Mechanical Technologist at Anglo American

Job Description:
As our Mechanical Technologistyour responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Safety, Health, and Environment
• Consistently apply safety and health principles in all site interactions within and beyond own area of work
• Identify specific risks within the working area and adhere to discipline-specific plans/systems to avoid these risks.
• Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations and address issues to demonstrate safety leadership.
• Promote good housekeeping to ensure compliance and an environment where employees can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.
• Active participation in VFLs, Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
• Performance and Delivery
• Asset Integrity & Performance Risks:
• Proactively manage asset integrity and performance risks, identify potential issues, and implement practical solutions.
• Business Performance Targets:
• Conduct weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reviews, reporting findings to the relevant managers.
• Investigate or assign root cause analysis (RCA) to determine the causes of non-compliance in business performance targets and implement action plans for overcoming issues.
• Create realistic forecasts based on continuous improvement, ensuring visibility of targets to the team.
• Equipment Maintenance (Support):
• Maintain equipment, machines, processes, and tools to ensure maximum availability and achieve quality standards.
• The Work: Key Outputs and Accountabilities
• Plan, implement, and manage maintenance schedules with consideration for production targets, minimising production interruptions.
• Identify improvement opportunities, implement feasible changes, and maintain new performance standards.
• Ensure compliance with system and administrative requirements, reporting accordingly.
• Daily, Weekly, Monthly Task Execution:
• Daily Tasks:
• Report daily schedule progress, previous day's performance, risks, and urgent work.
• Review daily output, schedule, and task compliance.
• Communicate management instructions, address safety and plant deviations, and approve/cancel SAP notifications within 24 hours.
• Monitor daily schedule compliance, escalating risks per procedures.
• Maintain daily communication with subordinates, ensuring timely return of completed work orders and providing feedback on execution performance.
• Weekly Tasks:
• Address weekly schedule compliance and deviations.
• Sign off on work orders, hand them over to the Supervisor following Operating Model procedures and participate in formal weekly schedule review meetings.
• Report risks and deviations, monitor cost control in the Task Status Report (TSR), and review work order planning.
• Monthly Tasks:
• Ensure thorough pre-planning, following procedures, and addressing safety, health, and managerial instructions.
• Conduct contractors' meetings for those working in the section.
• Support standards committee procedures and revisions and keep training and induction needs current.
• Review KPIs and Routine Operating Schedule, monitor month-end cost expenditure, and perform monthly compliance comparisons for improvement.
• Compliance:
• Comply with all the Anglo American E&M Framework requirements and best practice guidelines.
• This role is in Engineering & Maintenance (E&M) department on a band 6.10 level reporting to the Specialist Reliability & Asset Health Monitoring

Qualifications:

• Relevant National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, on NQF6
• SA Drivers Licence

Technical Knowledge

• Understand Mechanical Maintenance, Reliability, and Diagnostics principles with 3-5 years of experience.
• Familiarity with global automation concepts (Advantageous).
• Knowledge of global and mining equipment automation.
• Awareness of key value drivers within the discipline's value chain and interdependence of critical levers.
• Familiarity with classifying operational processes according to the Operating Model, focusing on Work Management.
• Knowledge of new technologies and their impact on operational activities within the scope of the role.
• Awareness of business improvement tools and techniques.
• Understand business acumen and commercial drivers of site performance.
• Knowledge of basic financial metrics & budgeting tools.
• Familiarity with risk management techniques and critical controls.
• Understand project management fundamentals.
• Awareness of safety, health and environment, legislative, statutory, and regulatory requirements, specifically the MHSA.