PURPOSE
The role of the superintendent is to perform a technical and supervision of a tailings projects, ensuring the setting out of the site, applying relevant designs and plans, resources management, project progress monitoring, as well as liaising with sub-contractors and clients.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business / Functional Management
- Ensure operational execution aligns to production outputs .
- Efficient operations project execution.
Financial, Commercial and Contract Management
- Manage, control and monitor the cost, materials and equipment, and implement cost-effective measures.
- Effectively manage the contract in line with commercial parameters.
- Manage all contractual and commercial commitment in line with budget.
Risk Management, Compliance and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibility
- Implement and monitor company’s ESG mandate and social responsibility and legislative compliance.
- Stakeholder Management (internal and external)
- Promote ongoing communication with client representatives including Resident Engineerand other key internal mine stakeholders to foster good relations, through appropriate forums and interfaces.
- Manage key interfaces with client contractors, operations and local communities.
Operations and Project Management
- Responsible for operational execution of all work, through teams of employees and subcontractors.
- Produce and monitor weekly and monthly programmes for job or sections of the job
- Compile daily diaries and work schedules.
- Prepare short-term daily programmes including resources and allowable.
Manage Operating System and Reporting
- Put appropriate controls in place at point of execution, to inform management, and to take corrective action immediately if there are deviations to plan.
- Ensure accuracy and complete data for reporting.
Technical Management
- Set and adhere to technical standards and work methods.
SHEQ Management.
- Oversee the implementation of the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality plans and compliance.
- Execute zero harm mandate.
People Management
- Lead, and manage project execution teams.
- Support, guide and coach teams.
Culture and Climate
- Build a culture of continuous improvement for the duration of the project.
- Align with client culture requirements as agreed with project management team, to enhance the client relationship.
- Drive Division’s employee value proposition and decent work principles.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
- National Diploma in Civil Engineering.
- BTech in Civil Engineering/ or BSc Degree in Civil Engineering.
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum two years’ experience working in a tailing’s management environment.
- Ideally two years’ production supervision capacity.
SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
- Solid knowledge of mining, production and tailings industry.
- Knowledge of national legislation, standards and bylaws applicable to tailings environment.
- Technical and operational skills.
- Solid knowledge of methods and practices of deposition / remining / water / load and haul
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent commercial astuteness.
- Analytical skills.
- Customer relations skills.
- Project management.