Vacant Jobs at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12                                                        

Experience

• 1 year demonstrated experience in the assembly and packaging of explosives accessories through the use of an assembly line
• 1 year demonstrated experience in the application of the required occupational health and safety standards within an explosives environment.

Duties

• Ensuring that finished product is properly packed in boxes in prescribed quantities
• Ensuring that boxes are weighed and labelled accordingly
• Responsible for packing boxes containing completed units so that they are safe and secure
• Apply good housekeeping principles at all times
• To work safely, conforming to the occupational health and safety act and the explosives act at all times
• Meet daily production targets
• Ensure availability and uninterrupted supply of raw materials and components
• Prepares boxes by placing a small amount of glue at the bottom of a box, folding it, and then applies tape to seal the bottom of the box
• Ensuring that the right amount of explosives are packed as per product box count
• Ensure corresponding labels are placed in completed boxes as per product specification
• Box to be closed, packed and palletised accordingly and wrapped with a shrink wra
• When finished product is transferred to the Magazine, ensure that correct transfer documents attached as per procedure 

Job Competencies

Job Knowledge:

• Proven ability to perform duties under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Ability to meet daily targets
• Good hand-eye coordination

Job Related Skills:

• Ability to meet daily targets
• Basic arithmetic skill 

General

Role impacts:

• Plant throughput and Productivity
• Safety
• Employee relations

Key Relationships: 

• Management Team
• Support Teams
• Production 

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Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Bachelor’s degree in Mining/Engineering or equivalent.
• Blasting Ticket

Experience

• 2 years demonstrated experience in mining / explosives environment
• 2 years demonstrated experience in surface blasting
• 2 years demonstrated experience in AXXIS mining technology or equivalent 

Duties

• Provide technical support and advice to the Operations and clients about the implementation of, training on, blasts.
• Provide advance technical advice on blast and mine optimisation using highly technical equipment such as Drone ,3GSM and face profiling software
• Effective communication skills.
• Proficiency in blast monitoring techniques.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Through Knowledge of blast engineering principles.
• Computer skills; MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email).
• Valid Driver’s license.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Must be able to build and maintain good internal and external customer relationships.
• Must be willing to perform any physical work in the field related to the usage of the monitoring equipment and analyse the performance thereof.
• Highly motivated self-started with unquestionable high levels of integrity.
• A strong desire to learn and progress in the field Blasting technology
• Willingness to drive extensively, sleep away from home and work outside normal working hours.

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Qualifications

• Diploma / Degree (Mining, Mechanical, Chemical, Explosives Engineering or related qualification)
• MBA/ related Business Management qualification

Advantageous Requirements

Qualification / Professional Membership

• Advanced Blasting course and other Technical qualifications

Work Experience

• Technical skill IRO Mining explosives and services
• Commercial / Industrial Explosives support and systems

Experience

• 8 years experience in Mining or resource industry
• 5 years experience in an Explosive environment
• 5 years’ senior management experience in Mining/ Blasting Operations Environment
• 8+ years experience in Mining industry with either Openpit, UG or both – should have direct experience in Mining and/or Blasting.
• A track record in managing a technical services department in a Mining  Business Environment.
• Knowledge of cross value-chain application of Mining, Blasting, Commercial explosives products and processes.
• Strong ability to influence and communicate with technical and non-technical employees and customers.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, organizational and presentation skills.
• Skilled in account management and complex solution selling.

Duties

Increased revenue through expanded and retention of client/sales base

• To compile and execute the Technical business strategy thus ensuring business growth and creating new opportunities for customers and BME,
• To perform and report on annual technical planning thus ensuring efficient and effective management of technical resources, employees and assets in such a manner as to accomplish the strategic objectives of the organisation and department.
• To effectively manage the technical service delivery value chain through a whole series of activities to create and build value at every step in accordance with the organisational vision.
• To analyse customer requirements using applicable technology and knowledge, recommend solutions and resolve related problems accordingly and submitting relevant high quality professional reports.
• To assist in compiling of tender documents for technical offerings/services for prospective and existing clients
• Effective relationships in the company and with relevant external stakeholders to deliver on the mandate of the role.

Achieved region/area/country net production/profit targets

• To ensure efficient and effective management of technical resources in such a manner as to accomplish the strategic objectives of the organisation,
• To define, development and implement systems, policies, procedures and processes to ensure process excellence and continual process improvement,

Prevented/mitigated operations/services/SHERQ risks

• To ensures that all the requirements of the Mine Health and Safety Act, OHS Act, and statutory requirements within the department/remit thus ensuring effective management of SHERQ and adherence to stipulated disciplines for continuous improvement of occupational Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality that impact on any organisation.

Optimally acquired/deployed/enabled resources for delivery on e.g. targets, cost, budgets, ROA

• To effectively manage respective stock and equipment to obtain and preserve a suitable assortment of goods/equipment while also keeping track of all orders, shipping and handling, and other related costs.
• To effectively manage the maintenance of equipment, vehicles and assets thus ensuring adherence to processes and procedures.
• To manage all aspects of human capital through the HR value chain and in accordance to legislation.
• To identify, implement and manage employee development and skills transfer through various on boarding and training initiatives
• Strategic development of the Technical Department and related service offering.

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Qualifications

• Diploma: Logistics

Experience

• 3 – 5 Years’ Experience in a Logistics / Supply Chain environment

Duties

• Schedule loads, Liaise with depots and reps
• Create batch orders for bagging plant
• Liaise with bagging plant on product availability as well as production schedule
• Liaise with BU's for finalizing the planning of packing and allocation of final product
• Calculate blends and optimise BOM if needed
• Liaise with transporters, procurement, production, marketing and bagging to move material as and when required
• Map, understand and improve product flows
• Minimize working capital requirements based on the Just-in-time principle and drive best practice behaviour
• Communication to key individuals
• Network with external and internal stakeholders

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Qualifications

• Grade 12 with Maths
• Blasting Assistant Certificate (MQA)

Experience

• Previous experience in blasting / mining environment
• 2 years blasting assistant experience

Duties

• Risk assessment and Safe work declarations to be done with the blaster at the place of work before entering workplace as per client requirements  
• Assisting the blaster for preparing the blast / charge-up area by meeting all the statutory, legal, client and BME requirements/standards/prescriptions
• Together with the Blaster, inspects the site to determine the target block and to plan the blasting process
• Marks off the working area by erecting the prescribed barricading material as prescribed by the client
• Required to map the holes to ensure that all the required holes correctly placed
• Required to measure and check the depth of the holes, and to ensure that they are all correctly drilled within the prescribed parameters
• In the event of detecting any deviations from prescriptions, responsible for behaving assertively and taking the necessary steps to rectify matters, e.g., by interacting and communicating to mine staff, drill contractor or the Foreman
• On instruction from the Blaster, required to collect the correct accessories to carry out the blasting assignment successfully
• Responsible to place all detonators and boosters at the collar of the hole to prepare for priming of the blast holes as per the blast plan issued by the mine
• Responsible for priming the holes by carefully inserting detonators into boosters, attaching weigh-down material to the primer, and lower this primer in the hole under the supervision of the blaster