Chief Foreman

Purpose of Job

• To manage the engineering maintenance processes within the appointed area of responsibility to enable various mining teams to reach production targets within the principles of QCDSM

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and carry out engineering and maintenance strategies and overhaul plans on a day to day basis that ensure that departments KPI's are met deliver maintenance, if and when to replace / repair equipment.

• Manage maintenance cost vs R/t in appointed area Maintenance budget

• Ensure availability of equipment by effectively managing downtime / shift / MTTF / MTTR (infrastructure and inspection equipment).

• Ensure adherence to maintenance programme.

• Implements operational projects, ensures engineering compliance, develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP in appointed area of responsibility.

• Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation.

• Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees) SOP / COP implementation and adherence.

• Assess economics / engineering viability of no major engineering business cases and provides specific, inspection expertise and coaching.

• Manage delivery against OE initiatives.

• Carry out condition monitoring programs in appointed area of responsibility.

• Compliance to Condition monitoring program schedules.

• Conduct failure trend analysis and root cause elimination.

• Execution of Predictive Maintenance recommendations (backlog).

• Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility.

• Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.

• Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR.

• Ensure SHE compliance rates vs. targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings) Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR.

• Ensure the effective recruitment, training, coaching and career development.

• Manage vacancy rates against staff establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD, AWOP, Successors for critical positions).

• Manage team bearing in mind key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%, Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets) training days for department.

• Planned Task observations.

Formal Eduction

• Completed Matric / Grade 12 / N3 (Engineering) / N4 (Engineering) or equivalent

• Complete Trade Test (Electrical / Mechanical)

• Flameproof and Gas testing Certificate

Working Experience

• Experience: 10+ relevant years

• Experience: 5 Years experience on 11Kv Electrical reticulation

• Sound knowledge on building and engineering structures including sewage treatment plants

• Sound knowledge on Winders