Current Vacancies at Exxaro Resources

PURPOSE:
To assist in integrating energy management across the Group in line with its operating model.
To ensure that sound energy management practices are applied across all operations and projects.
To ensure delivery of high-level expert technical support and direction to contribute effectively to business energy management and compliance.

Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
 BEng (Hons) Electrical Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
 BSc (Hons) Environmental Management (Essential/Minimum or)
 B Engineering (Hons) (Essential/Minimum)
 Certificate Project Management (Essential/Minimum)
 Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)
 Gov Cert of Competence: Engineering (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

8-10 years All-encompassing exposure and experience in energy management and providing inputs on existing and new energy management or efficiency projects. Formulating effective energy management plans for the group, problem solving and optimisation and risk management. Identifying and evaluating viable options to reduce the group’s energy consumption. Operational exposure to energy management, preferably in a mining environment.  (Essential/Minimum)   Management

REQUIREMENTS: 

•  Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
•  Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
•  Engineering Council of SA (PrEng) (Essential/Minimum)

Duties & Responsibilities
Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

•  Adhere to Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and comply with company specific Safety Health and Environment (SHE) policies and procedures and other legal requirements
•  Assist in assurance reviews on energy management
•  Technical compliance to governance in terms of energy management
•  Ensure compliance to South African National (SANS) standards and regulations

Functional Excellence    

•  Assist to develop and maintain energy functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end-to-end processes, tools, and templates etc. Enforce group-wide adherence to these.
•  Standardise, simplify and speed-up functional processes and eliminate duplication/bureaucracy
•  Develop and apply functional best practices and promote sharing of best practices/knowledge
•  Drive and execute functional excellence initiatives
•  Oversee and monitor functional activities at operations
•  Establish functional/cross-functional forums, Communities of Practice (COPs) etc. to ensure functional alignment.
•  Identify and manage critical functional risks through appropriate mitigation plans/actions.

Functional Management    

•  Financial management: Assist to prepare/manage function’s budget for energy management.
•  Strategic alignment/planning: Assist to set functional direction, develop functional strategic plan aligned to and driving vision/purpose, strategy, goals, and priorities, including aligning functional work/resources. Assist to establish measurable functional targets from Group targets. Define and reinforce the link between Group, functional, operational goals and individual outputs, measures, and rewards.
•  Performance management: Implement functional responsibilities through disciplined execution processes, track implementation and provide feedback to functional leadership. Coordinate functional/cross- functional activities to ensure strategic alignment.
•  Set and maintain high performance standards. Track and drive functional targets/goals.
•  Continuous improvement and functional change: Identify, advocate for and lead functional improvement and change. Create a culture of continuous improvement and change agility in function.
•  Engagement/communication: Communicate and engage functional employees. Engage with executives, operations and cross-functionally with peers. Represent the function/the Company externally as required.

Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement    

•  Drive energy management knowledge sharing across business units and projects - community of practices and work groups (lessons learned and best practices)
•  Facilitate community of practice/work group training sessions for energy professionals at the Business Units
•  Understand and manage all discipline risk for the group

People Management    

•  Talent development: Assist to manage talent through ongoing mentoring, coaching and development. Promote a culture of continuous learning.
•  Encourage teamwork.
•  Culture/functional climate: Embody, translate, and entrench the Company’s culture and values.
•  Foster effective teamwork and unity. Embody, translate, and entrench the Company’s culture and values.
•  Manage functional climate in which diversity is appreciated, high performance thrives and where people are involved, energised, committed, motivated, and recognised.
•  Demonstrate and encourage collaboration, including cross-functionally and create a culture of collaboration. Create an environment in which people are inspired to perform and a high-performance culture.
•  Change leadership: Provide direction, guidance, and support to people having to adapt to change, keep them committed throughout. Actively support, advocate for and embrace functional/organisational change and reinforce/role model the change.
•  Address resistance, beliefs, mind-sets, behaviours, and emotions to help people adapt to change.
•  Communication/engagement: Encourage open expression of ideas/opinions and foster dialogue. Seek out different opinions. Inform people of decisions, changes, and other relevant information.
•  Proactively address conflicts and initiate difficult conversations.
•  Team development: Assist to develop effective and high performing team including shared team purpose, principles, goals, accountability, and effective team player capabilities.
•  Create an environment of accountability and trust

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

•  Maintain and ensure a healthy environment and safe operations practices
•  Ensure compliance with all applicable SHE policies/procedures in line with set standards, particularly related to electrical engineering
•  Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations

Strategy Management    

•  Lead the formulation of group energy management policy/ strategy to support and influence energy management strategy
•  Support the execution of the group wide energy management strategy
•  Provide expert technical guidance to energy management activities and engineers on project teams and BUs

Support Coal Business    

•  Recommend new energy management technologies that could be adopted from a group perspective.
•  Manage energy management audits where required
•  Establish and maintain an energy management internal and external resource network
•  Represent Exxaro when required with external stakeholders for energy management work (government, industry, and other key stakeholder forums)
•  Assist to create, maintain, evaluate, and implement energy management standards
•  Act as the "intelligent buyer" of outside competencies, skills, and technology to fulfill required deliverables when required.
•  Provide energy management support to Business Units and projects

Behavioural Alignment    

Demonstrates the following:

•  Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
•  Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
•  Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
•  Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
•  Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective

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PURPOSE:

• To lead and oversee the development, implementation, and management of robust cybersecurity strategies to safeguard our organization's digital assets.
• You will play a critical role in identifying and mitigating potential cyber threats, ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of our information systems.
• Additionally, you will provide expert guidance to cross-functional teams, stay abreast of emerging threats and technologies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our cybersecurity posture.

MAJOR CHALLENGES:

• Staying ahead of constantly evolving cyber threats, including sophisticated malware, ransomware, and advanced persistent threats, to proactively implement security measures.
• Navigating the complexity of diverse technology stacks, cloud environments, and interconnected systems, ensuring security controls are effectively implemented across the organisation.
• Enhancing incident response plans, ensuring a swift and effective response to cybersecurity incidents, and lead efforts to recover from security breaches with minimal impact.
• Staying current with industry regulations, legal requirements, and compliance standards, ensuring the organisation's cybersecurity practices align with applicable laws and regulations.
• Addressing the human factor in cybersecurity by developing and implementing comprehensive training programs to educate employees on security best practices, minimizing the risk of social engineering attacks.
• Fostering effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, management, and external partners, communicating complex cybersecurity concepts in a clear and understandable manner to different stakeholders.
• Staying informed about emerging technologies such as IoT, AI, and blockchain, and assess their impact on cybersecurity, integrating appropriate security measures as the organisation adopts new technologies.
• Implementing and managing a comprehensive vulnerability management program to identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities in a timely manner, reducing the organisation's exposure to potential threats.
• Staying abreast of the latest cybersecurity trends, tools, and techniques, and continuously develop your skills to adapt to the dynamic nature of the cybersecurity landscape.

Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:

•  Bachelor of Information Technology (Essential/Minimum)
•  Certificate in Cybersecurity Professiona (Essential/Minimum)
•  Certificate CISA Information Systems Aud (Recommended/Desirable)
•  B Degree (Hons) (Relevant) (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

8-10 years Proven experience in developing and implementing cyber security strategies. In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles, technologies, and best practices. Hands-on experience with security tools and technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, antivirus software, etc Strong understanding of networking protocols, operating systems, and cloud environments. Experience in developing and implementing cybersecurity policies and procedures.

Demonstrated leadership skills with experience in leading and managing cybersecurity projects. Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Experience in developing and executing incident response plans. Ability to handle and manage cybersecurity incidents, minimizing the impact on the organisation. Familiarity with applicable regulation and frameworks e.g., POPIA, GDPR, ISO27001, NIST etc.  (Essential/Minimum)    Management

REQUIREMENTS: 

•  Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
•  Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
•  Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical) (Essential/Minimum)
•  Information Security Certification (Essential/Minimum or)
•  Cert Information Systems Security Profes (Essential/Minimum)
•  Member of Professional Body (Recommended/Desirable)

Duties & Responsibilities
Budget and Resource Allocations    

•  Collaborate with line manager to develop and manage the security budget.
•  Assess the resource requirements for cybersecurity initiatives, including personnel, technology, and training.
•  Allocate resources based on the identified priorities and risks

Continuous Individual Development    

•  Conduct research and keep abreast of Information Technology risk, industry trends and legislative and regulatory landscape
•  Develop leadership capacity across the business in managing Information Technology risk
•  Understand Information Technology value chain to understand the eminent risks with new developments
•  Identify opportunities from audits and other assurance functions to enhance compliance and governance

Functional Excellence    

• Maintain a high level of technical proficiency in cybersecurity tools, techniques, and methodologies. Serve as a subject matter expert on cybersecurity matters within the organisation.

Governance Risk and Compliance    

•  Ensure compliance to IM Governance Framework, Policies and Procedures
•  Strong understanding of risk management principles and experience in assessing and mitigating risks within complex IT/OT environments.
•  In-depth knowledge of relevant cybersecurity laws, regulations, and compliance standards. Experience in ensuring organisational compliance with applicable regulations.
•  As required, support and actively contribute to all combined assurance efforts including, amongst others, internal and external audits, governance, legal, risk, compliance, and supply chain management processes

People Management    

•  Provide strong leadership to the cyber security team including managed services partners.
•  Manage performance of managed services partner
•  Ensure clear communication of individual, functional and business targets and objectives and drive performance towards their fulfilment

Project Management    

•  Assess the resource requirements for cybersecurity initiatives, including personnel, technology, and training.
•  Allocate resources based on the identified priorities and risks

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

•  Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental policies and procedures in line with set standards.
•  Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all areas and operations

Strategy Planning    

•  Contribute to establishing clear and measurable cybersecurity goals that align with overall business objectives.
•  Prioritise risk based on their potential impact and likelihood of occurrence. Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to track effectiveness of cybersecurity initiatives.

Systems and technology    

•  Demonstrated expertise in a wide range of cybersecurity technologies, tools, and platforms, including but not limited to firewalls, intrusion detection/- prevention systems, antivirus solutions, encryption, and SIEM.

Vendor Management and Strategic Partnerships    

•  Regularly conduct security audits and assessments of vendor systems and processes to ensure ongoing compliance with security standards.
•  Collaborate with vendors to address security issues promptly.
•  Implement continuous monitoring mechanisms to track the security posture of vendors throughout the partnership

Behavioural Alignment    
Demonstrates the following:

•  Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
•  Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
•  Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
•  Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
•  Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective

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PURPOSE:

•  To execute the business partnering role for the Business Unit.
•  Responsible for the management accounting function including the planning, budgets and forecasts.
•  Interpret the financial results, monitor cash flow, capital expenditure programmes and management reporting systems development.

Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:

• BCom Management Accounting (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate First Line Management (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

•  3-5 years Relevant Accounting, Finance or related.    Essential/Minimum    Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)

Duties & Responsibilities
Business Performance and Operations    

•  Prepare internal management reports
•  Interpret and integrate information with organisational needs and operational strategic objectives
•  Provide inputs into general accounting policies and procedures
•  Implement performance management processes
•  Execute capital process
•  Execute cost management process
•  Execute budget and forecasting activities
•  Track achievement of business case, alignment to and measurement against set targets for designated responsibility area
•  Manage internal and external (as applicable) relations with all relevant stakeholders
•  Align various functions in portfolio (Finance, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Business Unit Departments)
•  Establish and/or implement business partner thinking

Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

•  Execute and implement responsibilities in adherence to legislative and corporate governance principles
•  Manage risk and consequences of non-compliance
•  Ensure inputs into and compliance with policies and procedures are in alignment with all relevant legislation and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
•  Execute Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) approval within SAP PS Module and CO Module

Functional Excellence    

•  Adhere to functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end- to-end processes, tools, templates etc.
•  Assist in standardising, simplifying and speeding-up functional processes, eliminating duplication/bureaucracy
•  Apply functional best practices, promote sharing of best practices/knowledge
•  Assist in the execution of functional excellence initiatives

Functional Management    

•  Governance: Ensure function adheres to governance, policies, standards, statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline
•  Maintain high performance standards

Management Accounting    

•  Analyse, interpret and report on cost and cost management within designated areas of financial responsibility
•  Track and communicate financial targets to core areas
•  Financial budgeting and forecasting on cost and capital
•  Ensure and follow up on capitalization of all assets
•  Conduct scenario analysis and sales/profit and cash forecasting
•  Execute business partner role

People Management    

•  Performance management: Adhere to performance management procedures
•  Company culture/functional climate: Uphold the Company culture and values within the function. Foster effective teamwork and unity

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

•  Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards
•  Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations

Behavioural Alignment    
Demonstrates the following:

•  Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
•  Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
•  Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
•  Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
•  Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective