Purpose of Job
- Ensure that Production and cost targets and budgets are met. Develop managerial leadership and promote a safety ethic through-out the shaft.
Key Accountabilities
Implements operational projects, ensures engineering compliance, develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in appointed area of responsibility.
- Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation
- Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees)
- SOP / COP implementation and adherence
Safe Production – Supervise / manage execution of engineering and maintenance strategies / plans that optimise sweating of assets and total cost of ownership.
- Maintenance cost growth vs PPI, R/t
- Downtime /shift (Infrastructure and in-section equipment)
- % delivery against OE initiatives
Safe Production – Tactically manage production operations and make appropriate adjustments to deliver agreed volumes at optimal productivity and cost in normal time.
- Rand per ton (R/t), Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift), Reserve utilisation %
- Volumes vs monthly TQF (Incl Quality) and vs annual budget, % ash, % fines
- Illima tons as % of budget, Stonework progress – metres (distance blasted per shift) or actual vs target, Pit room (incl flexibility horizontal drilling coverage)
SHE – Responsible for tactical plans to support strategy to strive towards best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain license to operate.
- SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings), % outstanding actions on findings
- Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR
- # incidents, dust overexposure, noise overexposure, water releases
Give inputs into annual budget including volume, capex and cost requirements and control cost to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
- Delivery against budget and reporting calendar vs target
- Working capital & cash position vs target, cash flow vs forecast
- Price and TCO performance vs index and benchmarks
Recruitment, training, coaching and career development
- Vacancy rates vs. Staff Establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD), AWOP, Successors for critical positions
- Key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%), Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets
- Training days for department, planned task observations
Operating Environment
- This position has a legal appointment and is accountable for managing the operational A63 solutions and governance within the area of appointment at a mine within a highly regulated industry
- Remote locations, Equiment and infrastructure are underground and may be located over a wide area, the availability must be managed to ensure production targets are met
- Complex interfaces with contractors and suppliers also exits
- Information from various sources needs to be analyzed, interpreted and integrated to make trade-off decisions in the best interest of the area of responsibility
Major Challenges/ Problem Solving
- Supporting the mine in delivering on safe production within the budgeted allowances for engineering maintenance , balancing production targets with maintenance practices
- Managing relationships between the mining and engineering departments
- Ensuring that the various sets of legal requirements and engineering principles are met with in the operational environment
- Influx of new technology that requires highly skilled workforce to manage the complexity
- The management of service providers operating in the area of responsibility, providing sufficient supervision
- The management of the procurement and supply side of the operational environment
Formal Experience
- B.Eng / B.Sc Eng / B.Tech in Mining Engineering
- Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competence for Coal Mining
Working Experience
- 9 years relevant underground coal mining experience
- At least 3 years supervisory experience
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