Maintenance Supervisor Mechanical

Job Responsibilities:

SAFETY, HEALTH,ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY

Manage Risks:

• Identify and assess level of continuous risk exposures in area of responsibility by considering exposures to business, financial, legal issues, people, equipment, material, environment, processes, etc.
• Consider the level of risk, apply mitigation and implement control measures for residual risk (set objectives, minimum requirements, etc.)
• Ensure SHEQ compliance within the Team through effective use of the Toolbox
• Utilise the Integrated Management System (IMS) to initiate, investigate and report SHEQ status

PEOPLE

Supervise the Team :

• Ensure an enabling climate/culture
• Maintain labour stability by minimising labour turnover
  • Labour Compliment in line with budget
  • Ensure IDPs are linked to performance results and implemented as per plan
• Manage performance against set targets and competencies
• Conduct career discussions and implement actions with identified talent (quarterly)
• Ensure discipline is maintained (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
• Coach and council people to ensure improved performance levels
• Conduct recruitment interviews.

CUSTOMERS

• Ensure Customer Satisfaction
• Mobilise resources to attend to plant stoppages as quickly and safely as possible
• Provide constant feedback to the mine and plant production personnel with regard to the progress of any maintenance work on the plant
• Align the maintenance effort with plant production priorities.

BUSINESS PROCESSES:

Unplanned Interventions:

• Prioritise breakdown and authorize work
• Arrange resources
• Assess risks related to unplanned jobs
• Manage schedule to resource unplanned work
• Verify complete administration of unplanned work.

Maintenance Support:

• Review task lists
• Provide resource & equipment information.

Solve problems and implement solutions:

• Initiate root cause failure analysis
• Provide feedback on pro-active identification of problem to originator
• Record issues surrounding problems
• Assure sustainability of solutions.

Schedule Preparation:

• Assess notification details and scope of work to ensure the scope of work meets the required standard
• Review Bill of Quantities
• Prioritise Jobs
• Provide Resource Availability to the Maintenance Practitioner (Planner).

Work execution:

• Reallocate resources and postpone jobs if necessary
• Manage materials if work order is postponed
• Ensure quality of work completed
• Support the Maintenance Practitioner (Planner) to technically complete works orders on a routine basis.

Work Analysis:

• Monitor and ensure strict adherence to maintenance work, management principles (planned work, adherence to schedule, number of breakdowns, number of proactive requests) to obtain maximum availability at minimum maintenance cost per unit produced.

Contractor Management:

• Optimise manning plan through the use of internal or contractor artisans for unplanned work
• Create SES for unplanned work
• Manage contractor activities on site
• Physically accept and document acceptance of work
• Verify quantities involved in contractor work
• Record contractor non-conformance
• Sign invoice, timesheet or pro-forma invoice.

Rotables Management:

• Decide whether item can be repaired based on initial visual inspection
• Complete all fields on the "Damage" tag on the return item to rotable store.

SHAREHOLDER VALUE

• Monitor work centre maintenance budget and control costs.

Qualifications and Experience:

• N3 /Grade 12 Certificate
• Mechanical Trade Certificate
• 5 years experience on maintenance with 2 years supervisory experience

Additional Qualification:

• Foreman Certificate (Advantageous)

Skills & Knowledge :

• Managing teams to ensure compliance to MHSA Maintenance CSAP
• Conveyer Belt Systems, Pumps, Chairlifts and Decline Winders
• Chairlifts
• Pumps
• Decline Winders

Competencies Required:

• Safety Leadership, Results Orientation
• Innovation, Coordinate & Control
• Operational Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Aligning Performance for Success
• Work Standards & Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication, Flexibility & Managing Conflict
• Team Supervision, Business Understanding.

Closing Date: 04 June 2025

Information :

• Company : Samancor
• Position : Maintenance Supervisor Mechanical
• Location : Rustenburg, North West
• Country : ZA