Draughtsman – Sandfire Resources

Job Description

Summary

This position is responsible for providing critical technical drafting support to the Engineering, Projects and Services departments by maintaining and updating master site general arrangement and layout drawings, as well as executing accurate drawings for new and existing plant and infrastructure modifications.

Key Performance Areas

• Management of Change (MOC) Compliance: Ensure that all drawing for plant modifications when issued to the field pass through the mine’s formal Management of Change workflow. Ensures engineering drawing requests and revisions are completed within agreed SLA timelines.
• Line-of-Sight Hazard Identification: Identify immediate physical hazards when drafting additions or changes to existing infrastructure.
• As-Built Accuracy as a Safety Control: Maintain current and accurate drawing updates as a critical safety function through updating the master drawing when making modifications. Ensures zero critical dimensional errors found during subsequent fabrication or field construction phases.
• Technical Drafting & Design Support: Generate high-quality, precise 2D engineering drawings and 3D models for civil and structural, mechanical, piping (SMP), infrastructure across the mine site.
• As-Built Management & Site Verification: Conduct physical plant verifications to check, measure, and update older master drawings and other documents to current and accurate “as-built” status within a target number of days following project commissioning and completion.
• Document Control & Drawing Register Maintenance: Manage the central engineering and projects drawing database, ensuring proper revision tracking, and preventing the use of obsolete design drawings and other documents.
• Database Integrity: Maintain 100% compliance with standard document naming conventions and revision controls during audits.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Translate raw concepts, technical queries and design/proposals from Project and Maintenance Engineers and line supervision into actionable fabrication or construction plans.

Technical Competencies

• CAD Software Mastery
• P&ID and Layout Literacy
• Engineering Discipline Knowledge
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Mining & Process Plant Literacy

Behavioural Competencies

• Meticulous Attention to Detail: An unyielding focus on exact numbers, line weights, annotations, and clear scaling to prevent expensive re-work in the field.
• Systematic & Organized Work Ethic: The capacity to manage multiple requests from different project teams concurrently while maintaining an organized, logical filing system.
• Effective Collaboration & Communication: Willingness to move from desk job to engage directly with tradesmen, supervisors and engineers to clear up technical queries.

Qualification and Experience

• Diploma in Mechanical/Civil/Electrical Engineering, Design & Draughting Technology, with heavy specialisation or certification in CAD software, or equivalent.
• Registration or eligibility for registration with ERB as a Professional Technologist is essential.
• Valid Botswana Class B Drivers Licence is required.
• Five (5) years’ post qualification experience working as a technical draughtsman with relevant experience in a mining operation or a heavy-processing industrial environment.
• Demonstrable experience designing civil, structural, mechanical, piping and electrical, & Instrumentation infrastructure in a project design office environment.

Closing Date

23-Oct-2026