Foreman, Mining - Lephalale at Exxaro Resources

PURPOSE:

• To ensure and maintain a safe, healthy and productive work environment.

Minimum Requirements    
QUALIFICATIONS:

• N4: Engineering Relevant (Essential/Minimum or)
• N4: Production (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate Blasting For Fiery Mines (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)
• N Dip: (Relevant) (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 3-5 years Relevant mining operations and maintenance experience in a Plant/Mining environment   (Essential/Minimum)    Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)

Duties & Responsibilities    
Budget and Cost Control    

• Assist in preparation of section's annual budget by forecasting operational and manpower cost
• Monitor expenditure and costs on a regular basis

Effective People Management    

• Optimised team manned by staff which are motivated/empowered and led by sound performance management/transformational leadership practices
• Promote teamwork/provide support and manage performance by creating/maintaining individual development plans for subordinates
• Provide input on recruitment/Human Resources (HR) related activities of reporting staff

Equipment Operations and Control  

• Ensures maintenance and monitoring of equipment and machines
• Optimise monitoring and maintenance to ensure minimal downtime
• Maintain a system to register and schedule, preventative monitoring of equipment and machines

Operational Support    

• Manage and optimize drilling and blasting operations
• Manage and control explosives magazine
• Coordinate and communicate blasting plans and operations with PIT management
• Conduct inspections and compile reports
• Co-ordinate borehole drilling as per request
• Communication of survey results
• Liaise with various department personnel

Performance Management    

• Drive research and development initiatives to ensure continuous improvement and enhanced performance
• Keep abreast of new developments and potential threats within designated area is identified and addressed timeously
• Benchmark plant / mining activities and track performance to indicate improvement opportunities

Process Optimisation    

• Responsible for Health and Safety of all employees for area (Legal requirements/Logbooks)
• Responsible for optimising production through utilisation of section machinery
• Responsible for facilitating competency and discipline of employees within area of responsibility
• Facilitating administration functions for area - general administration/ordering of spare/transport control/fireman's report and section reports
• Cost control and optimisation

Production Efficiency    

• Achieve production/drilling targets through optimum output
• Ensure operational efficiency and quality
• Assume responsibility for coordinating first line maintenance to limit plant / equipment downtime
• Control stock levels (where applicable).

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations

Technical Support    

• Provide guidance and instruction to subordinates
• Planned task observations to be conducted on subordinates
• Perform specified tasks within planned schedule as required per area of responsibility
• Ensure compliance to planned maintenance schedules

Behavioural Alignment    
Demonstrates the following:

• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective