Supervisor Electrical at Anglo American

Job Description:

As our Supervisor Electrical Day your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Safety, Health, and Environment

• Prioritise safety and health in all team interactions and lead by example to achieve zero harm and prevent fatalities.
• Lead by example, fostering a safety-first culture.
• Encourage open reporting of unsafe behaviours without fear of reprisal.

Identify and address risks in the workplace using discipline-specific plans and operational risk management systems.

• Use operational risk management systems.
• Monitor critical control performance and integrate it into daily work practices.
• Establish and maintain Safety and Health systems within the work area.
• Evaluate safety leadership skills in direct reports.
• Ensure team members are fit for duty and address issues as needed.
• Conduct physical safety checks and provide coaching.
• Gather data for safety reports and KPIs.
• Report and rectify deficiencies.
• Conduct regular safety audits to ensure compliance and address any issues.
• Active participation in SLAMs, HPHs, relevant Risk Assessments and close-out of Safet Actions.

Performance and Delivery

Business Performance Targets:

• Provide input to performance review reports as required on a daily/weekly basis and comply with data quality standards.
• Participate in and execute basic RCAs to determine non-compliance with performance targets (specifically for equipment failures). Deliver solutions to non-compliance and monitor their performance.
• Provide accurate inputs to the forecasting process.
• Present area-related and global targets to the team.
• Participate in the review and development of the Service Strategies and monitor the measures to verify their delivery.

Maintenance Planning:

• Ensure that an electrical maintenance plan exists for every piece of equipment and that maintenance is done according to standards or the prescribed maintenance policy.
• Comply with all requirements set out by AAOM and E&M best practice guidelines related to Planning.

Maintenance Scheduling:

• Implement and manage maintenance schedules while knowing production targets to ensure minimal interruption.
• Preventive maintenance is carried out according to schedule, equipment failure is minimal, and availability is maintained within the set targets.
• Comply with all work requirements set out by the AAOM and E&M best practice guidelines relating to Maintenance Scheduling).

Maintenance Execution:

• Comply with all execution requirements set out by the AAOM and E&M best practice guidelines, ensuring adherence to standards and procedures.
• Participate in at least four planned weekly task observations as part of in-field quality assurance verification to uphold operational excellence.
• Manage the electrical maintenance or repair of equipment, machines, vehicles, processes, and tools to ensure maximum availability and consistently meet required quality standards.
• Identify improvement opportunities, implement feasible solutions, and maintain newly established performance standards for continuous enhancement.
• Proactively provide advice to prevent potential problems and address components causing excessive downtime with permanent solutions.
• Report on completed electrical maintenance requirements and trends, maintaining a comprehensive overview.
• Ensure authorised staff maintain all electrical maintenance, upholding safety and procedural protocols.
• Provide technical knowledge and guidance to team members for daily problem-solving and skill development.
• Contribute input on Equipment and Components PMECA for strategic planning and improvement initiatives.
• Execute activities to meet the plan and collaborate with Maintenance and Supply Chain to define the SLA requirements.
• Comply with the Asset Management policy and system requirements for effective asset handling and optimisation.
• Utilise provided systems to monitor and manage expenditures efficiently.
• Execute inspection strategy and coordinate activities related to asset integrity in the designated area, ensuring compliance with established standards.

Engineering & Maintenance Measures and Control:

• Execute daily data validation and reconciliation requirements, diligently closing out work orders and capturing accurately coded and reported data within an appropriate timeframe.
• Participate in the Continuous Improvement plans and engage in RCAs to manage Defect Elimination.

Tools, Facilities, Workshops:

• Execute housekeeping as required and conduct workplace inspections to ensure electrical maintenance is performed as planned and to standard.

Contractor Management:

• Comply with contractor management standards and procedures and monitor contractor performance based on defined KPIs.

Sustainability and Social:

• Execute the delivery of the sustainability activities relevant to the discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time.
• Deliver a Sustainable Mining Plan execution relevant to the discipline.
• Comply with environmental and social requirements as relevant to the discipline.
• Utilise environmental and social risk mitigation techniques relevant to the discipline specified in the asset risk management approach.

People and Teams:

• Lead by example and support a purpose-driven, high-performance culture based on company values, inclusion, and diversity principles.
• Foster team member development through coaching while maintaining the right skills mix within the team through developing and executing Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for all team members.

Compliance:

• Ensure that all local compliance requirements are met as a baseline for site performance.
• Follow all relevant Anglo American compliance standards related to Engineering and ensure team compliance.
• Abide by all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures while acting at the next higher level when required.

This role is in the Engineering & Maintenance (E&M) department on a band 7.8 (C4) level reporting to the General Engineering Supervisor DSO.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 Certificate/N3 Technical
• Higher National Vocational Certificate (Electrical Engineering field) on NQF5
• Trade Certificate (Electrical Engineering discipline)
• MV/HV Switching Authorisation Certificate
• Legal Liability
• A2 Safety Certificate
• SA Drivers Licence
• VSD training & experience will be advantageous (preferred)

Technical Knowledge

• Knowledge of electrical engineering and maintenance processes within the scope of the role gained through 5 years of experience.
• Relevant operational drawing/design experience (mining industry preferred).
• Budget management and cost control.
• Documentation, sign-off and approval processes.
• Risk management techniques and critical controls.
• Leadership tools for implementing a culture of purpose-led, highperformance and change.
• Safety, health, and environment, legislative, statutory, and regulatory.

Closing Date:

• 04 December, 2025