# Lead Ventilation Engineer - Mining

Introduction Location: Centurion, Gauteng Work Model: Office-based for the first 6 months (training and integration), thereafter hybrid Industry: Mining / Engineering Consulting Employment Type: Permanent This role is particularly suited to candidates with substantial underground mine ventilation experience rather than general mechanical/mining engineering experience. About the Role A leading engineering and consulting organisation in the mining sector is seeking an experienced Lead Ventilation Engineer to provide technical leadership across mine ventilation, cooling, refrigeration and occupational environmental engineering projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading ventilation engineering scopes across mining studies, optimisation projects and EPCM/project execution, while providing technical direction, quality assurance and mentorship to engineering teams. This is a senior technical role requiring strong underground mining ventilation experience, sound engineering judgement, client-facing capability and the ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering interfaces. If you are an experienced Mine Ventilation Engineer looking to take on a technical l

- **Id**: 4263586
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/optim-g-lead-ventilation-engineer-mining>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T09:01:06Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T09:01:06Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4643
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Performance based bonus
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497696
- **Name**: Optim-G
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/optim-g-pty-ltd-ta-optim-g>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 5
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: ZAR
- **Period**: month
- **Gross**: yes
- **Usd annual**: 128772

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T16:01:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 19
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.398
- **P room**: 0.473
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 5
- **Reasons**: seen:8, agency, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 128772
- **Is top pay**: no

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