Superintendent: Furnaces (Pyro-metallurgy) at Rio Tinto

Reporting to the Manager: CPA and Smelter, your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain safe operational and engineering standards and continuously review specifications and schedules.
• Ensure equipment integrity is maintained according to safety standards.
• Maintain NOSA, MBO system, RT safety standards, Occupational health, safety and environment registers, ISO 14000; 9000 and 18001 systems.
• Manage and control quality of all raw materials and products.
• Conduct timeous investigation incidents and ensure adequate remedial action is implemented.
• Supervise and control the activities, standards of performance and behaviour of designated staff.
• Ensure training, development and succession of designated subordinate staff within section.
• Optimize plant performance and resource utilization.
• Ensure effective support from Process Metallurgy and all other service departments toward enhancing business processes.
• Prepare and control the section’s annual CAPEX plan by forecasting operational requirements and monitoring / driving progress on a monthly basis.
• Execute and drive the “Visible felt” leadership program by coaching and observing people on the job

What you’ll bring

•  Degree in Metallurgy / Chemical Engineering / Engineering
• Supervisory / Management qualification (tertiary) would be advantageous.
• South African driver’s License
• SAMTRAC training would be advantageous.
• 5 years production / process / engineering experience, of which 3 years must be within a supervisory capacity within a large industrial environment.
• Experience with iron, steelmaking and/or hot metal processes within a large industrial / heavy industry environment would be advantageous.
• In-depth knowledge of pyro-metallurgy, gas and water treatment techniques.
• Maintenance experience – exposure to basic mechanical, electrical and instrumentation principles