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Purpose of Job

• To assess the underground mining workings for stable excavations and roof and sidewall skin management.To evaluate the effectiveness of recommended support and do compliance audits (incl. reporting) of controls implementation in supported areas.

Key Accountabilities

• Apply the Rock Engineering systems and tools.
• Conduct routine, ad-hoc or requested inspections to assess rock mass condition and control plan effectiveness.
• Monitor compliance to support and excavation standards.
• Participate in short term planning and production meetings.
• Provide coaching to mining personnel during routine inspections.
• Respond to red triggers and report to Rock Engineer by quickest means available.
• Assist with the proactive identification of significant ground-related hazards.
• Provide appropriate participation in or assistance with the investigation of fall of ground incidents and reportable falls of ground including the completion of the rock engineering aspects of the official accident report and inputs into the SAMRASS 3 report.
• Qualified as Strata Control officer and found competent by Chamber of Mines.
• Develop self in obtaining Rock engineer certificate of Competency.
• Be able to work independently within the safety framework of the mine.
• Safety mindset as top priority.
• Report writing to Rock Engineer Services department and Operations.
• Compliance and corrective actions must be issued and followed up
• Integrity to be demonstrated.
• Facilitation skills and training capability to coach operation teams.
• Communication skills and assertiveness to discuss findings and report on deviations and control effectiveness.
• Contribute and give inputs in the short-term planning meetings and work sessions with individual mine overseers and in team base at meetings.

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar
• Strata Control Officer Certificate

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

Deadline:27th August,2025

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Purpose of Job

• To support production by leading the provision of effective electro-mechanical equipment maintenance and reliability while overseeing and ensuring the adherence to procedures/codes, and utilising all available support resources to increase stability and maintain sustainability of the plant, mine and/or equipment.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity and ensuring effective execution of operations/maintenance activities 
• Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment 
• Manage and control costs (where allocated budget responsibility is assigned) 
• During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHE incidents 
• Ensure own team adhere to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant 
• Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output 
• Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases. 
• Manage performance of own team and ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace 
• Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression. Coaching and technical training of own staff and accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant 
• Ensures team motivation and team wellness and lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values 
• Facilitate effective Communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams 
• Participate in selection of staff (for own team) by being an active member on recruitment panels 
• Ensure standard operating procedures are applied.
• Ensure compliance to PSM (Process Safety Management).
• Manage certain start-up and shutdown tasks.
• Participate (or conduct on own team) in potential deviation analysis (PDA), root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments.
• Manage execution of work permit system
• Conduct Task Risk Assessments and ensure that team conducts Task Risk Assessments (where applicable).
• Ensure compliance to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes.
• Manages behaviour based safety program. Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001) and implement SHERQ processes for own area of responsibility 
• Ensure that MOC process is followed, and that modified plant/maintenance procedures are implemented by artisans 
• Ensure resources (e.g. raw materials, people) are available on site 
• Ensures understanding of customer requirements and ensures product/service meets customer requirements 
• Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift 
• Effective interaction with supporting activities e.g. P&SM, technical, engineering. Identifies and supports inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain 
• Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the plant.
• Continuously applies new ideas/work methods to improve results.
• Deals with human resistance to change in own area 
• Provide information/assist with projects with technical/support functions.
• Avail staff for training and development required due to the change initiative.
• Ensure implementation of organisational change initiatives within own team

Formal Education/ Requirements

• Grade 12/N3 (or equivalent) both with Maths, Science and English/Business English
• NQF 4 Trade Test (Valid EM Trade Test Certificate – Qualified EM/Millwright)
• Flame proofing and gas testing where applicable
• Knowledge of the work management process and implementation thereof (wish)
• Understand and use the plant/mine maintenance documentation system, etc job cards, task list notification
• Understand failure modes of discipline specific equipment
• Computer literate (wish)
• Coal Mining Underground experience (Fiery mine experience) is an added advantage

Min Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years

Deadline:21st August,2025