Senior Bulk Material Handling Site Supervisor at GIBB Engineering and Architecture

Key Responsibilities

• Health & Safety: Provide active and visible support to the HSE team in enforcing project HSE requirements, Sasol standards, permit-to-work requirements and safe construction practices.
• Contractor Management: Supervise and coordinate Mechanical and BMH contractors to ensure compliance with contract requirements, approved drawings, specifications, quality standards and construction schedules.
• Mechanical Construction Supervision: Monitor and supervise the installation of conveyors, transfer towers, transfer chutes, bunker interfaces, steel structures, platework, bins, hoppers and associated mechanical equipment.
• Equipment Installation: Supervise the installation and alignment of conveyors, pulleys, idlers, drives, take-up units, gearboxes, motors, belt cleaners and ancillary equipment.
• Materials Handling Systems: Ensure all bulk materials handling systems are installed in accordance with approved design requirements and OEM recommendations.
• Interface Management: Coordinate construction activities between Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Control & Instrumentation contractors.
• Quality Management: Support the Quality Manager in implementing quality control processes, inspections and compliance with approved Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs).
• Progress Monitoring: Support the Project Planner and Construction Manager with progress measurements, productivity assessments and schedule monitoring.
• Reporting: Prepare daily, weekly and monthly construction progress reports and provide updates to the Construction Manager and Project Management Team.
• Commercial Support: Assist with quantity verification, progress measurements and contractor payment assessments.
• Document Management: Assist the Document Controller with site-generated documentation, redline mark-ups, quality records, inspection records and handover dossiers.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Maintain proactive engagement with Sasol representatives, contractors, OEMs, suppliers and internal project stakeholders.
• Risk Management: Identify and communicate construction risks, safety concerns, quality issues and potential schedule impacts.
• Commissioning Support: Support pre-commissioning, dry commissioning, load commissioning, performance testing and final handover activities.

Requirements

Job Requirements:

Qualifications

• National Diploma, BTech, BSc or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management or related field.
• Trade Qualification as Fitter, Millwright or Mechanical Artisan will be advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years' experience in Mechanical or Bulk Material Handling construction supervision.
• Minimum 5 years' experience on mining, bulk materials handling, conveyor systems, mineral processing plants or heavy industrial projects.
• Proven experience supervising conveyor installations and associated materials handling infrastructure.
• Experience working within operating mining or industrial facilities will be advantageous.
• Experience working under EPCM project execution models will be advantageous.