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PURPOSE

• This position exists to assist the Process Manager to ensure the efficient operation of the plant against set objectives.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety

• Carry and fulfil responsibilities of a MHSA Section 2.9.2 legal appointment
• Lead team to complying with company SHE strategy and zero harm frame-work
• Ensure team’s understanding of company safety policies, standards and procedures
• Identify areas of improvement in line with company strategy
• Identify SHE training requirements of reports
• Be part of Incident/ Accident investigation teams
• Uphold all applicable minimum legal requirements.

Operations

• Achieve production and quality targets
• Manage performance of production shifts
• Form part of maintenance planning and execution.
• Supervision and sign off maintenance tasks
• Ensure plant operates within cost budget
• Maintain high standards of operational excellence
• Identify process optimization needs
• Control all process consumable consumptions within company standards

People and Systems Management

• Drive teams’ compliance to company strategy
• Effectively delegate tasks

Manage time and attendance, and other systems

• Identify and develop talent within areas of responsibility
• Scheduling and planning of work force plan

Administration

• Completes safety, production, maintenance, personnel, and quality control records and reports.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Metallurgical, Chemical Engineering or other related Diploma/ Degree.

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years experience in coal processing plants
• A minimum 3 years proven supervisory experience.

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES

• Able to align self with company strategy and values.
• Self-driven, Analytical Thinker, Self Managing, Shows Integrity, Assertive, Results driven.
• Possesses good communication skills, team player (collaboration), skilled in Safety, People, and Cost Management.
• Can instill and maintain discipline.
• Able to analyse and optimize metallurgical performance of a plant.
• Able to manage external stakeholder relations.
• Fluent in MS Office suite

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Description
PURPOSE

• This role is responsible to improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labour, parts and material, and equipment access.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintenance

• Organise the equipment downtime for maintenance activities in co ordination with the production department
• Maintains and updates the preventive maintenance program and its master schedule
• Prepare work packages for every planned maintenance activity, inclusive of repetitive maintenance.
• Order, receive and supervise required material to assist maintenance activities.
• Plan and arrange activities related with equipment maintenance to enhance equipment and plant accessibility and competence supporting site production supplies.
• Execute modification in maintenance records and key equipment with significant spares during setting apt reorder levels along with quantities.
• Provide technical assistance for supporting entire on site maintenance activities.

Planning

• Planning of major equipment annual overhauls.
• Manage the planning and scheduling of week +1 and week+2 work
• Monitor and report on week 0 and week 1 work executed.
• Incorporate safety controls and measures into planning and scheduling work.

Operations

• Perform planned plant inspections.
• Manage and implement preventative maintenance plans.
• Supervise and monitor planned maintenance activities.
• Perform job safety analysis and planned task observations.

Costing

• Assist in compiling and controlling annual maintenance budgets.
• Manage and control equipment LCC. Assist with cost management through
• best pricing and value as well as component contract management.

QEM Standards

• Obtain drawings, manuals and other documents to ensure alignment of maintenance activities to OEM specifications.
• Review and update task lists to align with OEM standards and industry best practice

Coordination

• Coordinate to rebuild spare equipment through external suppliers to best practice standards.
• Coordinate and participate in S&Q processes.
• Plan and schedule maintenance activities and planned shutdowns.
• Coordinate weekly planning and scheduling meetings.

QUALIFICATIONS

• N4 in engineering studies, mechanical or electrical
• Trade certificated artisan (Red Seal)

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years experience in industry after qualifying
• 3 years supervisory and planning experience
• EAMS and CBM system experience
• Knowledge with PRAGMA On-key will be advantageous

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Strong negotiation skills
• People management and motivational skills
• Mentoring and coaching skills
• Good quality control skills
• Computer skills (Ms Office)
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

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Description
PURPOSE

• The role is responsible to ensure safe installation and maintenance and repairs of all mechanical equipment i.e. crusher/gearboxes/pumps etc.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety, Health , Environment and Quality
• Display safety conduct at all time by wearing the correct PPE
• Attend pre shift meetings
• Report unsafe conditions and behaviour
• Adhere to FA and client policies and procedures
• Always behave safe
• Maintenance and fabrication
• Implement maintenance schedules
• Maintains\repairs all mechanical equipment
• Conduct plant inspection on all key mechanical equipment
• Identifies and prioritise equipment in need of maintenance/repairs
• Plans down time for repairs/maintenance
• Plans for material and men to assist
• Do risk assessment/study procedures
• Do repairs/maintenance Fabricate general steelwork

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12/N3 - Mechanical engineering subjects
• Trade test - Fitter - MQA/MERSETA preferred

EXPERIENCE

• 3 years minimum post trade test experience as Fitter (Section 13 Artisan)
• 2 years Learnership/Apprentice in Mining or Construction
• Basic exposure to maintenance of general plant equipment (Strong and divers machining ability is a requirement)

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Verbal communication
• Understand what constitutes unsafe conditions and behaviour
• Knowledge of unsafe behaviour - what does it mean?
• Basic understanding of planned maintenance documentation and procedures
• Basic planning skills
• Risk assessment skills
• Mechanical engineering skills
• Valid Drivers license
• How to order PPE

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Description
PURPOSE

• This position exists to ensure the maintenance and repair of all plant equipment, infrastructure and implementing engineering projects to improve operational efficiency.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contract Management
• Interprets, implement, and manage the contract.
• Liaise with client representative regarding overall plant performance.
• Communication with the client and management suggesting repairs and site improvements.
• SHEQ Management
• Implement the FAMP health and safety policy in accordance with client requirements and company requirements.
• Manage and implement MHSA procedures, policies, and standards.
• Plant Maintenance
• Analysing data for all plants and investigating barriers to effective quality performance, causes of delays and deviations and ensuring mitigating plans are prepared and implemented.
• Develop maintenance procedures, methods, and standards.
• Ensures that own/client’s assets are maintained in a safe working condition.
• Ensures that maintenance is managed cost-effectively.
• Implement and maintain a preventive maintenance program to reduce downtime and maximize equipment availability.
• Ensuring work is planned, scheduled, executed and monitored in accordance to the Engineering objectives and standards.
• Inspecting critical jobs to verify the work is performed correctly and safely.
• Manage critical spares and stock account.
• Technical support for repair methods for installed equipment and ratables - expert in diagnosing faults and repairing equipment.
• Ensure RCA’s (Root Cause Analysis) are being done in line with RCA guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12/ Matric
• N4 or equivalent engineering qualification
• Trade Test MQA/MERSETA preferred.
• Accredited Supervisory or Management qualification added advantage

EXPERIENCE

• 3 years Supervisor or Foreman experience in the Plant Processing, Crushing and Screening industry.
• 2-3 years experience as an artisan, engineering foreman GES

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Conflict Management
• People Management
• Mentoring and Coaching skills
• Timely decision making
• Computer Skills (MS office)
• Developing direct reports and others
• Functional technical skills
• Innovation Management
• Strong Negotiation skills
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent networking skills
• Strong acumen for solving engineering problems/trouble shooting.
• Strategic ability

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Description
PURPOSE

• The role is responsible to ensure the safe efficient installation, maintenance and repairs of all steel pipes, chutes, conveyors and other mining and construction beneficiation plant equipment and specialized steel manufacturing.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety, Health , Environment and Quality
• Ensure to wear correct PPE at all times
• Attend pre-shift meetings
• Report unsafe conditions and behaviour
• Adhere to FA and client policies and procedures
• Always behave safe
• Maintenance and fabrication
• Implement maintenance schedules
• Maintains\repairs all mechanical equipment
• Conduct plant inspection on all key mechanical equipment
• Identifies and prioritise equipment in need of maintenance/repairs
• Plans down time for repairs/maintenance
• Plans for material and men to assist
• Do risk assessment/study procedures
• Do repairs/maintenance Fabricate general steelwork

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12/N3 - Mechanical engineering subjects
• Trade test - Boilermaker - MQA/MERSETA preferred

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years minimum post trade test experience as Boilermaker (Section 13 Artisan)
• 2 years Learnership/Apprentice in Mining or Construction

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Verbal communication
• Understand what constitutes unsafe conditions and behaviour
• Knowledge of unsafe behaviour - what does it mean?
• Basic understanding of planned maintenance documentation and procedures
• Basic planning skills
• Risk assessment skills
• Boilermaker skills
• Valid Drivers license

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Description
PURPOSE

• This position exists to ensure the achievement of business objectives through contract execution and growth

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contract Management
• Interpret, implement and manage the commercial contract.
• Manage site revenue, cost budget & financial KPIs.
• Liaise with client representative regarding overall plant performance and quality standards.
• Ensure healthy and mutually beneficial relationship is maintained with client.
• Manage the contract regarding volumes, quality and other specifications relevant to the final product.
• Advises senior manager of any scope changes.
• Agree on month end quantities and ensure invoices are submitted timeously.
• Do weekly forecast on throughput & cost and report to senior management
• Customer Relations Management
• Regular contact with clients and ensure a >90% customer satisfaction rate as well as positive feedback.
• Assist Business Unit Managers in resolving IR, PR and other issues.
• Ensure Service Level Agreements are adhered to and regular meetings take place .
• SHEQ Management
• Understand and advocate company SHEQ Strategy.
• Ensure excellent safety performance.
• Implement SHEQ policies in accordance with legislative requirements, client requirements and company prescriptions.
• Facilitates the enforcement of SHEQ procedures in terms of training, and communication structures.
• Manage and implement occupational health management programmes.
• Implement and maintain the company’s zero harm and quality frameworks
• Growth and Innovation
• Establish and maintain business networks.
• Explore opportunities for new business.
• Stay abreast with new technology advances and explore possibilities to improve currentprocess
• Foster digitisation on site through innovative thinking.
• Managing the Team
• Select and appoint competent people.
• Assign work, monitor performance, train and develop reports.
• Manage discipline as per company policies and procedures.
• Plant Maintenance
• Ensures that own/client’s assets are maintained as per FAMP Maintenance Strategy.
• Manage maintenance costs.
• Ensures maintenance system is implemented and maintained.
• Manages critical spares and stock account
• Manage LCC system and ensure proper maintenance planning

QUALIFICATIONS

• B-Tech, B-Degree, Extractive Metallurgy or Chemical Engineering or any other relevant
• Degree

EXPERIENCE

• 5-10 years’ experience in a beneficiation plant
• A minimum 3 years as a Process Foreman or Plant/Process Metallurgist

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES

• Financial and budgeting control skills.
• People management and motivational skills.
• Mentoring and Coaching skills.
• Good communication, conflict handling and interpersonal skills.
• Good quality control skills.
• Computer skills (MS Office).
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Good performance management and general skills.

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Description
PURPOSE

• Determine standards, policies for installation, modification, quality control, testing, inspection and maintenance, inspecting plant and machinery to ensure optimum performance. Directing the maintenance of plant, buildings and equipment, scheduling and planning production activities

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Optimal Plant and Equipment Performance
• Schedule of services and ensure all the paper work is in order.
• Co-ordinate the inspection lists and delegate daily duties to the Engineering Foreman.
• Co-ordinate the daily duties of the service supervisors. Monitor equipment availabilities on a daily basis.
• Follow up on breakdowns as a matter of urgency.
• Minimise downtime.
• Daily, weekly and monthly job planning
• Plant Administration Function
• Ensure data integrity on the engineering systems
• Check and authorize job cards.
• Stores and Stock Control
• Monitor, sign and check all stores issued.
• Incorrect issues to be returned to store.
• Issue a maintenance and service schedule to procurement on weekly basis for preparation  to ensure resources availability spares availability.
• Ensure Compliance to SHEQ policies, procedures, standards and applicable legislation
• Comply with all SHEQ standards.
• Ensure that all staff is trained and informed of and adhere to safety, health, environment and quality standards and procedures. Ensure compliance with all PPE requirements.
• Constantly inspect the work done to ensure that jobs are completed in line with client and quality requirements.
• Engineering HR Function
• Drive a Fraser Alexander(to be culture)
• Lead, manage and drive team performance
• Chair all relevant disciplinary  and grievance actions.
• Ensure skills training and development of employees.
• Motivate employees and create pride with regards to their work.
• Conduct performance management of subordinates and sub-contractors.
• Ensure career development of subordinates to their full potential.
• Control staff and quality of work at all times.
• Total Quality of the Maintenance Function
• Liaise with plant foreman and on a daily basis.
• Liaise on a daily basis with the Process Manager to discuss breakdowns, availability, budget and  authorization
• Conduct daily and weekly meetings with staff to discuss and review maintenance procedures, planned maintenance, repairs and review costs against the budget.
• Attend to any clint complaints
• Follow up on breakdowns

QUALIFICATIONS

• Diploma, BSc/ B-Tech Engineering Electrical or Mechanical
• Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) in Mining

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years in a Section Engineer position, carrying a legal appointment in a Plant or Mine Environment

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES

• Technical Knowledge of Coal Processing plant and equipment
• Relationship building
• Ability to drive innovation
• Planning and organising for achievement of business goals
• Ability to coach all levels of personnel for sustainable high performance
• Plant / Engineering financial and accounting skills
• Computer Literate

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Description
PURPOSE

• The role is responsible to assist the Process Manager to ensure the efficient operation of the plant against set objectives thus maintenance of the plant and  attend  to breakdowns speedily

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety, Health , Environment and Quality
• Maintain FAMP/Client SHEQ  policies and procedures .
• Promote SHEQ performance, programs and campaigns
• Conduct risk assessments
• Execute planned task observations
• Conduct SHEQ meetings
• Report & Investigate all incidents/accidents
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation e.g. Mine Health and Safety Act
• Operations
• Maintain good housekeeping standards
• Do proper shift handover
• Operate the plant
• Rectify process deficiencies
• Ensures production targets are met
• Maintains quality standards
• Monitors plant performance to obtain optimum production
• Advise on requirements of process spares
• Implement client “Crushing Plan” to achieve throughput & qualities
• Monitor sampling procedures
• Maintenance
• Be part of maintenance planning meeting
• Create job card (R Card)
• Engineering work execution on relevant Maintenance day’s
• Inspect equipment in  the area of responsibility
• Capture update and maintain information On key-system
• Do general and processing maintenance/repairs e.g. change panels and sieve bends/tighten panels/cutting of skirting / unblocking of panels and flood boxes
• Execute planned maintenance tasks
• Managing the team
• Assign work
• Monitor performance
• Train and develop team members
• Maintain discipline in the team
• Proper communication
• Administration
• Completes and distribute shift reports e.g. SHEQ and  production,
• personnel, quality control and maintenance.
• Complete incident/accident reports
• Ensure all records are maintained e.g. disciplinary, production and SHEQ

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12
• N3 – Mechanical & Electrical engineering subjects
• Trade test-Millwright - MQA/MERSETA preferred
• MV added advantage

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years’ millwright experience preferable in Mining/Mineral Processing

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Strong Verbal and Written communication
• Problem Solving
• Interpersonal and leadership skills
• Attention to detail

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Description
PURPOSE

• The role is responsible to install, test, repair, inspect and maintain metering and recording instruments, controlling devices, data logging and display equipment, communications, and telemetry systems, and to perform related work as required.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety, Health and Environment
• Installations and Maintenance
• Installs, maintains, repairs, overhauls, calibrates, and tests a wide variety of industrial instrumentation that record, indicate, control and regulate level, flow, pressure, temperature, position and water analysis.
• Troubleshoots telemetry and process controller hardware, maintains a functional knowledge of the operation of the telemetry system software and hardware.
• Makes periodic preventative maintenance inspections of all metering control instruments, diagnosing existing or potential trouble; cleans, lubricates, calibrates, and adjusts as conditions indicate.
• Lays out, install and place into service new metering, controlling, and recording devices, calibrating required; may extend or connect related electrical circuits.
• Operations
• Troubleshoots SCADA, and PLC software and hardware, makes recommendations and performs software changes, maintains documentation of changes to the software and hardware.
• Performs the repairs and testing work requiring higher-level knowledge, skills, and abilities and serves as a technical resource to others.
• Manage Compliance to FAMP & Client SHEQ
• Execute the MHSA/OHSA requirements
• Fulfill all 2.6.1 appointment requirements.
• Ensure compliance to FAMP & Client Internal SHEQ Systems
• Understand and Perform Financial Administration
• Understand financial Costing.
• Preparing submitting & securing contract rate increases Managing stock control.
• Attend all Requirements
• Quarterly meetings Quarterly Audits Monthly inspections

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12/N3
• Trade test - MQA/MERSETA preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 3-4 years’ experience working on industrial instrumentation and control Experience in Diagnosing and making changes to PLC and SCADA software and hardware systems.

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Self-management skills
• Good communication skills
• Problem solving
• Analytical skill.

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Description
PURPOSE

• The role is responsible to ensure that electrical & instrumentation planning, installation, maintenance and repairs/replacement of all electrical equipment is done safe and efficient (MV & LV).

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety, Health , Environment and Quality
• Always behave safe
• Adhere to FAMP and client policies and procedures
• Report unsafe conditions and -behaviour
• Attend pre-shift meetings
• Ensure to wear correct PPE at all times
• Operations
• Implement maintenance schedules
• Maintenance of transformers & substations
• Maintains\repairs all electrical equipment
• Conduct plant inspection on all key electrical equipment
• Identifies and prioritise equipment in need of maintenance/repairs
• Plans down time for repairs/maintenance
• Do risk assessment/study procedures
• Do repairs/maintenance
• Maintenance
• Be part of maintenance planning meeting
• Create job card (R Card)
• Engineering work execution on relevant Maintenance day’s
• Inspect equipment in  the area of responsibility
• Capture update and maintain information On key-system
• Do general and processing maintenance/repairs e.g. change panels and sieve bends/tighten panels/cutting of skirting / unblocking of panels and flood boxes
• Execute planned maintenance tasks
• Managing the team
• Coach and assist co-workers
• Specialised maintenance on conveyors and fire detectors
• Legal inspections and logbooks
• Fault finding on electrical systems and cable installations

QUALIFICATIONS

• Trade test - MQA/MERSETA preferred
• Dual Trade certificate as Electrician as well as instrument technician/ mechanician

required

• N3 - Electrical engineering subjects

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar role
• MV training/qualification
• Siemens PLC and SCADA experience will be advantageous

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• How to order PPE
• Verbal communication
• Understand what constitutes unsafe conditions and –behaviour
• Knowledge of unsafe behaviour
• Basic understanding of planned maintenance documentation and procedures
• Electrical engineering skills
• Basic planning skills
• Risk assessment skills
• Fault finding skills
• Basic knowledge of health and safety legislation and requirements