Environmental Graduate
Introduction
The Environmental graduate will receive practical, hands-on training designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world industrial application, while assisting with the implementation of environmental management strategies at the mine and gaining practical workplace experience to support professional development.
Job description
Environmental Compliance
- Develop a research project on biodiversity and community recovery by assessing insect composition and diversity at both rehabilitated and reference sites.
- At the end of the programme, the graduate will be required to present a technical report detailing the learning outcomes and to submit a research project on the main problem identified, including recommendations on how it should be addressed.
Environmental Performance / Output
- Assist with bird monitoring at water ponds and report any faunal mortalities.
- Support the collection of grass and woody species seeds for rehabilitation purposes.
- Assist with the maintenance and repair of rehabilitation slopes.
- Support the relocation and transplanting of seedlings onto rehabilitation sites.
- Assist with land-clearing surveys and close-out audits.
- Support daily and monthly water quality monitoring, including potable water sampling.
- Assist with particulate matter (PM₁₀) monitoring and dust fallout monitoring setup.
- Support on-site and neighbouring farm water level monitoring.
- Assist with weather data downloads, rainfall monitoring, and evaporation rate recording.
- Support bioremediation activities and rehabilitation assessments, including Landscape Function Analysis.
- Assist in updating biodiversity registers and analysing biodiversity and rehabilitation monitoring data.
- Support research into innovative practices and technologies related to mine closure.
- Perform other duties as reasonably requested by the Supervisor.
Safety, Health and Environment
- Comply with the B2Gold Golden Rules, Code of Conduct and all Policies.
- Ensure compliance with all B2Gold Safety, Health and Environmental policies and procedures.
- Actively participate in safety and/or toolbox meetings and conduct a monthly safety inspection of the work area based on the schedule set by Management.
- Maintain a safe working environment and keep the assigned work area clean and tidy.
- Report all unsafe acts and conditions as well as injuries, accidents, equipment damage and near-miss incidents to the supervisor timeously.
Minimum requirements
- Minimum BSc in Environmental Management, Natural Resource Management, or related environmental fields, with entomology
- (NQF Level 7)
- No prior experience required
- A background in entomology research will be an added advantage
- Valid Code B Driver’s Licence