Operations Manager

Samancor; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Samancor is seeking a leader to head the Production and Maintenance Teams, driving safe, cost-effective execution of all production and maintenance processes to deliver high-quality finished products.

You will document and review annual strategies, manage budgets, production quality, and asset care, while coaching staff, ensuring safety, and achieving performance targets in a dynamic mining environment.

Responsibilities

• Document and review annual plant production strategy to align with the business plan.
• Perform planned Visible Field Audits.
• Set and achieve the Production Budget.
• Set and achieve Production Quality.
• Maintain production through strict work management principles.
• Uphold production standards and specifications.
• Document and review annual maintenance strategy to align with the business plan.
• Adhere to maintenance work management principles to maximise availability and minimise cost.
• Manage Engineering Assets to meet designed capacity and periodic refurbishments.
• Ensure adherence to engineering standards and specifications.
• Audit assets and documentation to standardise spares and new installations.
• Manage the Department’s operations and staffing.
• Minimise labour turnover and align staffing with the budget.
• Achieve HDSA/Female targets and manage performance.
• Ensure IDP’s linked to performance results and quarterly reviews.
• Conduct recruitment interviews and coach staff for improved performance.
• Ensure discipline: absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct.
• SHEQ: assess risk exposures and mitigate, using the IMS toolbox.
• Lead strategic planning, organising, and system-wide problem solving.

Job description

To lead the Production and Maintenance Teams in the safe and cost-effective execution of all production and maintenance processes, ensuring high-quality finished products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Document and review the plant production strategy on an annual basis to ensure that it is aligned with the business plan.

Production Execution:

• Perform planned Visible Field Audits.
• Set and achieve Production Budget.
• Set and achieve Production Quality.
• Ensure strict adherence to production work management principles to obtain maximum plant throughput.
• Ensure strict adherence to the relevant production standards and specifications.

Maintenance:

• Document and review the overall maintenance strategy on an annual basis to ensure that it is aligned with the business plan.
• 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.
• Manage the Engineering Assets to ensure that they produce at their designed capacity and are periodically refurbished to their original condition to ensure optimal life.
• Ensure strict adherence to the relevant engineering standards and specifications.
• Periodically audit the asset and documentation to obtain maximum standardisation of spares and new plant installations on the site.

People Management

Manage the Department:

• Manage labour stability by minimising labour turnover.
• Labour complement in line with budget.
• Achieve HDSA/Female targets for the Department.
• Manage performance against set targets and competencies.
• Ensure IDP’s are linked to performance results and implemented as per plan.
• 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.

Safety, Health, Environment and Quality

• Identify and assess level of baseline- and issue-based risk exposures in area of responsibility by considering exposures to the business, financial and 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.).
• Manage SHEQ compliance within the Department through effective use of the Toolbox.
• Utilise the Integrated Management System (IMS) to analyse, identify trends, initiate, mitigate, investigate and report SHEQ status.
• Safety Leadership
• Strategic Leadership
• Strategic Planning, Organising & Control
• Results Orientation & Implementation
• Systemic Problem Solving & Decision Making