Shift Supervisor vacancy at Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore
DEADLINE: 04 March 2025
Job Description:
As the Shift Supervisor your responsibilities will include but not limited to:
- Safety, Health, and Environment
- Manage a secure and safe work environment where employees can deliver their outputs within a controlled work environment, free from harm.
- Keep environmental impact within statutory requirements to ensure compliance with our operating license.
- Escalate any operational and SHE-related matters in time to the responsible General Engineering Supervisor.
- Active participation in SLAMs, HOHs, relevant Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
- Performance and Delivery
- Shift Coordination: Prepare and coordinate activities during designated shifts.
- Team Leadership: Support and guide the team, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Quality Control: Maintain quality control measures to ensure that materials fed into the processing plant meet required standards and specifications.
- Equipment Supervision: Maintain and manage the operation of equipment used in the mining operations area and material transport, ensuring optimal performance and addressing issues promptly.
- Communication: Maintain effective communication with team members, supervisors, and other departments to relay information, address challenges, and ensure a coordinated workflow
- Data Recording: Record and maintain accurate data related to mining operations activities, material quantities, and quality metrics for reporting and analysis.
- Problem Resolution: Address and resolve operational challenges, technical issues, and discrepancies within mining operations.
- Shift Reporting: Prepare comprehensive shift reports detailing activities, accomplishments, challenges, and any incidents or deviations from standard procedures.
- Process Optimization: Collaborate with relevant teams to optimise block preparation and material feeding processes, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Sustainability and Social:
- Execute the delivery of the sustainability activities relevant to the discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time.
- Deliver Sustainable Mining Plan execution relevant to the discipline.
- Comply with environmental and social requirements as relevant to the discipline.
- Implement environmental and social risk mitigation techniques relevant to the discipline specified in the asset risk management approach.
- Implement sustainable improvement initiatives relevant to the work area and progress report.
- People and Teams:
- Lead by example and support a purpose-driven, high-performance culture based on company values, inclusion, and diversity principles.
- Manage employee and contractor processes in the work area.
- Foster team member development through coaching while maintaining the right skills mix within the team through developing and executing Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for all team members.
Qualifications:
- Grade 12 Certificate
- Trade Test (Mechanical or relevant Engineering discipline)
- N4 Qualification (Engineering field)
- SA Drivers Licence
Technical Knowledge
- Knowledge of engineering and maintenance processes in the mining industry and within the scope of the role.
- Relevant operational drawing/design experience (mining industry preferred).
- Budget management and cost control.
- Documentation, sign-off and approval processes.
- Risk management techniques and critical controls.
- Leadership tools for implementing a culture of purpose-led, high-performance and change.
- Safety, health, and environment, legislative, statutory, and regulatory
