Supervisor - Kathu at Anglo American

Purpose

Supervise a team to safely conduct repair or maintenance activities for equipment, vehicles, or machinery, consistent with agreed performance standards and in line with the operating master schedule of the broader operation/site.

Your duties will include:

• 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 Safety Actions.
• 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 the performance of the solutions.
• 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.
• Ensure that a 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.
• Implement and manage maintenance schedules while knowing production targets to ensure minimal interruption.
• Preventative maintenance is carried out according to schedule, equipment failure is kept to a minimum, 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.
• 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 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 maintenance requirements and trends, maintaining a comprehensive overview.
• Ensure authorised staff maintains all 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.
• Utilize 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.
• 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.
• Execute housekeeping as required and conduct workplace inspections to ensure maintenance is performed as planned and to standard.
• Comply with contractor management standards and procedures and monitor contractor performance based on defined KPIs.
• 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 Sustainable Mining Plan execution relevant to the discipline.
• Comply with environmental and social requirements as relevant to the discipline.
• Utilize environmental and social risk mitigation techniques relevant to the discipline specified in the asset risk management approach.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 Certificate
• Trade Test (Mechanical Engineering discipline)
• N4 Qualification (Engineering field) or equivalent
• SA Drivers license

Technical Knowledge

• Knowledge of engineering and maintenance processes within the scope of the role.
• 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, high-performance, and change.
• Safety, health, and environment, legislative, statutory, and regulatory.