Shift Superintendent
Job Description
Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.
Job req
7198
Closing date
31 January 2025
Geographical Area
Secunda, Mpumalanga
OME
Mining
PURPOSE OF JOB / ROLE INTENT
Provide the leadership required to create high performance teams – capable of reaching all their targets, as well as to do the coaching required for the teams to function successfully without supervision. Execute the statutory duties according to Regulation 2.14.1
CORE ELEMENTS OF JOB AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Manage and carry out tactical strategies on a day-to-day basis that ensure that departments KPl’s are met (for example meters blasted, road construction, back area support
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- Availability of Equipment Downtime/ shift/ MTTF /MTTR (infrastructure and in-section equipment)
- Adherence to Overhaul / maintenance program – plan vs. actual
- Implements operational projects, ensures operating compliance, develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in appointed area of responsibility
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- Ensures adherence to Operating principles and legislation
- Compliance to governance bodies (standardization committees
- SOP/ COP implementation and adherence
- Safe Production
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- Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility
- Rand per ton (R/t), meters per shift, meters per shift in building roads, belts installed in main belt roads and travel roads
- Volumes vs. monthly TQF (Including Quality)
- Finance
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- Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget
- Delivery against budget and reporting calendar vs. target
- SHE – Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR
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- SHE compliance rates vs. targets (especially major findings), % outstanding actions on findings
- Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR
- Basic Sasol SHE standards to be implemented
- Recruitment, training, coaching and career development
- Vacancy rates vs. Staff Establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSO/ PSD), AWOP, Successors for critical positions
- 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
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
- This position has a 2.14.1 legal appointment and is accountable for managing the operational solutions and governance within the area of appointment at a mine within a highly regulated industry
- Remote locations, Equipment and infrastructure are underground and may be located over a wide area, the availability must be managed to ensure production targets are met
- Complex interfaces with contractors and suppliers also exits
- Information from various sources needs to be analyzed, interpreted and integrated to make trade-off decisions in the best interest of the area of responsibility
Minimum Qualifications And Experience Required
- Grade 12 or N3 or NCV Level 4 with Maths and Science
- Certificate in Blasting, Gas Testing, Competent A
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- Valid Red Ticket (or ability to obtain one)
- Drivers licence
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- Mine Overseer Certificate of Competence for Fiery Mines
- Minimum 5 years total relevant Mining Experience/ Production / Production Services experience in Mining
Industry
OR
- 8 Eng/ BSc Eng with 12 months’ work experience as Shiftboss during the Candidate Engineer time period with a Mine Overseer Certificate of Competence
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY
People Leadership
Inspirational: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation
Builds Talent: Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.
Sasol believes in diversity and equal opportunities. We expressly welcome all applications – regardless of your gender, ethnicity, religion, ideology, disabilities, age or sexual identity.