Workshop Foreman (Middleburg) at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    
Role impacts:

• Commercial sustainability of the division
• Procurement and planning
• Relevant commercial principles
• Pricing and contracts
• Tender processes
• Customer and supplier relationships

Key Relationships:

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

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Artisan (Trade tested) 

Advantageous Qualification:

• Project management

Experience    

• 3 years’ demonstrated experience as a Mechanic in a manufacturing or mining environment
• 2 years’ demonstrated experience in people management 

Duties    
Management Aspect:

• Prepare, supervise and control workshop activities, including the scheduling of work in the service department
• Liaise with customers and diagnose customer concerns with equipment prior to being booked in for service and/or repair 
• Ensure that Mechanics and Assistants are using their time effectively and efficiently 

Maintaining Customer Services:

• Ensuring the availability of resources, in order to meet customer’s requests 
• Ensure customers receive the best quality service by requiring that all jobs are completed correctly the first time
• Ensure all customer equipment/machinery is presented back to the customer in a clean and presentable standard
• Check and inspect that all tools are available and maintained in the correct place and that all equipment is in suitable working condition

Administration:

• Administers stocks and continuous stock availability by ensuring that paperwork such as store stock are up to date and reconciled
• Ensures that all administration, documents, storage of information are kept according to BME standards

Compliance:

• Performs investigations and conducts checks in the Workshop to ensure that risks are identified, and necessary risk management is conducted to eliminate or minimize threats to SHEQ
• Ensures that the staff working at the sites meets all the statutory, legal and BME SHERQ requirements
• Ensures all employees complies with Housekeeping duties

Job Competencies    

• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Critical Thinking
• Project management skills
• Quality management skills
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Numerical skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills
• Report-writing abilities
• Budgeting and business planning skills
• Proven fault finding and trouble shooting skills.

Closing Date    
2023/06/21