Trackless Supervisor Operations

Afrizan Personnel; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Trackless Operations Supervisor to lead and enhance operational efficiency in a dynamic mining environment. This role focuses on ensuring safety compliance, optimizing production plans, and fostering effective team management. You will be responsible for coaching leaders, coordinating logistics, and driving best practices across teams. If you have a passion for operational excellence and a strong background in trackless mining, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as an underground Shift Supervisor in a trackless mining environment.
• Shift Supervisor Certificate and Underground Blasting Certificate are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety and health regulations and report on production matters.
• Coach front line leaders and manage operational logistics for effective task delivery.

Skills

Safety Management

People Management

Operational Planning

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Matric

Shift Supervisor Certificate of Competency

Underground Blasting Certificate

Job description

A leading organisation is looking for a Trackless Operations Supervisor to join their team. The main purpose of the role is to be accountable for operations and executing the safe and efficient delivery of delegated short and medium term production plan. The role is primarily accountable for the application and continuous enhancement of safety standards and optimising sectional operational planning, scheduling and execution.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all relevant safety, health, environmental, regulatory and related standards, regulations, and instructions, relevant Codes of Practice and the escalation process where deviations and non-compliance are observed.
• Ensure the establishment of safe, efficient and proper operation/use of all machinery, equipment and infrastructure identifying areas of remedial intervention as required.
• Actively provide and demonstrate Visible Felt Leadership in line with safety, health and environmental standards.
• Accurate and timeous reporting of all relevant safety and production matters.
• Maintain effective people management practice by ensuring that roles and competencies are clearly defined, and that effective team delivery is maintained.
• Coach and guide front line leaders (FLL) to assume and maintain effective and direct leadership accountability over their operational teams in respect of safety management, shift planning, work assignment and direction, planned task observations, etc.
• In conjunction with the FLL, coordinate and advise on optimal team assignment relative to planned operational, production and related work cycles to ensure optimal safe and effective task delivery.
• In conjunction with the FLL, coordinate and advise on operational logistics including stores, materials handling, equipment maintenance preparation and servicing to ensure end to end task planning, elimination of delays, etc.
• Participate in and contribute toward the development, adjustment and execution of operational plans and schedules.
• Participate in collaborative cross-functional team activities to share best practice, drive technical excellence and enhance sustainable commercial decision making.
• Investigate and analyse operational delivery effectiveness with a view to recommending and developing collaborative and innovative solutions to optimise the interfaces between teams, processes and systems.
• Manage relationships with key internal, Business Partner and external stakeholders by ensuring broad accountability is maintained against operational delivery, service level, commercial, community and ethical standards and, resolve issues and/or escalating issues in a timely manner.
• Ensuring that all relevant production targets are met continuously.
• Ensuring control of explosives and that planning and budget is controlled and applied correctly.

Requirements:

• Matric.
• Shift Supervisor Certificate of Competency (Ticket) / Shift Boss Certificate (Ticket).
• Underground Blasting Certificate / National Rock Breaking Certificate for Underground Mines Level 3.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience as an underground Miner in a trackless mining environment (TMM).
• 3 - 5 years’ experience as an underground Shift Supervisor in a trackless mining environment (TMM).
• 6 – 10 years’ experience in total.