Operations Foreman (Undergorund) - Springs at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Matric
• Blasting Ticket

Advantageous:

• Advanced Blasting Course

Experience

• 3 years’ mining experience as a supervisor or Equivalent (preferably Underground)
• 3 years’ demonstrated knowledge of performing mechanical, hydraulic and electrical maintenance

Duties

Successful blasts according to requirements

• Responsible for ensuring that blasting takes place on time and in line with the customer’s request.
• This includes all the pre-blasting activities such as: (among other things)
• Preparation of the Emulsion Charging Unit,
• The planning of the blast,
• Blasting design,
• Preparation including measuring of holes, pumping, wiring, timing and stemming of holes,
• Testing and quality assurance of the product,
• Monthly report to BME management and mine including a blasting efficiencies report and cost analysis.
• Take actions to ensure cost/tonne targets are met.

Compliant with legal and company requirements

• Underground safety.
• Storage of accessories and products is in line with statutory prescriptions. Responsible for ensuring the security of stocks in storage areas in order to eliminate damage, theft and pilferage.
• Stocks stored with due consideration to all statutory and SHEQ prescriptions such as, for example, the separate storage of explosives and accessories.
• Correct and appropriate procedures followed with regard to loading/unloading of trucks and the movement of products into and out of storage areas.

Ensure that all the requirements of the OSH Act, and statutory prescriptions (at a minimum) are met on the site.

• Ensure staff working on the site meet all the statutory, legal and BME SHEQ requirements, standards, and prescriptions necessary for the performance of day-to-day activities on the site as well as preparing for and executing a detonation.
• This includes, among other things, the items on the Monthly Site
• Inspection Form as well as for underground blasting preparation and exec.

Enabled blasting operations and services

• Hands on guidance of employees to function optimally
• Inputs to Site Management budgeting process in line with site objectives
• Train and create an environment of knowledge transfer/ sharing with mine personnel.
• Responsible for ensuring the sound management of storage areas such as the silo and the magazines on site.

Prevented waste/eliminated cost

• Make sure the necessary controls are in place to monitor usage to eliminate unnecessary waste
• Responsible for exercising financial control by ensuring that expenditures on site are managed inside the allocated budget costs, are allocated to
• appropriate cost centres or cost codes, checking for errors or omissions, and making the necessary corrections.

Service clients

• Work closely with mine employees on the site and manage the relationships with them so that needs can be assessed, and sound service delivery can take place.
• Ensuring customer satisfaction on site.