Supervisor: Gardening & Cleaning ( 2) - Koedoespoort at Transnet

Position Purpose:

• Provide operation direction to the Exterior Cleaning, Gardening and Vegetation Management teams in the plant and surrounding depots.
• Ensure effective management and maintenance of the plant premises and ensure all external areas are sound, safe, and tidy aesthetically pleasing and they present a safe environment. This will involve ensuring that the facilities and infrastructure promote conducive working environment enabling the employees to work safely and be productive.
• To ensure that all required machinery to perform these tasks is in a safe and reliable condition and the staff is properly trained to execute their duties and to safely operate the machines.
• Ensure consistency within the Centre and Corridor in adhering to the provided Service Specifications and maintaining uniformity within all Transnet Engineering sites.

Position outputs:

• Read and be able to understand and interpret the Service Specification for Cleaning, gardening, and vegetation management within TE.
• Plan and ensure the effective implementation of the Service Specification and ensure that the requirements are met within the required budget, time, and quality requirements.
• Develop a roster for the teams to rotate efficiently between the assigned areas.
• Do some calculations on the required monthly consumables such as petrol, diesel, nylon tread, etc and put some measures to avoid wastage by the team.
• Plan services for the machines and stagger them so that not all machines are away at the same time.
• Lead and direct the team responsible for exterior cleaning, gardening, and vegetation control so that they are motivated and have access to the required resources in order to meet the objectives set for them.
• Conduct some safety awareness talks during the morning meetings and encourage team members to participate in safety discussions and training.
• Arrange with the Plant SHE department to provide appropriate training to the team on a continuous basis.
• Encourage the team to come up with some innovations and cost saving initiatives, e.g., on water usage for irrigation and fuel saving for the machines.
• Order and provide all protective clothing for the employees and ensure that no employee works without proper PPE.
• Develop a good working relationship with the Managers of the different sites/depots and communicate well to understand any challenges related to your expected deliverables.
• Create a roster for the days to drive to visit the different depots under your responsibility.
• Arrange with Supply Chain to have contracts with the service providers for the machine repairs during breakdowns to improve the turnaround time.
• Ensure that there is enough budget to cover operations and discuss all budgetary requirements with the Asset Manager.
• Manage the leave days for the employees and not approve leave when there is not enough resources to execute the work.
• Manage the performance of the individual employees and provide coaching when necessary.
• Monitor skills development and drive the values and behaviours required to create a positive and motivational culture.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Grade 10 (NQF 2)
• Experience/Qualification in Horticulture will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Supervisor in a Maintenance/Construction or Facilities Management Environment

Competencies:

Skills:

• Decision making
• Analyzing
• Relationship Management
• Leadership skills

Attitude:

• Inspirational Leadership
• Learning and Applying Expertise
• Resilience
• Vigour & Personal Drive
• Emotional Intelligence

Knowledge:

• Business Performance and Delivery
• Leading Governance
• Safety Practice
• Risk Management