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MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Degree or National Diploma: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Code 08 (B) Driver’s Licence.
- Certificate: GCC Mines and Works.
EXPERIENCE (including but not limited to):
- 7 years extensive practical experience in a mining / production environment (Underground TMM, conveyors, and associated Underground infrastructure).
- 2 – 3 years experience as a section engineer in a mining environment (Included above).
DUTIES (including but not limited to):
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Ensure efficient and effective maintenance and utilisation of allocated underground equipment and production processes to achieve production targets for the function/department/section to ensure business objectives are met. To manage and coordinate the engineering and operations activities and ensure that regulation 2.13.1 legal responsibility as required by statutory requirements are adhered to.
Financial Perspective:
- Contribute to annual departmental budget planning by compiling operational, capex and labour budgets for sub-function and submit to line management for approval.
- Effectively manage sub function and its objectives in line with approved budgets (operational, capex and labour), report variances as required and recommend / implement remedial action within span of control.
- Review and authorise payments in line with approved budget and policy and submit for final processing.
- Identify operational, labour and capex requirements within sub-function for efficient delivery of production targets and submit.
- Strategic planning, process management and systems management. Budget and cost control.
Internal Business Processes Perspective:
- Ensure efficient and effective execution of Asset Management Strategy for mine. Maintain and improve performance management information systems for Engineering Department, asset performance of the load out and logistical processes to achieve dispatch targets.
- Coordinate Mining operations to ensure optimum and cost-effective recovery of Ore in accordance with sound mining practice to ensure the attainment of Department’s production objectives.
- Assist management in compiling the operational strategy, setting of achievable production targets and to compile, manage and control operational.
- Application of engineering standards, principles and practice for the planning, design, and implementation of standard engineering outcomes.
- Conduct basic analysis of engineering processes and process elements.
- Contribute to annual departmental budget planning by compiling operational, capex and labour budgets for sub-function and submit to line management for approval.
- Effectively manage sub-function and its objectives in line with approved budgets (operational, capex and labour), report variances as required and recommend / implement remedial action within span of control.
- Review and authorize payments in line with approved budget and policy and submit for final processing. Identify operational, labour and capex requirements within sub-function for efficient delivery of production targets and submit recommendations to line manager.
- Ensuring equipment availability and efficient operations; Continuous improvement initiatives through tracking and analysis of asset utilization, costs, and planned maintenance compliance.
- Ensure maintenance system are managed and new strategies implemented, conduct equipment failure analysis, and provide solutions to prevent reoccurrences.
- Manage rotable equipment repairs, asset care and management of TMM equipment refurbishment and replacement strategy in consultation with the OEM.
- Provide recommendations on equipment modification for improvements and upgrades in consultation with the OEM through a change management process, work planning and scheduling, budget, and cost management, TMM capital infrastructure management, labour and contractors management, leaner artisan, artisans and supervisors development and training. Schedule and manage the execution of the Enterprise Asset Management activities across sectional boundaries to meet availability and reliability targets by ensuring effective control of manpower and resources utilization. Analyses production and asset performance trends against set operational targets and to identify and implement corrective action and improvement opportunities, including liaison across interfaces. Assist management in compiling operational strategy, setting of achievable production targets and to compile, manage and control Capex and CAR budgets and to manage contractor performance against service level agreements. Manage the availability of spares and internal store stock levels including expediting.
Customer / Stakeholder Relations Perspective
- Build, manage, and maintain healthy diverse workable internal relations (Peer, Unions, Team, Organisation) and implement remedial actions where required. Build, manage and maintain Healthy external relations (Head Office, communities, government, etc.) to assist in achievement of organisational goals.
- Maintain internal and external relations to ensure functional/departmental needs are met and employees are satisfied.
- Always making sure the stakeholders comes first when it comes to catering for their needs.
Organisational & Growth Perspective
- Drive actions to encourage, implement and improve systems.
- Liaise with line function and management staff to ensure the efficient and effective management of interfaces which impacts or could potentially impact on production objectives, including maintenance requirements.
SHERQ Adherence / Compliance
- Promote adherence to safety, health and environmental practices and procedures.
- Identify and address unsafe and potentially hazardous situations.
- Department safety representative.
- Translate SHERQ goals applicable as derived from business plan into clear direction and implement effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure adherence to statutory safety regulations and mine standards, procedures, and practices such as PPE, safe working practices, re-entering periods
- Effectively communicate new regulations and procedures as and when required to ensure employees and contractor awareness and correct implementation thereof
- Assist in rendering of appropriate first aid to injured person(s) as and when required or refer to qualified persons.
Implement Change Initiatives
- Authorise and drive initiatives aimed at eliminating waste, improve productivity and reduce operating costs
- Initiate and lead Functional/ Departmental change
- Implement successful change initiatives, plan, and ensure optimal resource utilisation within designated area.
Statutory Compliance
- Ensure compliance with legislation by setting and achieving procurement targets in terms of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment and Mining Charter requirements.
- Develop and implement procurement policies that will aid in the achievement of procurement targets and statutory compliance.
