Head: Fire Assay and Reference Material Group at Mintek

Job description

Administration

• Manage and coordinate project administration activities.
• Oversee office administration.
• Manage and coordinate SHEQ administrative activities.

Finance / Budget:

• Book time to ensure positive revenue stream
•  Motivation and budgeting for CAPEX; handle tender process for equipment
• Annual budgeting and monthly review. Any marketing measures to implement
• Project monitoring of expenditure against budget.
• Monitor & evaluate project milestones against billing in long-running projects (annual and multiple years)
• Manage equipment maintenance/purchase costs against budget
• Ensuring revenue generation for cost-recovery in projects

Technical

• Visibility and credibility- ensuring publication outputs are met i.e. writing of papers for journal and conference publication; helping staff achieve these outputs for the group
• Provide technical direction that people can follow and ability to communicate it effectively.
• Monitoring & Evaluation of project milestones to motivate for further funding.
• Proposal writing to secure funding from various sources through technical inputs
• Keep up to date on latest developments in the discipline and in the industry that it serves/has potential to serve
• Participate in technical forums, e.g. conferences, client/collaborator engagements
• Technical mentoring, supervision of staff, e.g. postgraduate project supervision

Quality Management and Compliance:

• Quality is part of SHEQ requirements.
• Responsible for quality of technical outputs of the group (e.g. reports, publications) –provide technical inputs as necessary
• Ensure all work done in compliance with SHEQ standards (Safety, health, environment and quality) for the group
• Facilitate Client survey assessment.

Human Resources

• Provide leadership and proper communication.
• Performance contracting and appraisals, develop KPIs in line with strategic objectives and strategic programmes.
•  Mentoring and coaching, training development, facilitation

Project Management

•  Project administration and record keeping.
• Allocation of resources – people and instrumentation.
• Monitoring of expenditure against budget to contain costs.
• Monitoring milestones against promised deliverables to ensure turnaround time met.
•  Ensuring quality of technical outputs.
• Ensure revenue realized for work executed.

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum: MSc Chemistry/ Science
• Ideal: PhD in Chemistry

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum experience: 8-10 years’ experience in the analytical chemistry field which is directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Ideal: 12 years’ experience.
• Experience in applying knowledge of analytical chemistry to solve problems related to 
  the mining and metallurgical industry.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Fundamentals of analytical chemistry.
• Knowledge of Platinum group metals analysis.

Interpretation of analytical data from various sources of instrumentation, including, but not limited to:

• Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy
• Inductively Coupled Plasma –Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• Liaise with various stakeholders to show value of analytical chemistry in project outcomes for the mining and metallurgical industry, thereby bringing work to the division.
• Propose and execute research to develop new applications, methods and solutions to problems in the mining and metallurgical industry, through application of analytical and environmental chemistry principles.
• Experience and knowledge of laboratory operating under ISO 17025 accreditation.
• Experience in writing technical report.
• Must have experience in managing a sustainable analytical facility.
• Must have a track record of operational management and execution at a business unit 
  level.

COMPETENCY REQUIRED

• Effective communication skills –verbal and written
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail
• People and instrument management and teamwork
• Strategic leadership to set vision for group and deliver on organisational mandate
• Conflict resolution
• Client and Quality data/results orientated
• Financial management