Maintenance Supervisor Mechanical (Steelpoort) at Samancor Chrome

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• To supervise the safe operation and maintenance of the underground mine and surface facilities at the mine to ensure high availability of equipment and high-quality workmanship of artisans and contractors. Will be required to manage projects and contractors to establish the new mine.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, RISK, QUALITY AND COMMUNITY:

• Ensure SHEQ compliance within the Team through effective use of the SHEQ Toolbox
• Utilise the Information Management System (IMS) to initiate, investigate and report SHEQ status

PEOPLE
Supervise the Team:

• Ensure an enabling climate/culture
• Maintain labour stability by minimising labour turnover
• Manage labour complement in line with budget 
• Manage performance against set targets and competencies
• Ensure IDP’s are linked to performance results and implemented as per plan
• Conduct career discussions and implement actions with all identified talent (quarterly). Ensure discipline is maintained (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
• Coach and counsel people to ensure improved performance levels
• Conduct recruitment interviews

CUSTOMERS

• Mobilise resources to safely attend to any breakdowns which may cause plant downtime.
• Provide constant feedback to the mine and plant engineering personnel w.r.t. the progress of any breakdown work on the mine
• Align the construction effort with production priorities

BUSINESS PROCESSES

• Unplanned Interventions:
• Prioritise breakdown and authorize work
• Arrange resources
• Assess risks related to unplanned jobs
• Manage schedule to resource unplanned work
• Verify complete administration of unplanned work

Maintenance Support:

• Review task lists
• Provide resource & equipment information 

Solve problems and implement solutions:

• Initiate root cause failure analysis
• Provide feedback on pro-active identification of problem to originator
• Record issues surrounding problems
• Assure sustainability of solutions

Schedule Preparation:

• Assess notification details and scope of work to ensure the scope of work meets the required standard
• Review Bill of Quantities
• Prioritise Jobs 
• Provide Resource Availability to the Maintenance Practitioner (Planner)

Work execution:

• Reallocate resources and postpone jobs if necessary
• Manage materials if work order is postponed
• Ensure quality of work completed
• Support the Maintenance Practitioner (Planner) to technically complete works orders on a routine basis

Work Analysis:

• Monitor and ensure strict adherence to maintenance work, management principles (planned work, adherence to schedule, number of breakdowns, number of proactive requests) to obtain maximum availability at minimum maintenance cost per unit produced

Contractor Management:

• Optimise manning plan through the use of internal or contractor artisans for unplanned work
• Create SES for unplanned work
• Manage contractor activities on site
• Physically accept and document acceptance of work 
• Verify quantities involved in contractor work
• Record contractor non-conformance
• Sign invoice, timesheet or pro-forma invoice

Rotables Management:

• Decide whether item can be repaired based on initial visual inspection
• Complete all fields on the "Damage" tag and return item to rotable store 

SHAREHOLDER VALUE

• Monitor Work Centre Maintenance Budget 
• Control Maintenance Costs

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

Minimum qualifications:

• Grade 12/N3 Certificate 
• Relevant Section13/26D Trade Certificate (mechanical or electrical)

Additional Qualifications:

• Supervisor training certificate 
• MV Switching

Required experience:

• Preferably 5 years Supervisory experience.
• Legal appointment 5 years’ experience
• Relevant experience on maintenance of underground operations and surface facilities at the mine:
• Conveyors, chairlifts, Pumps, underground Trackless machines, Surface Mobile Equipment, Lifting Machines.
• MV, LV and Domestic Electrical Reticulation, Switch Gear, Capacitor Banks.
• Compressors.
• 5 years Project and construction experience of mining related facilities, chairlifts, conveyors, UG dams, buildings etc

Closing date:

• 29 May 2025