Senior Foreman Batch Plant at De Beers Group

Job Description
Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Occupational Health and Safety Act, Site specific Induction and Legal responsibilities
• Accountable for all concrete and shotcrete production, associated logistics and quality aspects.
• Accountable for all SHE requirements associated with the operation and maintenance of the batch plant, which includes RAs, Method statements, SLAMS, Environmental and associated audits are being done
• Interact with all interested and affected parties
• Prepare and issue all reports regarding performance, quality and costing
• Attend all meeting outside the batching plant with management
• Stand in for the batch plant supervisors during disruptions or absenteeism
• Review annual, monthly, fortnightly, weekly and daily targets
• Manage the Batching Plant Logistics Co-ordinator’s scheduling to ensure that every client’s (concrete user) request for concrete is correctly programmed and itemised to ensure that concrete batching operation is as efficient and harmonious as it can be.
• Review with the 2 senior supervisors, the day and night shift targets and overlapping if continuous operation like slides are required
• Ensure orders are placed by the senior supervisors and help chase up deliveries from the suppliers of Aggregates, cements, admixture, fibre deliveries etc and manage relationships
• Overview the quality control in respect of mechanical / electronic equipment e.g. scales and check that daily measurement checks are done
• Overview that all maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment (batching plant, FEL, Spinner and Agicars) is up to date
• Overview that all material stocks are being checked and recorded (silo and bin) on a daily basis

Qualifications
Education required:

• Grade 12 / N3 / Equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification
• Valid EB/Code 8 Drivers License
• Civil Diploma or similar (e.g. Diploma in Concrete Technology)
• Medical Certificate of Fitness to work underground
• Computer Literacy

Experience & knowledge required:

• Minimum of 5 Years experience required as a Senior Foreman Batch Plant
• Sound knowledge and experience of:
• Understanding of working on a mine
• Surface & Underground Supply of ready-mix concrete
• Understanding of shotcrete and fibrecrete
• Underground condition
• Concrete and its components
• HSE risks of working with concrete
• Management of staff
• Preparation of financial and technical records
• Basic understanding of mechanical equipment
• Basic understanding of electrical equipment
• Basic understanding of electronic equipment
• Good understanding of working with computers
• Good understanding of costing and cost allocation

Other requirements:

• Experienced Team player
• Good communicator
• Resourceful
• Hardworking
• Good manager