Supervisor - Initiating Systems Lab at Omnia (Pty) LTD

About the Job

Overview

Key Dimensions:

Role impacts:

• Productivity
• Safety
• Customer and supplier relationships
• Quality

Key Relationship:

• Management Team
• Customers
• Support Teams
• Operations
• Production
• SHERQ
• Any other stakeholder as may be deemed important and relevant from time to time

Qualifications

• A B. Tech or B.Sc. in a technical field such as chemistry (organic, physical, polymers), physics, statistics or mathematics.

Advantageous:

• Project Management

Experience

• 5 years previous experience in the explosives industry and knowledge of initiating systems.
• 3 years demonstrated understanding and ability to maintain the smooth running of a Quality Control or Initiating System test laboratory.

Advantageous:

• Experience in Explosives manufacturing

Duties

Effective evaluation of test results:

•  To enable BME to make informed sourcing and operational decisions or to take appropriate corrective actions in case of deviations.

Optimize fit for purpose initiating systems:

•  Through development and continuous improvement interventions within own teams as well as in collaboration with third party manufacturers.

Maintaining the IS Lab:

•  Identifying information needs and problems; recommending improvements; establishing priorities; testing; writing user manuals; training employees; maintaining security and confidentiality.

Responsible for implementing new programs:

• Through conducting tests, developing new methods, instrumentation, and procedures by investigating alternatives; preparing proposals; developing and performing parallel testing; monitoring progress.

Enabled and compliant plant delivery:

•  Ensure that the resources allocated (people, process and material) are optimally utilized as expected to meet their daily/weekly targets.
•  Optimize the Lab performance by recruiting qualified, well trained and experienced resources within agreed budget parameters.
• Plan, organize and enable the Lab team to ensure that all required skills and tools/other resources are available as and when required in order to meet the target/schedule.
•  To ensure that the training plans are implemented and managed for all team members in line with the plant’s day to day deliverables.
• Ensure compliance to all legal and other safety procedures and processes as prescribed to minimize risks

Job Competencies

• Computer literate with advanced excel skills, quality systems and quality tools. (E)
• Sound knowledge of statistical techniques and data processing. (E)
• Excellent technical and analytical skills. (D)
• Collection, analysis and interpretation of data. (E)
• Decision-making. (E)
• Attention to detail. (E)
• Self-driven. (D)
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, total quality management (D)