Engineering Specialist Production - Rustenburg at Anglo American

Job Description:

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Developing a refractory maintenance plan for the year to support the achievement of throughput objectives
• Undertake to plan, up to 1-2 years ahead, the budget requirements according to the planned maintenance schedules verses operational targets
• Manage and monitor daily, weekly and monthly progress to plan, budget and employees resources
• Review operational plan and re-assign targets and objectives to subordinates
• Regularly communicate progress of section against operational targets and objectives
• Evaluate, monitor and provide continuous feedback to the section regarding the performance efficiencies, standards of the section labour, equipment, budget and process targets
• Undertake to audit the satisfaction of the operational team to who the coordinator provides high level technical support
• Oversee the quality of workmanship and conduct regular inspections around the section
• Plan daily, weekly and monthly work requirements and priorities.
• Allocate labour resources and equipment to scheduled and priority activities to maintain and ensure high levels of labour, equipment and operational performance standards
• Establish procedures for abnormal work requirements which fall outside of standard procedures
• Ensure that accurate labour records including overtime worked are maintained and record keeping of legal compliance
• Prepare ad-hoc reports for management or other information customers
• Completion of audit administration
• Ensure that engineering administration requirements are complied with
• Ensure that technical data is accurate
• Liaise with the other Engineering Specialists and Foremen to ensure that any problems that could overlap with other sections are pro-actively identified and discussed
• Will execute any reasonable work instruction provided by any senior or team members to ensure the effective completion of a task or safe making of an area
• Oversee the development of a healthy spirit of co-operation within the section
• Identify operational priorities within the section that would ensure the optimization of the sections performance
• Monitor the Central logistics process to identify any possible problems or risk areas to the section and schedule remedy actions
• Ensure that all the data captures on the operational and technical management information and control systems are accurate and timeous
• Regularly review operational and technical data to extract trends, identify problems and comply management reports
• Ensure safety and engineering policies are adhered to
• Comply with Environmental Policies
• Extensive experience in furnace refractory and taphole repairs.

This role is at a Band 6 level

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Trade qualification
• Engineering Specialist Certificate will be advantageous

Experience

• 5 years’ experience as Engineering Foreman

Knowledge and Skills

• Basic computer literacy
• Furnace refractory and taphole repairs
• Mechanical and structural Drawing understanding
• Service environment
• English literate
• Valid driving license code 08