Blasting Technician

This role is critical to market penetration of Web Gen through successful provision of ongoing services at customers sites. The role is accountable for managing the safe, effective, and reliable implementation of Web Gen Service which includes Risk Management, Customer and Internal Communication, Forecasting & Inventory management, Data Management, Supervision of loading and firing of the blasts, Troubleshooting and Equipment Maintenance, Progress and KPI reporting and customer relationship management.

• Supporting the Web Gen Specialist in ongoing Web Gen service contract.
• Risk Management through the provision of the Web Gen Supervisory Service
• Adhering to all risk management processes (RA/Inductions/MHM) are undertaken for Web Gen including for any variations in design or implementation.
• Ensuring QA/QC measures for loading and blasting operations are to standard, communicated to the customer and are recorded.
• Encoding of the Web Gen primers and ensuring through direct supervision that the correct Web Gen primer is loaded into its correct blast hole.
• Direct supervision for firing of Web Gen blasts ensuring correct firing procedures including customer sign-off of correct blast files are followed.
• Management of Web Gen firing equipment including turning on and off and securing of firing keys.
• Responsible for Customer and Internal Communications through the Web Gen Specialist.
• Blast Design and Data Management for use of Web Gen
• Support Web Gen Specialist and the customers D&B Engineering department with blast designs relating to the use of Web Gen.
• Data management and control for blast design, logged and fired are uploaded and stored as per the customers and Oricas Web Gen blasting procedures.
  Troubleshooting and Equipment Maintenance
• Ensuring high levels of reliability of the Web Gen system the role will be responsible for identifying and rectifying issues including the management of maintenance of the firing equipment in consultation with the Web Gen Specialist.
• Progress and KPI Measurement
• In Field measurement of Key Performance Indicators that support the business case for the use of Web Gen.
• Improvement ideas for the in field Web Gen Operations via the Web Gen Specialist.
• Safety Performance Daily safety management (Take 5/ MHM card(s)/Pre-checks/TBT(s)).
• Zero safety incidents.
• Follows site specific safe work procedures.
• Quality performance reporting of any quality issues directly to Web Gen Specialist.
• Web Gen KPI field data gathering.

• Production Blasting Experience in mining (preferred underground) 1+ years.
• Demonstrated safe working in UG environment.
• Well-developed troubleshooting/problem solving.
• Mining Experience with 2+ years.
• Field operational blast crew experience 2+ years.