Inspector (Saldanha Bay)

SGS SA; Saldanha; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS SA is seeking a field inspection professional to report on mineral commodity inspections and oversee on-site sampling and staff training. You will administer risk assessments, supervise staff, and ensure timely reporting with field photographs and summaries.

Role requires coordinating with site supervisors, managing field operations, and ensuring compliance with inspection orders and QA policies. This on-site position focuses on safety, efficiency and accurate documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain quality, efficiency and confidentiality of service
• Liaise with site supervisor to allocate staff efficiently, limiting overtime and promoting safety
• Continuously upgrade the quality of services offered
• Establish, direct and review the system of application, recording, certification, filing, sample storage and field auditing
• Communicate with sample prep and other branches/divisions and laboratory to achieve the required turnaround time for all submitted samples
• Assign duties [and assist when necessary] in the coordination of shipments and other fieldwork.
• Provide daily updates to commodity coordinator.
• Assist in the efficient administrative running of the office as instructed by site supervisor
• Implementation of cost control measures mainly with respect to proper allocation of staff and PPE usage on the field.
• Liaise with warehouse and port personnel and arrange inspections
• To ensure compliance with all the requirements of the inspection order (mission order and risk assessment)
• Keep direct superior informed regarding progress and/or non-conformance. Implement needed corrective action.
• Assist in continuously upgrading the quality of services offered, in support of the "Customer Services" policy and minimize client complaints and claims
• Proper implementation of SIR promptly and other SGS platforms needed for inspections
• Attend to inspection operation of Mineral cargoes following International Standards and Company Q.A policies and mandate given by the principal
• To carry out and/or supervise all weighing operations if required by the mandate
• To carry out and/or supervise all sampling and sample preparation operations if required by the mandate including submittal of sample with sample submission form.
• To ensure compliance with all the requirements of the inspection order.
• Keep direct superior informed regarding progress and/or non-conformance.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks assigned by direct line manager/site supervisor.
• To ensure the planning of tests, sampling and evaluation of results.
• To assign [and assist] and/or supervise the performance of tests and sampling.
• Train staff on site to achieve quality in

Job description

SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. We are recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 89,000 employees, we operate a network of more than 2,600 offices and laboratories around theworld.

Job Description

To report on, inspections on Mineral commodities, in accordance with instructions received from Site Supervisor.

• Train staff on site with regards to sampling and inspection
• Administer risk assessments, permits to work, PPE hazard assessments, mini-risk assessments and check-statuses before inspections are done
• Monitor field staff in terms of the efficiency of activities carried out.
• Check timesheets for Blu staff based on supervision of staff
• Compile field reports, photographs and detailed summaries for all inspections and upload to SharePoint.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain quality, efficiency and confidentiality of service
• Liaise with site supervisor and arrange efficient allocation of staff that limits overtime and promotes safety
• Continuously upgrade the quality of services offered
• Establish, direct and review the system of application, recording, certification, filing, sample storage and field auditing
• Communicate with sample prep and other branches/divisions and laboratory to achieve the required turnaround time for all submitted samples
• Assign duties [and assist when necessary] in the coordination of shipments and other fieldwork.
• Provide daily updates to commodity coordinator.
• Assist in the efficient administrative running of the office as instructed by site supervisor
• Implementation of cost control measures mainly with respect to proper allocation of staff and PPE usage on the field.
• Liaise with warehouse and port personnel and arrange inspections
• To ensure compliance with all the requirements of the inspection order (mission order and risk assessment)
• Keep direct superior informed regarding progress and/or non-conformance. Implement needed corrective action.
• Assist in continuously upgrading the quality of services offered, in support of the "Customer Services" policy and minimize client complaints and claims
• Proper implementation of SIR promptly and other SGS platforms needed for inspections
• Attend to inspection operation of Mineral cargoes following International Standards and Company Q.A policies and mandate given by the principal
• To carry out and/or supervise all weighing operations if required by the mandate
• To carry out and/or supervise all sampling and sample preparation operations if required by the mandate including submittal of sample with sample submission form.
• To ensure compliance with all the requirements of the inspection order.
• Keep direct superior informed regarding progress and/or non-conformance.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks assigned by direct line manager/site supervisor.
• To ensure the planning of tests, sampling and evaluation of results.
• To assign [and assist] and/or supervise the performance of tests and sampling.
• Train staff on site to achieve quality in