Company Description
We have an exciting position for a General Engineering Supervisor Drills & Support Equipment to oversee infrastructure assets, equipment, processes, and people for maximum availability and safety compliance.
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The team that makes it happen.
Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives", delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible.
Kumba Iron Ore
We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects – exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.
Job Description
As General Engineering Supervisor Drills & Support Equipment you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:
Safe and healthy work environment
- Ensure a safe and healthy work environment in which workers and contractors can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.
- Keep environmental impact within statutory requirements to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Active participation in VFLs, Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Build, manage, and maintain healthy relations with stakeholders to assist in achieving sectional goals.
- Liaise with stakeholders to provide relevant and specialised technical support and input for operations and projects.
- Ensure that all relevant information is communicated to the supervisor accurately and in a timely manner.
People Management
- Lead and develop the team's performance according to company policies and systems.
- Demonstrate behaviour that aligns with the company values, standards, and a professional workplace.
- Optimise human resources to achieve maximum output for the section.
- Celebrate the team's successes.
- Drive the delivery of objectives and hold team members accountable for their work.
- Ensure the achievement of development goals per IDP and communicate all management instructions.
- Communicate daily with subordinates regarding scheduled tasks and resource availability.
- Enforce discipline and high performance of teams through relevant ER/HR procedures and interventions.
- Manage HME/Plant and union relations.
- Manage time and attendance and plan for leave with the immediate team.
- Arrange necessary and compulsory training to help subordinates deliver their outputs and assist in implementing their IDPs.
- Advise and assist the team with complex tasks.
- Partner with HR to manage employee incapacity cases effectively.
Engineering & Maintenance Management
- Maintain equipment, machines, processes, and tools to ensure maximum availability and quality standards.
- Plan, implement, and manage maintenance schedules while considering production targets to ensure minimal interruption.
- Identify improvement opportunities, implement them where feasible, and maintain the new performance standards.
- Ensure that all system and administrative requirements are met.
- Hand over work orders to Artisan/Operators according to the Operating Model procedure.
- Ensure that the Operating Model procedures are followed.
Implementing the Operating Model Daily Tasks:
- Provide a report on daily schedule progress.
- Report on outstanding risks and urgent work from previous days and performance.
- Review daily output, schedule, and task compliance.
- Communicate all management instructions to the team.
- Ensure that all outstanding safety and plant deviations have been addressed.
- Generate and sign off on any Routine Operating Schedule changes when required.
- Approve or cancel all SAP notifications within 24 hours.
- Monitor daily schedule compliance and address deviations promptly.
- Communicate daily with subordinates about scheduled tasks and resource availability.
- Ensure that completed work orders are returned to the Work Management Planner for closure or rescheduling/cancellation of operations.
- Escalate and Address Risks to the Schedule per the Operating Model procedure.
- Hold personnel accountable for following the Operating Model procedures.
- Give feedback on execution performance and provide coaching and development to personnel.
Weekly Tasks:
- Address compliance, reconciliation, and deviations in the weekly schedule.
- Sign off on work orders and return them to planners for closure.
- Hand over work orders to the supervisor using the operating model procedure.
- Review the draft weekly schedule.
- Attend the formal weekly schedule review meeting to finalise the execution schedule.
- Forward all risks and deviations to the risk owner and sign off on them.
- Monitor work order cost control in task status reports.
- Review work order planning and input.
- Ensure that the section safety strategy is attached to all work orders.
Monthly Tasks:
- Ensure Pre-Planning is completed within the Operating Model Procedure.
- Ensure all safety, health-related incidents, and outstanding actions are addressed in pre-planning.
- Ensure all services, quality, environment, and safety instructions are documented in the preplanning.
- Ensure all managerial instructions are documented in the pre-planning.
- Contractors Meeting (FLM to have a meeting with contractors working in his section),
- Support standards committee procedures and standards revision.
Review:
- Review previous KPI (Safety Inc. & Acc, output compliance, services compliance, schedule compliance).
- Review Routine Operating Schedule compliance.
- Review the month-end cost expenditure.
- Review high-risk tasks and actions.
- Review Maintenance Strategy.
- Compare monthly measured and scheduled compliance and pinpoint necessary actions to enhance the quality.
- Budget Management and Cost Control
- Compile own budget and manage the section's expenditure within the approved budget to ensure effective cost control and savings.
- Manage overtime within required limits and achieve savings in this regard.
This role is in the Engineering - ENG at a Band 6 level reporting to the Section Engineer Drills & Support and Contractor Equipment.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 / N3 Technical
- National Engineering Diploma
- SA Drivers License
Experience
- 5 years of relevant operational experience in engineering maintenance.
- Technical expertise in HME/Opencast/Plant or Processing within the mining industry.
- Experience in a supervisory or managerial role overseeing engineering/plant/maintenance operations.
- Knowledge of engineering processes and best practices
Additional Information
What we offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.
Who we are?
Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.
