H2 Site Operations Manager - Mogalakwena at Anglo American

Job Description

This is a unique role leading our first Hydrogen based mining site. You will have overall responsibility of operations on site with a key focus on Health & Safety, Leadership and Comms. The role is based at our mine in Mogalakwena and we have on site accommodation which makes the role commutable from Pretoria, Johannesburg and Polokwane.

Key tasks:

• Coordinate the implementation of the customer’s operational readiness program so that NuGen’s products are quickly assimilated into the operating environment. This includes:
• Reviewing and updating the nuGen operational readiness program to ensure it is aligned to the customer’s operating model and site plans/ major events.
• Working with the customer to align on the approach, schedule and cadence for implementation, ensuring customer resource requirements are clear and agreed.
• Participating in the nuGen PMO processes to ensure visibility and alignment of schedules, milestones, reporting, risks, and mitigations across nuGen

Coordinate peers at site to ensure:

• The truck integration and plant / ancillary construction work is aligned to the operational readiness program and that impacts on employees, local labour, site systems, processes and plans are appropriately identified and managed.
• Aligned communication and reporting for all operational readiness activities at site.

Asset Performance – nuGen’s defined assets at customer sites:

• Develop the annual plan and budget for the defined assets
• Participate in the site leadership team to ensure ongoing integration and alignment with the customer.
• Develop any site-specific nuGen standards for asset performance, ensuring alignment with both nuGen and customer requirements
• Lead the operations and maintenance of the defined assets to deliver the plan and targets safely, optimally and in accordance with the annual plan.  Ensure any issues or variances to plan are appropriate notified.
• Identify and lead improvement projects for the defined assets.

Safety

• Create and maintain a safe and healthy work environment. Ensure the nuGen SHEC systems and practices meet nuGen, customer and regulatory requirements and are integrated with the customer’s systems and reporting.  
• Develop a proactive safety culture.     

Compliance

• Ensure compliance to legislative, statutory, land-owner and nuGen’s requirements. Complete statutory testing and inspections as required.  
• Ensure the team’s compliance to legislative and statutory requirements  

Qualifications

Tertiary Qualification in Degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering or Mine Processing 

Technical Knowledge: 

Deep knowledge of plant and mining operations  

Safety: 

•  Advanced: AA Safety Values & expectations  
•  Advanced: SHE and relevant legislative requirements.  

Operations: 

• Asset management and operational management  
• Operational readiness and RTO   
• Mining industry value chain and commercial/ business drivers 
• Risk management techniques and critical controls  
• Shift roster and personnel management strategies  
• nuGen  model and hydrogen power capabilities 
• Proficient AAOM 

Management: 

• Communicate and work effectively in a diverse stakeholder environment with cultural sensitivities.  
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a complex environment and work to deadlines 
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders  

Collaboration 

• Establishes and nurtures relationships with stakeholders, by use of effective listening and questioning to better understand the other person or group. 
• Understands how to influence or negotiate with others, in order to achieve productive outcomes. 
• Can effectively balance positive interactions with getting the work done.