Senior Foreman Mechanical Surface at Anglo American

Our Platinum business mines, processes and refines the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. We are the world’s leading primary producer of PGMs, which have a range of specialised applications that improve lives across the world – from vehicle fuel cells to jewellery; dentistry to glassmaking; pacemakers to petroleum refining.

Job Description

• As a Senior Foreman Mechanical Surface, you will coordinate special projects and shutdowns within the conveyor belt area of responsibility as well as manage PM compliance and prioritise duties towards maintenance of equipment and services.

Key responsibilities for this role:

• Plan and coordinated daily, weekly, and monthly requirements and priorities with operational team (all planned and related work and shutdowns) on the concentrator conveyor belt section
• Liaise and communicate effectively with other Foreman/ Supervisors/departments
• Monitoring and over inspect plant and equipment, specifically conveyor belt installations, including condition monitoring
• Control SHEQ and report regularly on costs, targets, actuals, objectives
• Standby duties

This role is in the Engineering department at a D1 level and reports into the Section Engineer.
Qualifications

• Boilermaker/Fitter Trade
• Certified Competent 2.9.2
• Grade 12/N3
• Engineering Foreman Certificate as per Anglo – for internal employees

Please ensure that you attach all certificates on application.
Experience:

• +2 years’ experience as a Foreman
• 2 years’ Conveyor Belt experience – belt installation and maintenance including all idlers, pulleys and belts

Additional requirements:

• Valid driving license Code 08
• Good command of the English language (spoken, written and reading)
• Computer literate – MS Office full suite
• Good analytical and decision-making skills
• It is advantageous to be conversant with SAP and its uses within maintenance planning and budgeting