Head, Technical Services - Lephalale at Exxaro Resources

PURPOSE:  

• To optimize maintenance resources, to ensure equipment availability to meet production targets.
• To ensure conformance to applicable standards and procedures, while ensuring support to operations with software and field instrumentation.
• Provide assistance and guidance with the creation and implementation of new instrumentation techniques.

Minimum Requirements    

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B Tech Electrical Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
• BEng Electrical Engineering (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 5 years  Relevant experience in Technical process/ maintenance environment(Essential/Minimum) Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

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

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Business Performance and Continuous Improvement 
• Initiate continuous improvement initiatives leading to cost saving opportunities whilst keeping abreast of new developments and technology within specialist field
• Conduct research work in order to initiate process changes.
• Act as Business Improvement process champion by liaising with other development sections
• Conduct desktop and pre-feasibility studies toward improving process flow
• Ensure conformance to best instrumentation practices, through the implementation and adherence to good standards and procedures.
• Utilise the latest technology in the control and implementation of instrumentation
• Provide a high level of support for software and field instrumentation in all environments
• Develop and test new technologies
• Initiate personnel development areas, to keep up with technology chances in technical environment
• Liaise with other sections; manage projects and technology to enhance operations

Compliance, Governance and Assurance 

• Ensure all operations adhere and comply with corporate governance, statutory, legal and other requirements
• Adhere to Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), company-specific Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies, procedures and legislation
• Manage risk by assessing liabilities, reporting and monitoring standards, as well as attending to rehabilitation/environmental problems in line with Group standards
• Accept responsibility for Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality (SHERQ) by creating awareness and addressing all unsafe practices in a timeous manner
• Implement and maintain audit structure
• Assume all duties regarding 16.2 SHE legal appointment.
• generation, implementation, coordination, corrective actions and maintenance of all SHE activities namely Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRA's), Working procedure, Audits, safety training, inductions, investigations, etc.

Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management 

• Support core business by ensuring appropriate stakeholder relationships toward enhancing corporate profile
• Manage internal and external relations, including interface with external providers or other functions responsible to ensure that business needs are met
• Provide relevant and specialised project support to applicable stakeholders

Effective People Management 

• An optimised team is manned by staff which are motivated, empowered and led by sound performance management and transformational leadership practices
• Promote teamwork, provide support and manage performance by creating and maintaining individual development plans for subordinates
• Oversee recruitment and Human Resources (HR) related activities of reporting staff
• Perform fair and reasonable tasks related to job and working environment, at discretion of Manager (direct superior)