Manager Operations at Gold Fields Limited

• The Manager Operations is accountable for leading the mining operation with a core focus on full-cycle planning, scheduling and production delivery.  The incumbent is required to enable and manage all operational dynamics between the technical, commercial, and social aspects of the operational system. This includes translating strategy into operational delivery plans, discerning operational trends and designing, constructing and optimising the mining value chain.  The role is further required to lead the continuous enhancement of safety standards, to optimise operational planning, scheduling and execution and, to initiate and lead various operational enhancement projects.

Minimum Requirements:

• Matriculated or Equivalent with a Bachelor’s / Honours degree in Mining or Equivalent
• Mine Managers Certificate of Competency
• Proven track record of extensive practical experience in a deep level trackless mine
• Demonstrated experience in leading large and diverse teams toward sustained high performance
• Demonstrated understanding and application of technical career development and knowledge transfer / best practice sharing
• Proven ability to apply a systematic, knowledge-based problem-solving approach and structured methodologies (such as root cause analysis and statistical analysis) to investigate risks and opportunities to create effective, value-add technical solutions
• Track record of successful liaison at senior levels with suppliers, regulatory bodies, community stakeholders, research institutions and industry associations
• Secure full Gold Fields Security and Related Occupational Screening and be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the Gold Fields Occupational Health Centre and pass a Heat Tolerance Screening test, and such other tests as may be required to assess the applicant’s suitability for employment

Key Competencies:

• Advanced safety leadership capability and SHE delivery record
• Accomplished team and people leader
• Strong inter and intra-team collaboration skills i.e. engage in cross-functional teams to share best practice, ensuring technical excellence and sustainable commercial decisions.
• Advanced practical mining experience with sound appreciation for full mining operational value chain
• Established communicator with sound verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to cope with ambiguity with high personal resilience and change adaptability
• Established problem-solving skills with appreciation for business optimisation methodologies e.g., lean-six sigma, etc
• Understands the processes, working culture and challenges associated with the business

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate through active Purposeful Visible Felt Leadership and actively engagement/collaboration with own team and cross-functional teams to promote a culture of authentic safety leadership
• Participate in the development, refinement and enhancement of operational Safety, Health, Environment and Risk management standards to drive a pervasive culture of embedded self-accountability
• Participate in and lead operational Safety, Health, Environment and Risk management campaigns, incident management and investigations and, ensuring the collaborative formulation, implementation and monitoring of appropriate remediation actions
• Participate in and lead team resourcing, capability and talent management initiatives on an inter and intra-disciplinary basis while ensuring the collaborative determination of optimal team and individual contribution toward a sustained high performance operational environment
• Participate in and lead organisational culture transformation initiatives ensuring that all leaders actively demonstrate authentic values-based leadership practices to optimise the employee experience and create a working environment that unlocks our people’s potential
• Participate in and lead regular and ad hoc short, medium and long-term operational planning and scheduling sessions with a focus on actively identifying and collaboratively solving operational delivery and value chain optimisation challenges
• Actively engage with and lead teams to address daily operational performance and facilitate effective root cause analysis to address operational shortcomings and, develop remediation plans to overcome obstacles impacting effective delivery and sustained high performance
• Continuously analyse operational delivery trends and design and implement optimised production processes and systems to attain optimal and commercially sound resource utilisation
• Stay abreast of advances and developments in mining methodologies, techniques and technology to discern industry leading practices for adoption and application to enhance more efficient mine operational performance and business growth
• Manage stakeholder relationships with key internal, Business Partner and external stakeholders by ensuring broad accountability is maintained against operational delivery, service level, commercial, community and ethical standards and, resolve issues in a timely manner
• Develop, manage and monitor departmental capital and budget requirements to ensure achievement of agreed delivery, productivity and efficiency objectives