.

At South Deep, we value each person’s individual and collective contribution and support your ongoing development, helping you to achieve your career and our business aspirations.

POSITION:                 Trackless Crew Leader (Miner) 

JOB GRADING:          C2

DEPARTMENT:          Engineering - Tramming

SITE:                           South Deep Gold Mine

The role of the Trackless Crew leader is to supervise the safe daily ground handling operations of crews, ore tramming equipment and installations acoring to scheduled tramming targets.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 or equivalent 
• Blasting Certificate
• At least 3 years’ experience in blasting and tramming operations in a RBE (Rail Bound Equipment) mining environment
• At least 3 years’ production experience in a deep level trackless mine with relevant TM3 equipment/machinery certificates
• Be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the Gold Fields Occupational Health Centre and pass a Heat Tolerance Screening test, and such other tests as may be required to assess the applicant’s suitability for employment

NOTE: all relevant certificates must be attached to your CV in order to be considered for shortlisting

Key Competencies:

• Advanced safety leadership capability and campaign delivery
• Accomplished team and people leader
• Strong inter and intra-team collaboration skills
• Ability to promote teamwork and team cohesion
• Advanced practical mining experience with sound appreciation for full mining operational value chain
• Fluent in English as business and instructional language on speaking, interpretation and writing levels
• Advance understanding of tramming and related activities
• Established planning, decision making and problem-solving abilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing and maintaining a safe environment with minimum risk to the health and safety of the crew
• Ensure optimal application of set health and safety standards of self and team members and take immediate appropriate remedial action to maintain standards and procedures in area of responsibility
• Attend and actively participate in daily team briefing sessions and Invocoms as required to plan, receive and assign daily SHE, risk assessment and work schedule instructions
• Assign, lead and collaborate with teams to conduct appropriate task risk assessments, safe work task planning, task and job material and equipment planning, etc. and, ensure that crews are sufficiently enabled to deliver safe work standards every day
• Maintain disciplined work and team conduct through frequent Planned Task Observations (PTOs) to ensure that teams are executing tasks to the required safety standards, performance specifications and, record and execute remedial actions and measures as required
• Ensure the maintenance of safe working environments for teams and area of accountability by conducting workplace inspections throughout the shift and take appropriate action or escalate as required to maintained workplaces in a safe condition
• Taking accountability for proper discipline in the section
• Ensuring effective availability and utilization of equipment and materials
• Ensuring control of explosives and that planning and budget is controlled and applied correctly

Closing Date: 30 January 2026 

Please note that the Gold Fields code of conduct strictly prohibits the exchange of any payment as part of its recruitment process.

 Should you require any assistance or have any challenges in applying for a position, please contact the Recruitment hub on 011 411 1387

Creating enduring value beyond mining

Gold Fields is committed to advancing Employment Equity (EE) through our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) values. We encourage Historically Disadvantaged South Africans (HDSA) and differently abled candidates to apply.