Superintendent Environmental Engineering

Sibanye Stillwater; Westonaria Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sibanye Stillwater is seeking an Env Engineering Supervisor to lead ventilation and occupational hygiene programs within the mining environment. You will manage a team, ensure SHE compliance, and drive continuous improvement while coordinating with stakeholders and service providers.

The role requires strong reporting, analytical skills, and a thorough understanding of MHSA requirements to maintain safe and efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering ventilation and occupational hygiene programs within mining.
• Knowledge of Mine Health and Safety Act requirements and reporting.
• Ability to lead teams and manage stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead ventilation and occupational hygiene initiatives and projects.
• Inspire and manage a high-performance team.
• Ensure SHE compliance and risk controls across the unit.
• Prepare and present reports to stakeholders and management.
• Coordinate with service providers and internal functions to optimise processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in ventilation and hygiene practices.

Skills

Ventilation systems

Occupational hygiene

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Report writing

Communication

SHE compliance

Education

Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (MEC)

Bachelors degree (advantageous)

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

Minimum Qualifications

• Certificate in Certificate in Mine Environmental Control (MEC)

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years’ experience as an Env Engineering Supervisor
• Medically fit to work in the specific business area.
• Clear security screening record.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Demonstrate good communication and report writing skills.
• Have sound analytical and statistical abilities.
• Relevant computer skills (MS Office & SAP).
• Knowledgeable of applicable legislation and codes of practice.
• Knowledge of ventilation and occupational hygiene systems and processes.
• Understanding of applicable measurements and calculations related to ventilation and occupational hygiene.

Advantageous Qualifications

• Tertiary degree will be advantageous.
• Radiation Protection Officer: Certificate & Intermediate Certificate in MEC.

Key Responsibilities

• People Management Recruitment:
• Assist with ventilation and occupational hygiene labour plans around operational targets. Performance Management:
• Inspire team members towards high performance. Employee Relations:
• Driving the Organisational Culture and Climate within the Business Unit to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and employee safety. Training and Development:
• Driving a culture of Learning and Continuous Improvement within the specific department to ensure achievement of organisational objectives and safety.
• Mentoring individuals to enhance the individual`s knowledge, skills, values and attitude.
• Providing coaching to team members on an on-going basis. Transformation & Sustainability:
• Driving a culture of Transformation within the specific discipline to ensure organisational sustainability.
• SHE Compliance
• Implement and maintain effective ventilation and occupational hygiene systems which contribute to a safe and productive work environment.
• Comply with SHE standards within the work environment.
• Participate in risk assessments and investigate and take appropriate action as per identified risks.
• Ensure adherence to all company policies and procedures. SHE Management:
• Instil a culture of SHE leadership within the department. Quality Management System (QMS):
• Comply with requirements of the Quality Management System
• Stakeholder Relations
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and externally at all levels and crossfunctionally.
• Ensuring open communication channels with all relevant stakeholders.
• Sourcing, contracting and negotiating with service providers.
• Liaising with the necessary entities on any ventilation or occupational hygiene related requirements.
• Collaborating with external service providers regarding the design and implementation of tools to enhance processes.
• Administration
• Provide business area information and advice related to ventilation and occupational hygiene.
• Advise on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimise the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.
• Ensure adherence to legal compliance in terms of required reports.
• Reporting Reporting Legal:
• Ensure compliance to legal reporting requirements for ventilation and occupational hygiene (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually).
• Meet time deadlines pertaining to reporting (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually)
• Annual updating, recording and reporting of occupational related exposure histories.
• Annual statistical analysis of ventilation and occupational hygiene data per workplace or section of the business area. Operational:
• Provide information on ventilation and occupational hygiene matters related to a specific workplace or section of the business area.
• Report and advise on ventilation and occupational hygiene findings and trends.
• Advises on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimize the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.
• Compliance measurements Compliance measurements
• Scheduling and conducting of occupational hygiene measurements for compliance to Section 12 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Compile occupational hygiene and ventilation risk assessments for compliance to Section 11 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Establish a system to understand and mitigate occupational hazards in terms of the Section 12 of the Mine Health and safety Act.
• Statutory plans are in place and up to date (Ventilation plans and mine rescue plans).
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of emergency preparedness programmes in compliance to Chapter 16 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of Emergency preparedness programmes.
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of fire prevention programmes in compliance to Chapter 5 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Measure compliance to the Environmental Engineering and Occupational Hygiene Regulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act pertaining to monitoring and reporting at Business Area level.
• Ensure and assure legal compliance as well as a safe and healthy work environment, to ensure minimized pure risk, litigation exposure and adverse publicity.
• Ensuring adherence to all ventilation and company policies, procedures and standards.
• Conducting Ventilation and Occupational hygiene projects, surveys, research and audits.
• Advising on ventilation and occupational hygiene problems.
• Advising on changes to plans, schedules, procedures and standards to minimise the effect of unexpected or unsafe work practices.
• Interpreting and act on ventilation and occupational hygiene related legislation.
• Participate in mining Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene technology studies.
• Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene strategies Contribute to the achievement of the objectives and targets of the Environmental Engineering Department and those of the business area by
• Participating and supporting the development and acceptance of business plans and strategies.
• Ensure continuous improvement of the ventilation and occupational hygiene programmes and systems by means of integration, optimisation and maintenance of such systems. Maintain ventilation and occupational hygiene strategies and systems by
• Assist in the development of best practices, standards and procedures.
• Assist in ventilation and occupational hygiene planning, technical systems, and administration.
• Provide solutions to specific Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene matters (known or identified via trend analysis).
• Sets daily, weekly and monthly ventilation and occupational hygiene targets.
• Provide ventilation, refrigeration and occupational hygiene technical expertise to the operations.
• Ensure that the area of responsibility within the specific section can maintain or improve on their current systems in line with the strategic plans and resource constraints.
• Ventilation reviews to ensure appropriate working conditions at the operations.
• Determining the need for plans and plan revisions.
• Legal & Governance Ensure that legal requirements, group standards and policies are adhered to by: Achieving legal compliance
• Interpretation of legal requirements.
• Ensures adherence to legal compliance through monitoring and reporting.
• Measure compliance to the Environmental Engineering and Occupational Hygiene Regulations of the Mine Health and Safety Act pertaining to monitoring and reporting at Business Area level.
• Responsible to ensure that policies, programmes, standards, codes of practice and procedures are maintained in accordance with legal and Group requirements.
• Scheduling and conducting of occupational hygiene measurements for compliance to Section 12 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Compile occupational hygiene and ventilation risk assessments for compliance to Section 11 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Establish a system to understand and mitigate occupational hazards in terms of the Section 12 of the Mine Health and safety Act.
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of emergency preparedness programmes in compliance to Chapter 16 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.

Job Purpose

• The Superintendent Environmental Engineering carries the legal appointment in terms of Section 12 of the Mine Health & Safety Act.