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Role Context

• Adhere to and maintain high safety, health, environmental, and quality standards.
• Review and optimise the management of Rotable components and costs, improving Rotable availability and meeting the KPIs set out by the business.
• Track and report on all Outwork and Rotables off-site, ensuring full audit traceability with no items outstanding for more than three months.
• Ensure all Purchase Orders are expedited within the OTIF 95% KPI.
• Process Purchase Orders within the permissible cycle times as set out in the KPI, not exceeding three days.
• Always maintain good corporate governance and ethical standards.
• Compile management reports for Outwork and Rotables.
• Provide input regarding the implementation of Service Level Agreements for Rotable parts, including Scope of Works and Repair specifications.
• Conduct supplier verification audits periodically.
• Assist in the absence of the QA Officer and designated procurement personnel.
• Issue, monitor, report, and close out all Non-Conformances (NCRs).
• Take ownership of the Designated Rotatable Areas, including items in the Salvage Yard.
• Determine resource needs within your area of responsibility to achieve individual role outcomes.
• Request the necessary assets and resources to fulfil work duties and attain quality work outputs.
• Use assets and resources optimally within your area of responsibility.
• Monitor and control all storage and safety requirements related to quality assurance documents by developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive filing system (both hard and soft copies) to ensure all records can be located and reviewed as required.
• Engage with all relevant departments on issues within your area of specialisation, as directed by the manager.
• Communicate with internal and/or external stakeholders, where required, to achieve work objectives and maintain relationships.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external suppliers of Tharisa Minerals (TM) by negotiating and implementing fair pricing for services and repairs, fostering fairness and mutual respect between suppliers and TM.
• Monitor supplier performance against agreed contractual terms and conditions, from a quality and delivery perspective, identifying any risks to quality and efficiency, and ensuring the most appropriate supplier is appointed to best support TM's operational requirements.
• Monitor supplier safety file compliance and vendor compliance,
• Review and update rotable practices within Tharisa Minerals (TM) by identifying procedural inefficiencies and recommending changes to enhance the turnaround time for repairs on equipment and materials, minimising equipment downtime.
• Manage the logistical requirements for rotable equipment repairs, ensuring suppliers are pre-approved for specific services related to the repair of various types of equipment.
• Upskill suppliers proactively on TM's quality and procurement requirements by clearly communicating organisational requirements, establishing mutually agreed-upon turnaround times for repairs, and enforcing contractual obligations between TM and its suppliers.
• Liaise between contractors, suppliers, and the procurement department to create a smooth end-to-end process, from quotation to payment and service delivery, to minimise downtime on mining equipment and associated operations, ultimately leading to improved efficiency and cost savings for the organisation.
• Review and update rotable practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, and laws by staying abreast of changes in the respective environment to ensure TM remains compliant and avoids unnecessary risks and exposure to fines and other liabilities.
• Develop and implement comprehensive vetting procedures for suppliers and contractors, specifically within the quality assurance environment, to ensure unsuitable suppliers are excluded before final shortlisting, minimising time delays due to contractor and supplier non-conformance or non-compliance with organisational requirements.
• Monitor the functionality of critical equipment and instruments by regularly inspecting their operating capacity, identifying any delays or shortages in output, and taking steps to ensure all equipment and instruments are working optimally.
• Identify quality issues from both materials and process perspectives by scrutinising materials and processes, identifying inaccuracies, misalignments, and inefficiencies, and developing recommendations for corrections.
• Identify failure trends across various materials and forms of equipment by conducting investigations and analyses of incidents and recommending ways to prevent similar situations in the future.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance inspection and check sheets for various forms of equipment on the mine, ensuring all equipment is in optimal working condition before use, including but not limited to supplier verification audits.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Matric /Grade 12 (NQF4)
• Higher Certificate in Purchasing & Material Management (NQF Level 5)
• Related Diploma/Degree in Supply Chain & Logistics will be advantageous

Job specific experience:

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in the Supply Chain function in the mining environment.

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Role Context

Compliance, Risk and Safety

• Conduct daily safety meetings with subordinates and risk assessments prior to any survey work being conducted, to identify and report any substandard conditions.
• Identify and report on unauthorised usage of surface areas, to ensure adherence to all mine standards procedures and legal requirements.

Operational Efficiencies

• Import and export electronic information from other systems to resolve internal data requests in the required format.
• Stay abreast with latest technological developments to identify and recommend any new technology to optimise mine surveying operations.

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.
• Track the usage and recording of survey assets by relevant personnel, ensuring the effective maintenance of the Survey Asset Register.
• Inspect and maintain surveying instruments and technology, outsourcing expert maintenance support where required, to maintain quality surveying equipment.  

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.

Surveying

• Use survey data collected by the UAS Surveyor as input into the design of drill patterns.
• Perform exploration surveys on all exploration boreholes, rehabilitation work, surface accidents in the pit to check the representation of these match actual plans.
• Provide subject matter expertise during Land Management Programs to address any survey issues identified according to the survey designs.
• Update the water volumes in the pit, calculating the volume of pools of water, to support production planning.
• Monitor the construction of new surface structures to ensure no sterilisation of mineral reserves occurs, in an effort to prevent risk to other mining operations.
• Perform surveys at the Run of mine (ROM) pad and Concentrator processing plant, using Total Station equipment, to determine the volume of the stockpile quantity.
• Perform in-pit surveys to establish whether surface activities are accurately represented on mining plans.
• Review and sign-off project milestones and deliverables, providing subject matter expert inputs where applicable, to ensure surface prescribed plans are accurately updated as per regulations.
• Perform surveys at tailing storage facilities to confirm volumes, design compliance and measure to update freeboard reports, ensuring that the surface prescribed plans are accurately updated as per regulations.
• Conduct, weekly and monthly aerial surveys and volume measurements, using surveying instruments and technologies, to collect relevant data within the Tharisa Surface Right area.
• Arrange for ground control points to be installed on planned aerial survey areas, ensuring elevation is accurate.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Chamber of Mines Advanced Certificate in Surveying (NQF6) or National Diploma (NQF6) in Surveying
• Driving Licence

Job specific experience:

• Minimum of between three to five (3-5) years relevant experience
• Experience using survey instruments, including GPS and Total Station
• Experience using CAD/Model Maker/Deswik related software is advantageous

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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, 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 electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem
• Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components
• 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

Qualifications:

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

Job specific experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of Solid experience in a mining environment as an Engineering Electrician.
• Valid driving license (code 08) and own transport.
• Relevant instrumentation background in the mining industry.

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Role Context

• 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.
• 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.
• Manage and control a database of suppliers by coordinating supplier, pricing, tender and spend analysis ensuring the most appropriate suppliers with the most competitive pricing and best alignment to Tharisa Minerals values are utilised and maintained.
• Manage, monitor, and control the compliance processes and procedures around the SC and Procurements materials resourcing practices within Tharisa Minerals, instilling a culture of compliance and accuracy.
• Monitor and conduct random spot checks on the various processes and inventory stores limits 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).
• Conduct regular audits of existing vendors by scrutinising their adherence to their service level agreements (SLA’s) and contracts mitigating any unnecessary risk as well as initiating the contract cancellation process for vendors that are non-compliant.
• Monitor and supervise direct reports by allocating work and establishing key performance indicators for the team and tracking their achievement against the established metrics.
• Coach and mentor individuals in the team by providing guidance on organisational best practice as well as understand individual objectives and align them with that of the organisation’s objectives for mutual growth.
• Manage and drive the Materials Requestion Process (MRP) by establishing good governance and compliance processes within the Supply Chain function, for the organisation, ultimately to ensure the best products are procured and that the inventory stores are adequately stocked to drive continuous operations.
• Oversee the coordination of resource and stock purchasing by implementing stock limit indicators across the various inventory stores on the mine to drive proactive and appropriate purchasing of resources for continuous operations on the mine.
• Manage and negotiate with third party contractors, suppliers and vendors ensuring that optimal products and materials are being acquired whilst minimising operational spend.
• Collaborate with the key stakeholders on the mine in order to understand their operating requirements and spend, identifying product and quantity requirements and coordinate the ordering and delivery thereof.
• Monitor the operational year on year spend of the various mining operations by analysing their financial data in order to identify potential areas for cost reduction and changes in suppliers.
• Identify Supply Chain process inefficiencies and develop recommendations for changes by scrutinising current processes and practices in order to optimise the ways of work within the department.
• Act as the custodian of the approved supplier’s database striving to drive adherence and compliance across the organisation ensuring that only approved suppliers are utilised.
• Manage the tender process by establishing best practice within the organisation and managing expectations with the various internal stakeholders to bring about an optimal outcome for both the internal stakeholder and the external vendors.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Matric /Grade 12 (NQF4)
• Diploma (NQF6) in Supply Chain/Logistics or Business Administration
• Certificate in Purchasing or Materials Management (advantageous)

Job specific experience:

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in the Supply Chain function in the mining environment.

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Role Context

Compliance, Risk and Safety

• Conduct risk assessments per shift cycle/rotation, ensuring adherence to mining safety standards and best practices
• Conduct inspections to identify and report/correct substandard and unsafe conditions, ensuring that drilling areas are set up and safely demarcated

Data Interpretation and Reporting 

• Interpret, examine and record geological data collected, to support management decision making timeously

Ore Sampling and Analysis

• Contribute to the assessment of geological conditions, by collecting, examining, and identifying samples, according to sampling procedure, to support the gathering of  geological samples and processing at sampling plant/area on a mine site (basic sampling)
• Conduct face sampling, by sampling the channel width according to sampling procedures to gather ore specimens for analysis
• Conduct face mapping, by identifying, describing, geological features and mapping the lithologies according to standard operating procedures, to determine quality attributes of ores
• Co-ordinate ORE material and Quality-Grade control processes in the pit, to optimise ore Blending flow throughput and minimise/control dilution of ore/waste mixing different ore types
• Provide significant support to Mining Production operations whilst spending time in the pit as required in order to ensure adherence to the business Grade Control requirements as stipulated in the ore handling and sampling procedures
• Physically measure mining dilution and control through digging of trenches on the ore/waste boundary/contacts, ensuring adherence to loading and material destination plans and reporting.
• Conduct blast holes/drilled holes spot checks to re-measure and audit compliance to drilling-plan, ensuring holes area drilled to the depth requirement
• Conduct ore and waste/interburden waste (IBW) loading, by marking geological ore-waste contacts to help determine/establish waste exposing mining-cut in support of the waste digging plan and grade control dig plan implementation
• Handle ore and continually monitor Stockpile qualities and dilution control, to support Run-of-Mine Material Destination Tracking/Crusher Plants ROM Ore quality management and feed control, line with the Crusher Feed Plan
• Drill, log and capture test holes, timeously sample handover for processing and laboratory assays according to the requirement
• Liaise with mining personnel regarding the material destination action plan to control daily stockpile material movement
• Discard samples remains, including sample plastics, from the geology sampling process area and the laboratory, including on skip bins into the disposing area (stockpiles) according to procedure and per the Geologist’s instructions, to support site rehabilitation

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

• Implement the developed protocols for assessing ore quality, ensuring compliance with established Quality Assurance and Quality Control standards
• Identify deviations and recommend corrective actions, when necessary, to enable the mining production team to proactively address potential issues impacting production quality  
• Collaborate with operational teams to implement corrective actions and optimise processes to maintain high-quality ore output

Resource Management

• Provide input into required changes in resources (financial or non-financial) to enable the achievement of team and/or own objectives
• Provide input into 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

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 stakeholders, where required, to achieve work objectives and to maintain relationships

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 (NQF4) with Mathematics and Physical Science as subjects
• Basic Sampling Certificate
• Elementary Sampling Certificate is advantageous
• BSc or BTech in Geology will be an added advantage

 Job specific experience:

• Minimum of between two to three (2-3) years of experience in the mining geology environment
• Experience in the Geology Department is advantageous
• Computer literate in MS Office
• Valid Driving Licence 

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Role Contex

• Implement Auto-Electrical maintenance and operational plans for the achievement of production targets by conducting Auto-Electrical hardware repairs, maintenance and replacements as required to drive the respective functions operational requirements.
• Actively conduct routine maintenance, installations and repairs by engaging with the respective functions to ensure that all Auto-Electrical needs are tended to, and auto-electrical equipment remains functional.
• Conduct extensive asset care management across the allocated areas of the mine by routinely maintaining, repairing and installing new components to ensure that all assets across the mine remain in optimal condition.
• Maintain and repair all Auto-Electrical equipment and the solving of all technical related problems within the mining plant.
• Adhere to the planned inspection schedule for critical Auto-Electrical equipment to proactively detect and identify potential auto-electrical equipment failure to ensure preventative action is taken.
• Complete job cards on maintenance activities and safety procedures and by keeping accurate records of auto-electrical equipment inspections, repairs and maintenance activities to ensure compliance and facilitate future maintenance planning.
• Conduct continuous risk assessments throughout the day by proactively identifying and reporting identified risks within the areas of operation and collaborating with the various departments to support and maintain a safe working environment.
• Assemble, install, test, and maintain auto-electrical equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools in order to maintain operational requirements and reach daily targets.
• Inspect Earth Moving Equipment auto-electrical components and systems to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with the relevant standards.
• Adhere to specific Risk Management Policy and appropriate Procedures and Standards (Codes of Practice)
• Implement a proactive approach to all safety protocols by creating awareness of hazards and behaviour to enforce compliance to minimise risk of accidents and injuries within the plant.
• Conduct regular safety inspections, provide relevant and necessary training to ensure all employees adhere to safety guidelines all the time.
• Enforce compliance with all applicable regulations, codes and standards related to foundry operations including environmental regulations to ensure the plant remains fully compliant to industry standards.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Matric /Grade 12 (NQF4)
• N2 Certificate in Auto-Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Trade Certificate Auto-Electrical or Millwright (NQF 5)
• MV Certificate
• Auto-Electrical Protection
• Cable Jointing

Job specific experience:

• Minimum of 3 years previous experience in the auto-electrical field
• Minimum of 2 years post-apprenticeship experience

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Role Context

• Understand the interaction between the suppliers and customers;
• Ensure good customer service to the production unit;
• Quality administration of Account Payments;
• Respond efficiently and effectively to queries and problems regarding account payments submitted by external suppliers;
• Ensure confidentiality and integrity;
• Quality GR/IR administration;
• Obtain invoice signatures as per the Authority matrix;
• Ensure clocking’s on labour correspond with actual hours invoiced;
• Ensure data accuracy and timeliness;
• Administration of all account payable orders and invoices;
• Analyze reports and data for accuracy;
• Prepare reports of the GR/IR accounts;
• Safe data capturing with daily backup;
• Ensures accurate data input into the X3 system;
• Account payable processes and standards;
• Supplier Receipt processes;
• Order variation queries;
• Vendor Management;
• Obtain Statements;
• Reconciliation processes.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12/ NQF Level 4
• Financial related qualification

Job specific experience:

• 1-2 years relevant experience in Accounts payable and query resolution
• Valid driver’s license code 8
• Computer Literate

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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 optimization for ensuring customer needs are met
• Assist smelter 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, 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, electrical or electronic wiring, and maintain mechanical equipment appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem, Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components
• 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 that the equipment handed back to the operation is in a safe and operable condition

Requirements

Minimum Requirement:

Qualification:

• Grade 12 and Millwright Trade Certificate
• Relevant Fitting and Machining/Turning, Electrical Technical Qualifications: Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate Technical Qualifications: Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate or SAQA Verified Trade Certificate)
• Studying towards N6 National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering would be advantageous
• Valid MV certificate

Job Specific Experience

• Sound knowledge in smelter or foundry environment
• Minimum of 5 years Solid experience in a foundry/smelter environment as a Millwright
• Valid driving license (code 08) and own transport