Jobs at De Beers Group

Job Description
As a Safety Analytics Advisor your responsibilities will include:

• Advise and coach operations to enhance understanding of safety metrics.
• Advise operational leaders on the appropriate use of measures, metrics and analytical tools to enhance incident investigation and incident management.
• Provide input in the operational safety KPI analytics systems and processes.
• Analyse data (KPIs) and monitor performance regarding risk management.
• Collect accurate performance data and promote the value of effective reporting and data management systems.
• Monitor all safety related KPIs (e.g. regarding incidents, LFI, Verification) to measure safety risk, trends and effectiveness of controls for the site and report to the site management team.
• Monitor Safety performance and compile and report to the site management team.
• Monitor KPI's of contractor safety performance and report deviations from pre-defined norms.
• Conduct ad-hoc specialist safety reporting as required.
• Provide guidance in the implementation, integrating and use of safety systems/tools.
• Advice on the use of operational safety analytics to create awareness and the benefit.
• Investigate and analyse operational safety trends to gain insights.
• Provide specialist safety reports and highlight trending safety behaviours/ patterns for immediate intervention.
• Assess trend analyses on control effectiveness across sites/equipment/activities and pro-actively suggest mitigations.
• Review selection of SLAMs and provide input on quality.
• Provide input on how compliance and assurance results should be analyzed.
• Identification of key stakeholders and resources
• Determining the nature and volume of data collection required
• Guidance of suitable data analysis methods
• Data interpretation and understanding data analysis
• Identification of potential actions in response to outcome of analysis
• Assistance in compiling data and producing summary reports.
• Assist in reporting results, including methods to best present the data.
• Conduct analysis required to support the Senior Manager and managers to make critical decisions about potential business benefits and trade-off for a range of initiatives supported by SHE disciplines.
• Ensure regular analysis and feedback is given to all users on the Management team in the Operations.
• Educate line leaders in key SHE concepts, particularly with respect to analyse and improve through structured training and informal coaching.
• Drive and implement safety related projects annually.
• Comprehensive analysis of improvement project options with a strong data and analysis driven diagnostic pack.
• Continues support to line managers with regards to process data analysis and advice on implementing SHE initiatives.
• Clear understanding of SHE concepts and a training / coaching program to relevant line management and personnel.

This role is in the SHE department at a Band 6 level reporting to the SHE Manager.

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• A qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant discipline such as science, engineering, or other related disciplines.
• A formal qualification in Safety will be advantageous.
• Diploma / Degree in Industrial Engineering will be advantageous (NQF Level 6) advantageous.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in the Mining, Process, Construction or Maintenance Engineering field
• Minimum of 1 year Business Improvement experience or a related field will be advantageous.
• Minimum of 1 year Project Management experience will be advantageous.
• Experience in the use of tools e.g lean manufacturing and constraints analysis will be advantageous.

Knowledge

• Detailed understanding of the Safety, Health and Environment trends and risks.
• Knowledge of the Mining Industry and relevant legislation including the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Demonstrated experience in a safety position within a technical environment, including the coordination of knowledge sharing with broader stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience working in a safety investigation position at a project, operation or BU level in mining or Oil and Gas Industry.
• Track record of interfacing with and influencing colleagues at all levels and coordinating disciplines relevant to safety.
• An understanding of the operational aspects associated with mining operations.
• Good knowledge of change management methodologies
• Project Management Skills
• Verbal and Written communication Skills
• Analytical Skills

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Job Description

De Beers Marine Project Plus requires the services of a Project Planner, to support the successful project delivery of medium and large capital projects for our clients within the greater De Beers and Anglo American Group of companies, by ensuring the integrity of the project time management process and its application in developing, monitoring, controlling and reporting on project schedules.

The Planner takes accountability for developing and managing the schedules for medium and large size projects. He/she will be responsible to ensure:

• Development of project master schedule plans including basis of schedule.
• Development and updates to the project master schedules incl. maintaining alignment (and integration) of all contractor schedules.
• Monitoring all associated detailed schedules, providing accurate reports on progress, variance to plan, root causes and remedial actions.
• Providing forward looking activity forecasts to proactively manage future work.
• Monitoring the greater environment in order to identify potential risks to the schedules.
• Deliver a high quality planning service to all Stakeholders

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Develop and maintain integrated Project Master Plans/Schedules.
• Coordinating with project team members and stakeholders to establish and define schedule requirements, including sequencing and alignment of all contractor schedules with the Master schedule.
• Development of the project work breakdown structures.
• Monitoring and controlling against tasks, milestones and deliverables.
• Critical path and opportunity analysis to optimise the schedule and cost.
• Assessing risks to the critical path(s) and developing mitigating (recovery) actions to achieve the project schedules.
• Identifying and communicating schedule conflicts, resource constraints, time constraints etc.
• Monitoring (measure progress), detailed reporting and control (follow up /feedback). Trending by application of Earned Value principles.
• Resource loading where applicable.
• Establishing and maintaining planning standards.

Qualifications

• A qualification in Project Planning and supported by a Degree, BTech or Diploma within the Engineering field is recommended.
• 4-5 Years’ experience within a project office environment, with at least 4 years multidisciplinary project planning and execution experience.
• Previous construction management and contractor management experience will be an advantage.
• Relevant project planning and scheduling experience using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Highly skilled with the Microsoft Office suite.

REQUIRED SKILLS / COMPETENCIES:

• Full proficiency with Primavera P6 Planning software and MS Project.
• Full proficiency w.r.t. project planning principles:- timeframes, resourcing, dependencies and critical paths and earned value.
• Good knowledge and experience of the Primavera P6 Risk Analysis (PRA) software and process
• Full proficiency w.r.t. project Work and System breakdown structures.
• Full proficiency w.r.t. progress measurement and reporting.
• Sound understanding of Project costing methodologies.
• Collaboration and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary, cross-functional team environment
• Highly organized.
• Good time management skills.
• Strong analytical abilities with problem solving skills.
• The ability to communicate at all levels, including good written and verbal communication.
• Schedule trend and risk analysis.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Self-motivated.