Current Opportunities at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

• To ensure effective and smooth operations within a specific geographical area. Coordinating activities, managing resources, and optimising processes to achieve organisational goals. Ultimately, the Area Manager is instrumental in ensuring that the company's operations run efficiently and contribute to the organisation’s overall success.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12
• Diploma (Mining or Mechanical or Engineering)
• Blasting Engineer related qualification
• Certificate in business/project management

Advantageous Requirements:

• Mine Overseers Tickets
• Advanced Blasting course
• Bachelor`s degree in business management or operations management

Experience    

• 5 years of experience managing multiple portfolio operations/sites within mining/resource environments
• 3 years demonstrated experience in business development in a mining/explosive environment
• 3 years demonstrated experience in people management
• 3 years demonstrated SHERQ management experience in mining/ explosive environments
• Blasting-related experience

Duties    

• Operational Performance: Ensuring that all sites within the designated area meet or exceed performance targets related to productivity, sales, customer satisfaction, and other key performance indicators
• Staff Management: Overseeing the recruitment, training, and development of staff members at site level, ensuring a skilled and motivated workforce
• Process Optimization: Identifying opportunities to streamline processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and improve site effectiveness
• Financial Results: Achieving financial goals, such as revenue targets, profitability, and expense management, to contribute to the overall financial success of the organisation
• Customer Experience: Ensuring a consistent and positive customer experience across all branches through delivering high-quality products and services and excellent customer service
• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensuring all sites adhere to company policies, industry regulations, and safety standards to mitigate risks and maintain compliance
• Reporting and Analysis: Providing regular reports and analysis on key performance metrics, operational challenges, and opportunities for improvement to senior management
• Strategic Planning: Contributing to the development and execution of strategic plans and initiatives to drive business growth and expansion in the designated area
• Employee Engagement: Promoting a positive work culture and fostering employee engagement to boost team morale and productivity
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicating with various stakeholders, including operations managers, regional leadership, corporate executives, customers, and suppliers

Job Competencies    

• Team Management: Ability to lead and manage teams, delegate tasks, provide feedback, and motivate employees to achieve targets and maintain high performance.
• Operations Management: Proficiency in overseeing day-to-day operations, optimising processes, and ensuring efficient resource allocation across multiple locations.
• Analytical Skills: Can analyse data, interpret performance metrics, and make informed decisions to improve operational efficiency and drive business growth.
• Problem-Solving: Aptitude to identify operational challenges, devise solutions, and implement strategies to overcome obstacles and improve overall performance.
• Communication: Effective communication skills with operations managers, corporate leadership, cross-functional teams, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Financial Management: Understanding financial principles, budgeting, and cost control to effectively manage financial resources and achieve financial targets.
• Customer Service: Focus on maintaining high customer service standards and ensuring a positive customer experience across all sites.
• Strategic Thinking: Capacity to think strategically, contribute to long-term planning, and align operational objectives with organisational goals.
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing market conditions, industry trends, and organisational priorities to ensure agility in decision-making.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Knowledge of regulatory requirements and safety standards to ensure compliance and mitigate potential risks.

Closing Date    
2023/08/08

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Overview    

• To Inspect, maintain and repair equipment within the plant as well as perform shutdown and project work.
• All activities, roles and responsibilities are aligned to the world class (manufacturing) philosophy, principles and practices.

Qualifications    

• Matric (Maths and Science)
• N2 or N3 Engineering
• Trade Specific Artisan (Red Seal) - Boilermaker

Experience    

• 2-5 Years’ Experience in a Maintenance Environment as an Artisan

Duties    
OHS Act Compliance:

• Ensure Statutory compliance

Responsible for MTBF:

• Execution of PPM & Strategic maintenance work
• Execution of PPM and Strategic Maintenance Inspections
• Strategic fault finding
• Spares Procurement or Usage
• Down time and incident reporting on strategic equipment

QC for PPM:

• Over inspections
• Manage the Schedules for PPM
• PPM QC Feedback

5S:

• Drive 5S principles

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Overview    

• To plan and organise resources in line with all the statutory, legal and BME SHERQ requirements.
• To supervise the performance of employees, manage stocks, manage costs, and manage quality of products and of service delivery.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 (with Mathematics)
• Blasting Ticket (mandatory)
• Certificate in Blasting Technology
• Competent A Certificate – MQA

Experience    

•  5 years’ demonstrated experience as Truck Operator or Blaster (including surface mining, blasting, blast reports, seismograph 
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in supervising employees 
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in responsibility for managing costs

Duties    

• Works closely with internal and external customers in order to assess needs and plan operations accordingly.
• Plans and organises the availability to resources, in order to meet customer’s requests.
• Ensures that the assets of the company are protected from theft and damage.
• Responsible for the operation rollers, bending press and Guillotine.
• Organises, schedules and coordinates building off explosives truck tanks in order to facilitate the smooth, timeous flow of deliveries.
• 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.
• Provides inputs into the annual budgeting process in line with the objectives of the department.
• Identifies cost saving initiatives while balancing customer requirements.
• Ensures that the necessary incident investigations take place.
• Ensures that required staff training is up to date.
• Ensures that the impact of production processes on environment are understood by staff and appropriately monitored.
• Ensures that suitable employees are recruited.
• Plans daily/ weekly/ monthly scheduling of work/shift allocations.
• Ensures induction for new staff members.
• Ensures that all staff are given the required training in accordance with work requirements.

Job Competencies    

• Ensures that systems, processes and procedures are in place and managed to ensure timely maintenance is performed on equipment and vehicles.
• Plans, coordinates and schedules maintenance
• Ensures that regular inspections are conducted on Boiler shop equipment
• Implements controls and does inspections to assess correct usage of PPE or equipment and to take the necessary actions
• Implements controls to ensure that maintenance and repair work has been satisfactorily conducted

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Overview    

• To operate the entire process of the plant through the shift team and or DCS. All activities, roles and responsibilities are aligned to the world class (manufacturing) philosophy, principles and practices. 

Qualifications    

• Matric (Maths and Science) 
• NQF 6 
• National Diploma in Chemical Engineering (Will be an advantage)
• Matric Maths & Science & English 

Experience    

• 2 - 5 years’ experience in Chemical industry
• Chemical industry with process control experience (Will be an advantage) 

Duties    
To ensure Safety adherence on shift:

• Housekeeping
• Raise tags
• Identify hazards
• Basic process safety knowledge
• Issue PTW
• Basic Firefighting, first aid knowledge

Drive high performance targets with the team:

• Oversee and control the process parameters and plant equipment in line with operating philosophy
• Correct deviations on DCS/PLC
• Work well in a team
• Report back on status of his/her area of responsibility
• Escalate deviations
• Attend shift and team meetings
• Autonomous maintenance (Inspections, Cleaning, Lubrication)
• Shift handover report for his/her area of responsibility
• Process & equipment Fault finding
• Quality control (product & procedures), Sample taking, analysing

Effective People Management:

• Frequent engagement
• Ensure morale of team 
• Take responsibility and hold team accountable (delegate)
• Enforce company rules and regulations
• To ensure Quality adherence on shift:
• Monitor and take corrective action on quality deviations
• Audits, spot checks, checklists, communicates ISO standards
• Ensure product is on specification
• Ensure ISO compliance of all activities
• Adequate & systematic Administration:
• Proper written communication and interpretation
• Sending emails, running meetings, text, social media savvy 

Job Competencies    
Knowledge

• Familiar / Competent in Microsoft Office

Core Behavioural Competencies 

• Decision making
• Teamwork
• Work standards
• Reliability
• Motivation of self and others
• Adaptability
• Problem-solving
• Integrity and trust
• Communication skills
• Planning and organization
• Stress tolerance
• Initiative
• Building relationships
• Functional / Technical Competency
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Conflict Management
• Product Knowledge
• Root-cause analysis

Cross-Functional Competency

• Collaboration
• Functional integration
• Leadership Competency 
• Drive for Results
• Motivating Others
• Managing Vision and Purpose
• Motivating Others

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Overview    

• The Incumbent in this position has primary responsibility for the accuracy of stock on the Site. They must make sure that all transactions relating to stock are accurately captured so that the stock as per the ERP system accurately reflects the stock on the floor always. They must also work safely in a chemical environment. Follow and ensure site rules are complied with.

Qualifications    

• Matric
• Related tertiary qualification would be advantageous

Experience    

• 2 to 4 years’ experience maintaining and investigating stock
• 3 years or more in a similar position Systems orientated

Duties    

• Cost-effective warehousing of stock Support warehousing objectives and quality standards for team and deliver there on Item Site Location Accuracy of stock better than 95% at cycle counts and Stock Counts when comparing actual to ERP stock figures.
• To achieve this weekly cycle count plans and execution to be adhered to. Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage system All Stock Put away in 2 Working days.
• Reporting on key Stock variances to Warehouse leadership daily Specification of Development Opportunities for the ERP System to add new functionality Prevented/mitigated warehousing and delivery risk Enable safe and conducive work environments by e.g. managing compliance to group and Protea policies, objectives and objective changes, Codes of Practice e.g. HSE, etc.
• Pre-empt potential obstacles to optimal performance and find solutions to address potential non-performance, interrupted performance Enforcing FEFO principle on stock on floor
• Assist the team in continuous improvements to prevent/minimize any interruption or stock loss
• Ensuring the Warehouse meets the HSE standards set out and required by Protea Chemicals to protects its People and assets
• Customer satisfaction: Support the site in embedding customer service standards and to drive a focused culture of continuous customer improvements
• Supporting an assisting Site leadership in driving the culture of Continuous Improvement Supporting the Site objectives to continuously improve

Job Competencies    

• Business Acumen
• Conflict Management
• Customer Focus
• Timely Decision Making
• Developing Direct Reports and Others
• Functional Technical Skills
• Innovation Management
• Integrity and Trust
• Motivating Others
• Problem Solving
• Drive for Results
• Strategic Agility
• Managing Vision and Purpose

Closing Date    
2023/08/14