Current Opportunities at South32

POSITION SYNOPSIS:

• Ensuring compliance with the South32 commitment to Zero Harm, you will play a key role in safely assisting artisans with mobile machine maintenance and breakdowns. Compliance to all applicable procedures is essential.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Serious contenders will have a Grade 10 (internal employees) or Grade 12 with Mathematics and Science together with a minimum of 1 years’ experience in maintenance.
• Valid Driver’s license is essential;
• In depth knowledge of Surface Mining Principles is essential;
• Experience in mobile machine maintenance or fitting, boiler making or electrical is advantageous.  

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assist artisan with the daily maintenance and inspections;
• Basic use of hand tools;
• Apply health, safety and housekeeping standard;
• Participate in investigations into workplace incidents,
• Report any unsafe behaviour, conditions and incidents to the responsible person;
• Conduct pre-use inspections, routine inspections and report defects,
• Conduct risk assessment before all tasks and identify risks and hazards,
• Keep all equipment clean and in a good condition all the time.

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POSITION SYNOPSIS:

The purpose of the role is to be responsible for timely installation, repair and maintenance of equipment to ensure that mining activities are executed in a safe manner as well as operate equipment and tests all working parts in functional area to ensure proper utilization.  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Serious contenders will have a N2 (internal employees) or N3 (external employees) Technical Certificate and an Auto Electrician Trade Test with a minimum of 2 years’ technical experience on surface mobile mining equipment.
• In depth knowledge and understanding of VIMS systems, CAT electronic Technician (ET) and the starting & charging systems components and operations is essential;
• Extensive knowledge of earthmoving equipment is essential.
• Workshop exposure which includes rebuilding of machines, wiring systems, fault finding and repairs to electrical circuits is essential;
• Valid Code 08 Driver’s license is essential.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Interprets and coordinates pre-work with regards to repairs, planned and predictive maintenance;
• Accesses any area safely to perform necessary maintenance on machines or equipment;
• Performs safety inspections of equipment and assesses risks on equipment;
• Maintains a clean and safe worksite;
• Ensures the upkeep of maintenance tools and equipment.

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POSITION SYNOPSIS:

• The purpose of the role is to be responsible for timely installation, repair and maintenance of equipment to ensure that mining activities are executed in a safe manner as well as operate equipment and tests all working parts in functional area to ensure proper utilization.  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Serious contenders will have a N2 Technical Certificate for internal candidates and N3 Technical Certificate for external candidates, together with a Mechanical Trade Test;
•  A minimum 3 years’ experience as a Qualified Artisan in a mining environment
• Valid Code 08 Driver’s license is essential;
• Experience in performing major rebuilds and or components rebuild will be advantageous;
• SAP & CAT ET, SIS software knowledge will be advantageous.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Interprets and coordinates pre-work with regards to repairs, interpretation of hydraulic diagrams, planned and predictive maintenance;
• Accesses any area safely to perform necessary maintenance on machines or equipment;
• Performs safety inspections of equipment and assesses risks on equipment;
• Maintains a clean and safe worksite;
• Ensures the upkeep of maintenance tools and equipment;
• Coordinates activities associated with trouble-shooting and repairing maintenance equipment.

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POSITION SYNOPSIS:

• The purpose of the role is to monitor and report on daily production, monitor mine environment, and communicate emerging issues and action safe response, coordinate and monitor surface operations to ensure adherence to safety and emergency measures, production parameters and standards and to coordinate emergency/incident response.  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Serious contenders will have a Grade 12 with Mathematics or N3 Technical Certificate (external candidates) and a minimum of 5 years mining/underground/surface/plant experience;
• Computer literacy in MS Office Suite, ESS,Adroit is essential;
• Knowledge pertaining to basic fleet monitoring and dispatch system, Health, Safety and Environmental principles in and around a workplace is essential;
• Knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act, regulations and definitions is essential;
• Knowledge of the relevant terminology used in mining is essential;
• Demonstrate an understanding of typical basic surface mining services, processes and layouts is essential;
• Read surface mining plans is essential.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manage shift handovers;
• Coordinate planned activities according to production schedules and allocate resources as required;
• Coordinate and monitor mining, plant and engineering operations to ensure adherence to safety and emergency measure, production parameters and standards;
• Monitor, gather, consolidate production information and changes, and communicate to relevant stakeholders to minimize production delays – including initiating callouts;
• Monitor and analyse surface operations efficiencies to recommend or implement improvement/changes to maximize operational outcomes;
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders of the production process to ensure operational optimization;
• Monitor and control OCC Systems: Fire and Lightning Detection and issuing of keys – report emerging issues to relevant stakeholders and coordinate actions of safe response;
• Create work orders for equipment breakdowns, record breakdown data (incl. artisan feedback), and coordinate the repair and return to production of TMM;
• Coordinate the activities of maintenance personnel that is attending to machine and equipment breakdowns or issues affecting machine performance during the shift.

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POSITION SYNOPSIS:

The purpose of this role is to provides specialist advice and executes transactional accounting services for the areas of Fixed Assets and Projects Accounting; Sundry Accounts Receivable and Intercompany Accounting; Payroll Accounting and Master Data; including relevant period end tasks as defined within the Global Business Services’ Partnership Agreement with its Customers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Serious contenders will have a Degree/BTECH/ National Diploma in Accounting, Finance or Commerce together with a Minimum 4 years relevant Finance experience.CA (SA) would be advantageous;
• Working knowledge of SAP FI module;
• Microsoft Office suite (*intermediate to advanced Excel, *PowerPoint) experience essential;
• Minimum 1 year experience in SAP would be essential;
• Specialist knowledge in Fixed Assets & Projects Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Payroll Accounting, Master Data functions and processes;
• Knowledge of accounting standards, legislative requirements and regulations;
• Knowledge of internal control environment and regulatory requirements.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manage general ledger accounting reconciliations within the prescribed timeframe to minimise exceptions;
• Identify and investigate reconciliation exceptions on relevant general ledger accounts;
• Monitor and process fixed assets and capital project requests i.e. project creation, budget load, project capitalisation, assets disposal, etc.;
• Review and maintain the fixed asset registers for a number of entities; 
• Provide advisory service and actively manage relationships with key stakeholders by providing quality information in a timely manner;
• Liaison with Group Finance Reporting and Analysis and relevant operational functions;
• Participate in the annual balance sheet review as applicable;
• Adherence to regulatory and legislative reporting requirements (International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in particular);
• Ensure alignment with and compliance to internal controls including South32 Code of Business Conduct, Group Level Frameworks, Standards, Policies, agreements, systems, and procedures;
• Provide assistance with internal and external audits and other governance requirement.