Current Vacancies at Tharisa

Purpose of Role

The Boilermaker is responsible for Installing, maintaining, and repair structural mechanical equipment and fixtures. Ensures that work is in accordance with MHSA and relevant COP’s and SOP’s

Role Context

• Safely execute critical daily maintenance tasks
• Execute shutdown activities as per plan, according to scheduled time
• Ensure continuous improvement of asset care management
• To give direction to Assistant and contractors under their area of responsibility
• Support asset care and optimisation for ensuring customer needs are met
• Assist engineering foreman to ensure health and safety of employees it is taken care of through safely maintaining equipment
• Maintain good housekeeping standards
• Stop and report any contraventions of the MHSA, regulations, and codes of practice, Mine standards and instructions promptly to the engineering foreman
• Obtain job card and permit to work before any task execution
• Conduct pre-work risk assessment for every task
• Assemble, install, test, and maintain structural mechanical equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools, power tools and gas cutting equipment
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem
• Inspect plant equipment components and systems to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with the relevant standards;
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous
• Plan layout and installation of equipment and fixtures, based on job specifications and relevant standards
• Ensure safe execution of the task
• Test the unit
• Ensure that the equipment handed back to the operation is in a safe and operable condition

Requirements

Minimum Requirements 

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 and Minimum N2 Certificate;
• Relevant Boilermaking Technical Qualifications: Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate or SAQA Verified Trade Certificate);
• Studying towards N6 National Diploma in Electrical Engineering would be advantageous

Job specific experience:

• Minimum of 5 years Solid experience in a Mining environment as a Boilermaker;
• Valid driving license (code 08)

Inherent requirement:

• Must be medically fit

Closing date: 27 September 2023

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Job Responsibilities and Duties:

The successful candidate will be able to improve industrial processes in order to maintain efficiency, reduce cost, improve sustainability and maximize profitability.

The Manager of Process Engineering will be responsible for operational excellence through efficient plan and process design and deployment. The individual will be responsible to manage a team responsible for the design, development and implementation of manufacturing processes, equipment or plants. The candidate will also manage all internal and external engineering projects 

Job Role

• Developing, configuring, and optimizing industrial processes from inception through to start-up and certification
• Assessing processes, taking measurements, and interpreting data
• Developing best practices, routines, and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output.
• Analysis of industrial procedure comprising the implementation, development and evaluation of procedures to integrate and evaluate the equipment, facilities, materials, personnel and procedures
• Manage cost and time constraints
• Providing improvements to operations, work measurement, methods, materials usage, work station, and material handling design
• Perform Risk Assessments and provide process documentation and operating instructions support.
• Demonstrate and apply lean concepts, quality tools and manufacturing excellence standards within manufacturing operations.
• Improving operational management systems, processes and best practices

Requirements

• Proven work experience in process engineering & quality systems.
• Excellent technical skills
• 5 - 10 years’ experience in management, operations and leadership within  manufacturing , process and Engineering environment .
• Knowledge of process related standards
• 3 – 5 years experience in process simulations
• Working knowledge of process engineering software package
• Familiarity with health and safety regulation
• Analytical thinker with interpersonal skills
• Familiar with company and industry quality standards and processes
• BSc degree in Engineering and or Operations Management
• Product knowledge, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Medically fit and a Valid driver’s license ( Code 8)
• Engineering Science

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Purpose of Role

• The Rigid Dump Truck Operator is responsible to operate the truck as per the manufacturer’s specifications. The operator will be required to reach his/her shift target safely and cost-effectively.

Role Context

• Reports to the Load and Haul Supervisor
• Responsible to fill and follow the pre – use Checklist.
• Take full care of the truck in terms of its cleanliness and tyre protection.
• Responsible for filling diesel
• Do the break test ramp at the start of shift or any time when the truck comes from the workshop.
• Reporting of faults to engineering and shift control.
• Follow the Standard Operating Procedures as per MHSA guidelines.
• Achieve the daily planned target of loads transported.
• Report hourly tons/BCM hauled to Shift Controller
• Look after the tyres by driving carefully and not driving on top of rocks on the haul road, tipping and loading areas. If such areas are experienced, the operator must call the Supervisor and the Controller to remove or fix such areas before hauling can continue. 
• Adhere to the Standard Operating Procedure at all times.
• Adhere to all company rules and regulations and MHSA.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12/ NQF Level 4

Job specific experience:

• Must pass both medical and dover tests
• Must be able to work shifts and also on all holidays
• 1-year mining experience in open cast mining will be an advantage
• Rigid Dump Truck Operator experience
• Competent in relevant unit standards
• Valid driving license code 08/14
• Should have excellent communication in English both verbally and written

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Purpose of Role

The Senior Buyer holds a pivotal position within the company's procurement function, overseeing the sourcing and procurement of essential goods and services vital for operational success. The role necessitates an adept professional with a comprehensive grasp of procurement strategies, supplier management, negotiation skills, and specialized knowledge specific to the mining industry

Responsibilities include orchestrating procurement and supply chain operations, ensuring timely and cost-efficient acquisition of materials, and upholding adherence to company policies and industry regulations. Collaborative coordination with cross-functional teams and supplier & Community liaisons is essential for seamless operations

Role Context

Strategic Sourcing: 

• Identify and evaluate potential suppliers, establish, and maintain supplier relationships, and implement effective sourcing strategies to ensure a stable supply of materials, equipment, and services

Supplier Management: 

• Collaborate closely with suppliers to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of goods and services while maintaining high quality standards
•  Conduct regular supplier performance evaluations and implement improvement plans as necessary. Identify, evaluate, and manage suppliers, ensuring their compliance with quality, safety, and ethical standards

Negotiation: 

• Lead negotiations with suppliers to achieve favourable terms, including pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, and contractual agreements. Ensure contracts and agreements are aligned with company policies and legal requirements

Ethics and Compliance:

• Ensure procurement activities adhere to ethical and compliance standards, company policy and procedures including the MPRDA, Mining Charter 2018 and BEE (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment) and all Law requirements in South Africa
• Ensure that actions and decisions taken do not bring the company into disrepute
• Stay updated on industry regulations and trends affecting procurement and supply chain activities

Procurement Planning: 

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand procurement needs, forecast demand, and develop procurement plans that support the company's operational goals
• Lead the procurement process for various categories of goods and services required for mining operations
• Develop and execute procurement strategies to optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance
• Work with the Supply Chain Administrator, to prepare and issue requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for quotations (RFQs), and invitations to tender (ITTs)
• Evaluate supplier proposals, analyse bids, and recommend the selection of suppliers based on established criteria

Market Research: 

• Stay updated on industry trends, market conditions, and new technologies to identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, and innovation within the procurement function

Cost Control and Budgeting:

•  Negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts with suppliers to achieve optimal pricing and favourable conditions
• Implement cost-effective procurement strategies while maintaining quality standards
• Analyse market trends, pricing, and supply chain practices to identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising on quality
• Negotiate favourable terms and conditions with suppliers to secure the best possible deals
• Mitigate and reduce maverick speed

Team Collaboration: 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, finance, and legal departments, to ensure alignment on procurement strategies and objectives

Data Analysis: 

• Utilize procurement and financial data to generate reports, analyse spending patterns, and provide insights to support decision-making
• Ensure compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and ethical standards
• Prepare and present procurement reports to management, highlighting cost savings and procurement performance metrics
• Proficient in MS suite, Excel, Words etc

Supply Chain Optimization: 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize the supply chain process, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of goods and services
• Reduction of Working Capital, Excess Inventory and OSMI
• Collaborate with inventory teams to maintain optimal stock levels of critical materials, minimizing operational disruptions

Risk Management: 

• Identify potential risks in the supply chain, develop risk mitigation strategies, and ensure business continuity by having alternative sourcing plans in place
• Ensure confidentiality and integrity

Stakeholder Communication: 

• Maintain clear and effective communication with internal stakeholders, keeping them informed about procurement processes and potential challenges
• Enterprise and Supplier Development monitoring and reporting

Local Sourcing: 

• Identify and engage local suppliers to procure necessary materials, equipment, and services, while considering factors such as quality, cost, and lead time

Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain accurate records of procurement activities, contracts, and supplier information
• Generate regular reports on procurement activities, including cost analysis, savings, and supplier performance

Problem Solving: 

• Address any procurement-related challenges that may arise and propose solutions to maintain uninterrupted operations

Purchase Order Management:

•  Process purchase orders and monitor their status, ensuring accurate documentation and alignment with budgetary constraints
• Generate and process purchase orders for required goods and services
• Expediate, Monitor and track order status to ensure timely execution of on-time delivery in full (OTDF)
• Manage and execute procurement processes at the mining site, including raising purchase requisitions, obtaining quotes, and issuing purchase orders

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Grade 12/ NQF Level 6
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or equivalent qualification

Job specific experience:

• 5 years relevant experience is required in the Mining environment
• Prior experience supervising, coaching, and developing staff
• Proven leadership and influencing skills with effective communication and computer
• skills.
• Valid driver’s license code 8
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

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Purpose of Role

To minimise and mitigate risk to the operations assets (equipment, inventory, people and buildings) by establishing comprehensive warehouse policies and procedures to ensure the functioning of the warehouse is optimised for productivity and safety. To manage and oversee the entire warehouse and logistics value chain by managing a portfolio of internal and external stakeholders, optimising the storage, supply, and movement of materials across and between the mining operations and external stakeholders/suppliers. To manage and implement stock limits across the storage facilities of Tharisa Minerals (TM) by analysing and comparing supplier turnaround times against mining operations utilisation rates ensuring the stores are appropriately capacitated for continued mining operations

Role Context

Financial Management

• Analyse all relevant Warehouse and Logistics data and report on Departmental trends and operating requirements to determine funding requirements for the financial year
• Monitor short-term Departmental budgets by scrutinising and aligning spend within the Department, to support and drive effective and efficient functioning within budgetary constraints
• Monitor Departmental expenditure against budget allocations, requesting appropriate reallocation as required, to manage the prevention of unnecessary spend
• Comply with all financial, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and other Tharisa Minerals (TM) regulations and policies by facilitating the right actions, to reduce financial risk in the Department
• Manage budgetary controls within the Warehouse and Logistics function by managing and implementing operational spend limits, ensuring operational costs remain in line with allocated spend on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis
• Manage inventory losses within or below accepted provisions/kpi’s established by business and the Senior Manager, Supply Chain
• Manage and limit the use of overtime to reduce costs across the function and for the organisation as a whole
• Manage the use of diesel consumption to ensure no abuse is taking place with the allocated vehicles. Cost per litre and distance travelled
• Manage the stock take and perpetual counting and ensure adequate communication both internally and externally controlling end to end process
• Full visibility of an auditable and traceable paper trail and transactions within the Warehouse environment

Resource Management

• Provide input into required changes in resources (financial or non-financial) to enable the achievement of team and/or own objectives
• Determine resource needs of the team and/or own area of work to achieve business outcomes
• Request and allocate required assets and/or resources for the fulfilment of work objectives to guarantee quality outputs
• Monitor the use of assets and resources within the team and own area of responsibility, to ensure assets and resources are consistently and appropriately utilised and managed
• Provide staff with day-to-day direction and tasks aligned with Departmental procedures, to enable the usage of less resources more efficiently
• Design and implement materials and supply management frameworks by implementing comprehensive administration systems enabling effective supply chain and resource management, minimising resource spend within the function
• Drive adherence to the established policies and procedures within the Warehouse environment ensuring all relevant documentation has been completed and approved by the appropriate stakeholders before inventory is released for use by the organisation
• All stock transactions surrounding including but not limited to inbound and outbound transactions are completed on the WMS system and scanners to inform accurate stock counts both on the system and physically in the stores/warehouse

Stakeholder Relations

• Communicate with all relevant Departments on issues of the area of speciality. Liaise across the relevant Departments by engaging with the appropriate stakeholders to ensure all stakeholders remain abreast of Departmental objectives, any potential derailers are appropriately managed and duplication of work is avoided
• Communicate with internal and/or external stakeholders, where required, to achieve work objectives and to maintain relationships
• Develop and maintain professional and constructive working relationships with customers and suppliers by creating mutually beneficial partnerships
• Attend cross functional meetings provide representation and input into the meetings to ensure alignment on expectations around delivery and turnaround times
• Drive a culture of compliance to the warehouse standards by holding individuals and departments accountable to actions required to further the delivery of warehouse target
• Maintain strong relationships with union and other key stakeholders within the organisation by engaging with the members to ensure proactive management of concerns, minimising the risk dissatisfaction and associated action, creating a platform for open communication between TM and unions in the Warehouse environment

Warehouse and Logistics Management

•  Manage customer queries by analysing all relevant documentation, identifying areas of inconsistency, and communicating the applicable and mutually beneficial way forward that would benefit both the customer and TM
• Conduct investigations into client queries by scrutinising all documentation and related processes to ensure customer queries are resolved and process changes are implemented to reduce similar reoccurrences in the future
• Manage TMs storage practices by aligning them to local and international requirements ensuring all materials are appropriately and correctly stored and incidents on non-compliance minimised
• Manage and review breakdown requests in line with the policies and recommend changes as required, based on the effectiveness of the current and established processes
• Develop, implement and maintain the various policies and procedures as they relate to risk within the current environment ensuring all policies and procedures are implemented and adhered to, mitigating unnecessary risk to the organisation and the function
• Collaborate with the various operations units on the mine to determine their continual inventory requirements to establish inventory levels and implement a system to maintain the minimum inventory levels
• Conduct regular and irregular stock counts by conducting onsite inspections and ensuring alignment between physical stock and system reporting, identifying any risk areas, and implementing corrective measures to minimise any mismanagement and poor inventory accuracy
• Drive and maintain the safe handling of materials across the operations by enforcing materials handling policies to reduce worksite incidents
• Maintain and drive adherence to the predetermined targets ensuring targets is achieved and performance of the area is optimised and enhanced
• Maintain inventory accuracy within established parameters minimising the risk of short or excess supplies and associated spend implications
• Monitor and conduct random spot checks on the various inventory processes across TM ensuring adherence to the established compliance regulations, stipulated legislation and processes within TM to minimise instances of non-compliance and operational downtime (due to limited stores)

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Degree/Diploma (NQF6) Materials Management

Job specific experience:

• Minimum of 4-6 year's experience within a materials management and logistics role, preferably in the mining or heavy industry environment

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Purpose of Role

The role is responsible for general administration and training administration within the Learning and Development Department. The role is to support the L&D Specialist/s with the administration function. The role will ensure that strong data management systems are set up and maintained

Role Context

• Booking of training,
• All relevant capturing for SETA qualifications
• Communicate the training calendar timeously to Line Management
• Feedback to specialist on non-attendance
• Capture completed training once training has been concluded
• Submit training packs to the L&D Clerks for filing
• Assist with creating training calendars and schedules
• Sending out reminders to managers and learners with regards to training dates
• Arranging parades on Xtime for training
• Assist with facilitator allocation and resources
• Consolidation of training costs
• Provide general administration support including obtaining signatures
• Assist staff with system related problems
• Recovery of training costs
• Training records updates and requesting of legal training cards/certificates/licences
• General ordering from stores
• Provide general administrative support
• Taking of minutes during meetings
• Assist staff with system related problems
• Assist with the preparation of reports
• Collect and capture all training feedback
• Effective usage of necessary systems HR Premier, MQA I-Share and Xtime
• Notification on booking completed and communicated to stakeholders
• Perform additional tasks when requested to do so

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 or NQF Level 4
• Relevant qualification in Office Administration NQF level 5
• ODETDP level 4 qualification advantageous
• Computer literate (Word, excel, Power Point, etc.)

Job specific experience:

• One year experience in administrative environment

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Purpose of Role

The Chief Safety Officer is responsible to for the management of the Safety and Risk Department at a Mine and the optimization of the safety and risk control through design, implementation, evaluation, coordination and management of the safety and risk control systems, as well as for ensuring legal compliance

Role Context

• Area of responsibility meets legal requirements
• Inspections and audits are properly planned and implemented
• Programmes for Safety and Risk Control are effectively monitored
• Valid statistics for Safety and Risk Control are available
• Incident investigations and reports meet specification
• Risk assessments and reports meet specification
• Expenditure meets budget
• Effective management of the Safety and Risk Control function at the Mine
• Legal compliance of Mine
• Safety programme audit
• Project results
• Safety and risk statistics
• Budget Compliance
• Climate Survey
• Achievement of objectives

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• National Diploma in Safety Management
• SAMTRAC Certificate
• COMSOC 1 & 2
• Trade test /Blasting certificate
• Train the Trainer (Facilitator training)

Job specific experience:

• OSHAS 18001/ISO 9001/ISO 14001(Advantage)
• Risk assessment techniques
• Accident investigation
• Behaviour Based Safety
• First Aid
• Firefighting training
• Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene
• Basic Principles of Environmental Management
• 5-10 years relevant experience