Maintenance Supervisor Electrical

Samancor Chrome Ltd.; Noordwes; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Samancor Chrome Ltd. North West is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor to lead a team responsible for electrical maintenance across the plant, ensuring reliability and safety.

You will drive risk management, scheduling, and execution of maintenance work, coordinating with production and contractors while upholding SHEQ and IMS standards.

Qualifications

• Degree or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering
• Electrical Trade Certificate
• Grade 12/N3
• 4 year’s relevant experience, preferably 1 year’s supervisory experience

Responsibilities

• 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
• Maintain labour stability by minimising labour turnover
• Ensure IDP’s are linked to performance results and implemented as per plan
• Manage performance against set targets and competencies
• Conduct career discussions and implement actions with all identified talent (quarterly)
• Ensure discipline is maintained (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
• Coach and counsel people to ensure improved performance levels
• Conduct recruitment interviews
• Ensure Customer Satisfaction
• Mobilise resources to attend to plant stoppages as quickly and safely as possible
• Provide constant feedback to the plant production personnel w.r.t. the progress of any maintenance work on the plant
• Align the maintenance effort with plant production priorities
• Prioritise breakdowns and authorize work
• Arrange resources
• Assess risks related to unplanned jobs
• Manage schedule to resource unplanned work
• Verify complete administration of unplanned work
• Review task lists
• Provide resource & equipment information for plan review
• Initiate root cause failure analysis
• Provide feedback on pro-active identification of problem to originator
• Record issues surrounding problems
• Assure sustainability of solutions
• Assess notification details and scope of work to ensure the scope of work meets the required standard
• Review Bill of Quantities
• Provide Resource Availability to the Maintenance Practitioner (Planning)
• Reallocate resources and postpone jobs if necessary
• Manage materials if work order is postponed
• Ensure quality of work completed
• Check confirmations
• Support the Maintenance Practitioner (Planning) to technically complete works orders on a routine basis
• SAP PM and SAP HR System work
• Perform standby duties
• Work overtime as and when required
• Monitor and ensure strict adherence to maintenance work management principles (percent planned work, adherence to schedule, number of breakdowns, number of proactive requests) to obtain maximum plant availability at minimum maintenance cost per unit produced
• Optimise manning plan through use internal or contractor artisans for unplanned work
• Create SES for contractor 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 (Complete SAS); (Complete SES)
• 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
• TECO original PM01 order and complete notification
• Monitor and control section costs
• Safety Awareness
• Initiative
• Managing Work
• Results Orientation
• Customer Focus
• Operational Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Work Standards
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Flexibility
• Contributing to Team Success
• Business Understanding

Skills

Safety Awareness

Initiative

Managing Work

Results Orientation

Customer Focus

Problem Solving

Communication

Flexibility

Contributing to Team Success

Business Understanding

Education

Degree or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Electrical Trade Certificate

Grade 12/N3

4 years relevant experience, preferably 1 year supervisory experience

Job description

Maintenance Supervisor Electrical (North West)

2026/10/28

Reference Number

DCR2026_56

Description

SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY

• 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:

• Maintain labour stability by minimising labour turnover
  • Labour complement in line with budget
• Ensure IDP’s are linked to performance results and implemented as per plan
  • Manage performance against set targets and competencies
• Conduct career discussions and implement actions with all identified talent (quarterly)
• Ensure discipline is maintained (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
• Coach and counsel 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 plant production personnel w.r.t. the progress of any maintenance work on the plant
• Align the maintenance effort with plant production priorities

BUSINESS PROCESSES

Unplanned Interventions:

• Prioritise breakdowns 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 for plan review

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
• Provide Resource Availability to the Maintenance Practitioner (Planning)
• Reallocate resources and postpone jobs if necessary
• Manage materials if work order is postponed
• Ensure quality of work completed
• Check confirmations
• Support the Maintenance Practitioner (Planning) to technically complete works orders on a routine basis
• SAP PM and SAP HR System work
• Perform standby duties
• Work overtime as and when required

Work Analysis:

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

Contractor Management:

• Optimise manning plan through the use internal or contractor artisans for unplanned work
• Create SES for contractor 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 (Complete SAS); (Complete SES)
• 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
• TECO original PM01 order and complete notification

SHAREHOLDER VALUE

• Monitor and control section costs

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

• Safety Awareness
• Initiative
• Managing Work
• Results Orientation
• Customer Focus
• Operational Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Work Standards
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Flexibility
• Contributing to Team Success
• Business Understanding

Requirements

• Degree or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering
• Electrical Trade Certificate
• Grade 12/N3
• 4 year’s relevant experience, preferably 1 years’ supervisory experience