Engineering Supervisor DMS Load Out & Distribution
- Kathu, Northern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Safety, Health, and Environment
- Prioritize safety and health in all team interactions and lead by example to achieve zero harm and prevent fatalities.
- Identify and address risks in the workplace using discipline-specific plans and operational risk management systems.
- Establish and maintain Safety and Health systems within the work area.
- Active participation in SLAMs, HPHs, relevant Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
- Performance Delivery
- Business Performance Targets:
- Provide input to performance review reports as required on a daily/weekly basis and comply with data quality standards.
- Participate in and execute basic RCAs to determine non-compliance to performance targets (specifically for equipment failures). Deliver solutions to non-compliance and monitor the performance of the solutions.
- Provide accurate inputs to the forecasting process.
- Present area-related and global targets to the team.
- Participate in the review and development of the Service Strategies and monitor the measures to verify their delivery.
- Maintenance Planning:
- Ensure that a maintenance plan exists for every piece of equipment and that maintenance is done according to standards or the prescribed maintenance policy.
- Comply with all requirements set out by AAOM and E&M best practice guidelines related to Planning.
- Maintenance Scheduling:
- Implement and manage maintenance schedules while knowing production targets to ensure minimal interruption.
- Preventative maintenance is carried out according to schedule, equipment failure is minimal, and availability is maintained within the set targets.
- Comply with all work requirements set out by the AAOM and E&M best practice guidelines relating to Maintenance Scheduling.
- Maintenance Execution:
- Comply with all Execution requirements set out by the AAOM and E&M best practice guidelines, ensuring adherence to standards and procedures.
- Participate in at least four planned weekly task observations as part of in-field quality assurance verification to uphold operational excellence.
- Manage the maintenance or repair of equipment, machines, vehicles, processes, and tools to ensure maximum availability and consistently meet required quality standards.
- Identify improvement opportunities, implement feasible solutions, and maintain newly established performance standards for continuous enhancement.
- Proactively provide advice to prevent potential problems and address components causing excessive downtime with permanent solutions.
- Report on completed maintenance requirements and trends, maintaining a comprehensive overview.
- Ensure authorised staff maintains all maintenance, upholding safety and procedural protocols.
- Provide technical knowledge and guidance to team members for daily problem-solving and skill development.
- Contribute input on Equipment and Components PMECA for strategic planning and improvement initiatives.
- Execute activities to meet the plan and collaborate with Maintenance and Supply Chain to define the SLA requirements.
- Comply with the Asset Management policy and system requirements for effective asset handling and optimisation.
- Utilize provided systems to monitor and manage expenditures efficiently.
- Execute inspection strategy and coordinate activities related to asset integrity in the designated area, ensuring compliance with established standards.
- Engineering & Maintenance Measures and Control:
- Execute daily data validation and reconciliation requirements, diligently closing out work orders and capturing accurately coded and reported data within an appropriate timeframe.
- Participate in the Continuous Improvement plans and engage in RCAs to manage Defect Elimination.
- Tools, Facilities, and Workshops:
- Execute housekeeping as required and conduct workplace inspections to ensure maintenance is performed as planned and to standard.
- Contractor Management:
- Comply with contractor management standards and procedures and monitor contractor performance based on defined KPIs.
- Sustainability and Social:
- Execute the delivery of the sustainability activities relevant to the discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time.
- Contribute to developing a Sustainable Mining Plan execution relevant to the discipline.
- Comply with environmental and social requirements as relevant to the discipline.
- Utilise environmental and social risk mitigation techniques relevant to the discipline specified in the asset risk management approach.
- People and Teams:
- Lead by example and support a purpose-driven, high-performance culture based on company values, inclusion, and diversity principles.
- Foster team member development through coaching while maintaining the right skills mix within the team through developing and executing Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for all team members
- Grade 12/N3 Technical
- Relevant Engineering Qualification on NQF5
- Occupational Red Seal Certificate in a Mechanical or relevant Engineering discipline
- SA Drivers License Code B
- 5 years of relevant experience in an operational engineering mining environment.
- Knowledge of engineering and maintenance processes within the scope of the role.
- Relevant operational drawing/design experience (mining industry preferred).
- Budget management and cost control.
- Documentation, sign-off and approval processes.
- Risk management techniques and critical controls.
- Leadership tools for implementing a culture of purpose-led, highperformance and change.
- Safety, health, and environment, legislative, statutory, and regulatory