Jnr Operations Foreman at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    
Role impacts:

• Legal Compliance
• Stock Control
• Quality assurance
• Resource planning
• Stakeholder satisfaction (internal & external customers)

Key Relationships:

• Senior Management/Management/Country Managers
• Customers
• Support Teams
• Operations
• Any other stakeholder as may be deemed important and relevant from time to time

Qualifications    

• Grade 12
• Blasting Ticket (mandatory)

Advantageous Qualification/ Professional Memberships:

• Ms Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email)
• Blasting Assistant Certificate MQA
• Competent A Certificate – MQA

Experience    

• 5 years’ demonstrated experience as Truck Operator or Blaster (including surface mining, blasting, blast reports, seismograph)
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in supervising employees
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in responsibility for managing costs

Duties    

• Works closely with internal and external customers in order to assess needs and plan operations accordingly.
• Plans and organises the availability to resources, in order to meet customer’s requests.
• Ensures that the assets of the company are protected from theft and damage.
• Responsible for the operation rollers, bending press and Guillotine.
• Organises, schedules and coordinates building off explosives truck tanks in order to facilitate the smooth, timeous flow of deliveries.
• Administers stocks and continuous stock availability by ensuring that paperwork such as store stock are up to date and reconciled.
• Ensures that all administration, documents, storage of information are kept according to BME standards.
• Provides inputs into the annual budgeting process in line with the objectives of the department.
• Identifies cost saving initiatives while balancing customer requirements.
• Ensures that the necessary incident investigations take place.
• Ensures that required staff training is up to date.
• Ensures that the impact of production processes on environment are understood by staff and appropriately monitored.
• Ensures that suitable employees are recruited.
• Plans daily/ weekly/ monthly scheduling of work/shift allocations.
• Ensures induction for new staff members.
• Ensures that all staff are given the required training in accordance with work requirements.

Job Related Skills:

• Ensures that systems, processes and procedures are in place and managed to ensure timely maintenance is performed on equipment and vehicles.
• Plans, coordinates and schedules maintenance
• Ensures that regular inspections are conducted on Boiler shop equipment
• Implements controls and does inspections to assess correct usage of PPE or equipment and to take the necessary actions
• Implements controls to ensure that maintenance and repair work has been satisfactorily conducted

Job Competencies    

• Business Acumen
• Conflict Management
• Customer Focus
• Timely Decision Making
• Functional Technical Skills
• Developing Direct Reports and Others
• Innovation Management
• Meeting Deadlines
• Motivating Others
• Problem Solving
• Drive for Results

Closing Date    
2023/06/06