JNR Operations Foreman - Kathu - Small Mines at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Blasting Ticket (mandatory)
• Grade 12 (Minimum)
• N.Dip / Degree in Mining or Equivalent/Related.

Qualification / Professional Membership

• Ms Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Email)
• Blasting Assistant Certificate MQA
• Competent A Certificate – MQA
• Legal Liability 2.9.8 (Ideal)

Experience

• 3 years’ demonstrated experience as Truck Operator or Blaster (including surface mining, blasting, blast reports, seismograph  
• 2 years’ demonstrated experience in supervising employees  
• 2 years’ demonstrated experience in responsibility for managing costs.    

Duties

• Works closely with internal and external customers to assess needs and plan operations accordingly.
• Plans and organises the availability to resources, to meet customer’s requests. 
• Ensures that the assets of the company are protected from theft and damage. 
• Responsible for the operation rollers, bending press and Guillotine.  
• Organises, schedules and coordinates building off explosives truck tanks to facilitate the smooth, timeous flow of deliveries. 
• Administers stocks and continuous stock availability by ensuring that paperwork such as store stock are up to date and reconciled.
• Ensures that all administration, documents, storage of information are kept according to BME standards.
• Provides inputs into the annual budgeting process in line with the objectives of the department. 
• Identifies cost saving initiatives (e.g. Managing overtime) while balancing customer requirements.
• Ensures that the necessary incident investigations take place. 
• Ensures that required staff training is up to date.
• Ensures that the impact of production processes on environment are understood by staff and appropriately monitored.
• Ensures that suitable employees are recruited. 
• Plans daily/ weekly/ monthly scheduling of work/shift allocations. 
• Ensures induction for new staff members.
• Ensures that all staff are given the required training in accordance with work requirements.

Job Competencies

• Ensures that systems, processes, and procedures are in place and managed to ensure timely maintenance is performed on equipment and vehicles. 
• Plans, coordinates, and schedules maintenance 
• Ensures that regular inspections are conducted on Boiler shop equipment. 
• Implements controls and does inspections to assess correct usage of PPE or equipment and to take the necessary actions. 
• Implements controls to ensure that maintenance and repair work has been satisfactorily conducted.
• Plan and conducts PTO and VFL.