Plant Manager (Barberton Fairview Mine)
Barberton Mines · Gauteng
Posted 3 November 2026
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- Ensure compliance to relevant Safety standards of both the Company & MHSA.
- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers' expectations
- Increase production, asset capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
- Be responsible for production output and product quality
- Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results
- Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus
- Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions
- Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff
- Collect and analyze data to find places of waste or overtime
- Commit to plant safety procedures
- Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
- Address employees' issues or grievances and administer collective bargaining agreements
- Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts
- Manage projects within the section & area of responsibility
Requirements
- A degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience at Plant Management level
- Milling and CIL must be part of your experiential exposure.
- A keen acumen for general engineering and an understanding of instrumentation.
- Valid certificate of physical fitness.
- Computer literate. (MS Access, MS Projects, Statistical Programs and Process Modeling).
- Driver's license.