Valterra Platinum Limited (Valterra Platinum) is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, marketing the metal we produce globally. Valterra Platinum is an independent, publicly listed company with a primary and secondary listing on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges respectively.
Valterra Platinum is pursuing its strategy, anchored in safety, operational excellence, sustainability, and value creation for the long-term. With full accountability for our performance and growth, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities across the entire PGM value chain, from mine to market. We seek to deepen our commitment to stakeholders and lead with purpose – to “Unearth Value to Better Our World”. We remain steadfast in our ambition to be the world’s foremost producer of platinum group metals, while embedding safety and sustainability in everything we do.

The Protection Services Officer – Specialised (Surveillance) is accountable for the effective application of surveillance technologies and monitoring practices to prevent criminal activity, procedural violations, theft, and health and safety incidents within Valterra Platinum. The role leverages CCTV, X-ray, electronic access control, and associated monitoring systems to detect, assess, and analyse anomalies, incidents, and risk conditions across designated high-risk areas. Through systematic observation, visual investigations, and trend and pattern analysis, the incumbent identifies potential threats, gathers relevant information, and supports the protection of people, assets, and operations. The role further provides timely communication of incident dynamics and directs appropriate Protection Services responses during incidents and emergency situations. Due to the nature of surveillance and security operations, the role may involve exposure to personal risk.

1. Safety: Consistent application of Safety & Health principles in all discipline interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
2. Performance and Delivery
Effective Surveillance
• Evaluate actions in risk areas and potential threats with reference to best practice requirements and regulations.
• Interpret movement and behaviour of personnel within high-risk areas.
• Monitor adherence to policies, procedures and standards and notify management of deviations.
• Identify potential surveillance targets based on assessments of behaviour, presence and movement.
• Initiate remote visual investigation and evidence gathering when an incident has occurred within the designated area of responsibility.
• Verify and identity personnel in risk areas and ensure that only approved staff are in area.

Record keeping
• Conduct in-depth surveillance on identified individuals.
• Profile the characteristics, behaviour and movement of suspects.
• Control operator consoles.
• Generate recordings of behaviour for employee profiles.
• Monitor and review alarms in high-risk areas and note trends in alarm activation.
• Reviews surveillance recordings to detect possible incidences in high risk and other areas.
• Gather and record evidence on incidents and events.
• Notify supervisors of incidents.
• Record suspicious behaviour or incidents for review and investigation.
• View and evaluate x-ray images for illegal possession of PGM’s / company assets.

• Write statements on incident or event conditions.
• Analyse information in order to establish anomalies and patterns of behaviour.
Alarm and System Monitoring
• Operate electronic access, camera and alarm systems to designated standards.
• Evaluate seriousness of emergency and incident conditions and initiate emergency actions including contact with relevant personnel.
• Initiate camera patrols in order to carry out visual checks on doors, detectors, cameras, and any other surveillance equipment, to ensure that they are in good working condition.
• Report system and equipment faults.

Innovation
• Recommend changes to procedures and practices to facilitate security measures and client ease of use.
• Evaluate possible steps for the improvement of security measures including lighting, camera positioning and procedures.
• Recommend changes to Organisational practices to assist in making sites more surveillance friendly.
Effective Shift administration
• Complete incident reports and conduct follow up.
• Testify on evidence in hearings.
• Train / coach section personnel in operations, standards and procedures.
• Conduct shift change-over briefing.
• Complete shift reports
• Complete and update security logs

3. People & Teams
• Actively engage as a team member in all team processes.

4. Compliance
• Ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory, legislative and permitting requirements.

Prescribed:

• Grade 12
• Registered with the PSIRA on grade B or A

Desirable:

• CCTV Advanced Surveillance Skills and body language Course
• Additional technical certifications/diplomas or short courses in electronics, security systems, or security related fields will be advantageous

Certifications:

Prescribed:

• Valid EB/Code 08 driver’s licence

Experience:
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in Security or equivalent environment
• 2 years’ experience in Control Room / Surveillance environment will be advantageous

Technical knowledge (experience) required for role:
• Computer literacy
• Communications in English (spoken, written and reading)

• Writing of statements
• Handling of various emergency situations in a Control Room context
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• No criminal record
• Pass polygraph test
• Protection Services Induction
• Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR)
• Use of Force Procedure
• Valterra Platinum Rules of engagement
• Capable of successfully completing Vision and SAMAE assessments

Technical skills:

• Advanced skill in CCTV surveillance, visual monitoring, behaviour observation, and identifying suspicious movement or activity in high-risk operational areas.
• Proficient skill in operating control room systems, including CCTV, X-ray, electronic access control, alarm monitoring, and surveillance recording systems.
• Proficient skill in analysing surveillance footage, alarm activations, and incident patterns to identify anomalies, trends, procedural deviations, and potential security risks.
• Proficient skill in incident reporting, evidence gathering, statement writing, and maintaining accurate security logs and surveillance records.
• Developing skill in recommending improvements to surveillance procedures, camera positioning, lighting, and control room practices to strengthen security effectiveness.

Social process skills:

• Self-awareness, and of behaviours that successfully drive or hinder team performance and collaboration

Application:

• Demonstrate drive, determination, persistence, and commitment to apply other elements of capability work

Other requirements:

• Psychometric Assessment
• No criminal record
• Pass polygraph test
• Medical Fitness Test

Valterra Platinum takes a stand against gender-based violence and all forms of violence: ’We are unconditional in creating a respectful, inclusive and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch’’