Operations Foreman

Omnia Holdings; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mining company in Johannesburg is seeking a Blaster Supervisor to manage operations, resources, and staff performance. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in blasting within the surface mining sector, along with a Grade 12 qualification and a Blasting Ticket. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with safety standards, managing costs, and coordinating staff schedules. The role involves significant leadership and decision-making, making prior supervisory experience highly advantageous.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ demonstrated experience as Blaster in surface mining.
• 3 years’ experience in supervising employees.
• 3 years’ experience managing costs and computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organise resources to meet customer requests.
• Manage stocks and ensure equipment maintenance.
• Conduct staff training and coordinate schedules.

Skills

Business Acumen

Conflict Management

Customer Focus

Timely Decision Making

Functional Technical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Grade 12 (with Mathematics)

Blasting Ticket

Job description

Overview

To plan and organise resources in line with all the statutory, legal and BME SHERQ requirements. To supervise the performance of employees, manage stocks, manage costs, and manage quality of products and of service delivery.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 (with Mathematics)
• Blasting Ticket (mandatory)

Advantageous Requirements

• Certificate in Blasting Technology
• Competent A Certified - MQA

Experience

• 5 years’ demonstrated experience as Blaster (including surface mining, blasting, blast reports, seismograph)
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in supervising employee
• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in responsibility for managing costs and Computer literacy

Duties

Core Deliverables

• Works closely with internal and external customers in order to assess needs and plan operations accordingly.
• Plans and organises the availability to resources, in order to meet customer’s requests.
• Ensures that the assets of the company are protected from theft and damage.
• Ensures that equipment is properly maintained and complies with standards.
• Responsible for the operation rollers, bending press and Guillotine.
• Organises, schedules and coordinates building off explosives truck tanks in order to facilitate the smooth, timeous flow of deliveries.
• Administers stocks and continuous stock availability by ensuring that paperwork such as store stock are up to date and reconciled.
• Ensures that all administration, documents, storage of information are kept according to BME standards.
• Provides inputs into the annual budgeting process in line with the objectives of the department.
• Identifies cost saving initiatives while balancing customer requirements.
• Ensures that the necessary incident investigations take place.
• Ensures that required staff training is up to date.
• Ensures that the impact of production processes on environment is understood by staff and appropriately monitored.
• Ensures that suitable employees are recruited.
• Plans daily/ weekly/ monthly scheduling of work/shift allocations.
• Ensures induction for new staff members is done
• Ensures that all staff are given the required training in accordance with work requirements.
• Any additional ad hoc duties must be completed within the required timeframe.

Job Competencies

Job Related Skills

• Ensures that systems, processes and procedures are in place and managed to ensure timely maintenance is performed on equipment and vehicles.
• Plans, coordinates and schedules maintenance.
• Ensures that regular inspections are conducted on Boiler shop equipment.
• Implements controls and does inspections to assess correct usage of PPE or equipment and to take the necessary actions.
• Implements controls to ensure that maintenance and repair work has been satisfactorily conducted.

Competency Requirement

• Business Acumen - Essential
• Conflict Management - Essential
• Customer Focus - Essential
• Timely Decision Making - Essential
• Functional Technical Skills - Mastery
• Developing Direct Reports and Others - Strong Focus
• Innovation Management - Essential
• Meeting Deadlines - Essential
• Motivating Others - Essential
• Problem Solving - Essential
• Drive for Results - Essential