General Engineering Supervisor at Anglo American

Purpose

• Oversee infrastructure assets, equipment, processes, and people for maximum availability and safety compliance.

Your duties will include:

• 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 timely.

Team Management and Development

• 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.
• Optimize human resources to achieve maximum output for the section.
• 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 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.

Maintenance and Equipment 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 / N3 Technical
• National Engineering Diploma (NQF6)
• SA Drivers License Code B

Technical Knowledge

• 5 Years’ operational experience in 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.