Mechanical Supervisor Trackless (Steelpoort) at Samancor Chrome

Description
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• To continuously improve the Asset Capability Assurance process in a safe manner through Root Cause Failure Analysis on high frequency and high-cost breakdowns and analysing maintenance performance.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

Balanced Scorecard Pillars, Roles and Responsibilities:
SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY 
Manage Risks:

• Ensure the legislated safety, health and environmental standards are maintained 
• Perform on-site Risk Assessments with internal & external resources
• Verify equipment registers are updated
• File hard copies of Statutory and ISO work orders
• TECO Statutory & ISO work orders

PEOPLE

Supervise the Team:

• Ensure an enabling climate/culture
• Maintain labour stability by minimizing labour turnover
• 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
• Ensure manual notifications are filled in.

CUSTOMERS

• Mobilise resources to attend to plant stoppages as quickly and safely as possible
• Provide constant feedback to the plant production personnel with regard to the progress of any maintenance work on the plant
• Align the maintenance effort with plant production priorities
• Proactively seek ways of improving equipment reliability, planned maintenance and physical maintenance.

BUSINESS PROCESSES

Maintenance Support:

• Initiate and Review task list reviews
• Develop maintenance plans (frequencies, maintainable items)
• Initiate plan review and review maintenance plans

Maintenance Data Analysis:

• Perform Pareto analyses, correlation analyses and report top 5 chronic losses
• Interview production personnel w.r.t. trips and artisans w.r.t. repetitive trips

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

Work Analysis:

• Monitor and ensure strict adherence to maintenance work management principles (percent planned work, adherence to schedule, number of breakdowns, number of proactive requests) to obtain maximu plant availability at minimum maintenance cost per unit produced.
• Good team player and goal oriented.

Contractor Management:

• Optimise manning plan through the use 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 (Complete SAS); (Complete SES)

Rotables Management:

• Decide whether item can be repaired based on initial visual inspection
• Complete all fields on the "Damage" tag on the return item to rotable store 
• TECO original PM01 order and complete notification 
• Maintain Scope of Work data base (Specifications, Quality Plan, Witness points)

SHAREHOLDER VALUE

• Monitor Work Centre Maintenance Budget 
• Control Maintenance Costs

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant Engineering Diploma or Higher Certificate/N3 
• Relevant trade certificate – Section 13 or 26d (Auto Electrical or Diesel Mechanic)
• Working knowledge of TMM machinery