Chief Foreman
Energy, Chemicals
Minimum Requirements
- National Senior Certificate / N3 with Mathematics & Science
- Qualified Boilermaker Trade Test Certificate
- 10+ relevant years
- TC_Action Planning
- TC_Engineering Technology
- LC_Commercial Agility
- LC_Business Ownership
- LC_Drives Innovation
- TC_Engineering design
- LC_Customer Centricity
- TC_SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards
- LC_Collaborative
- LC_Inspirational
- LC_Builds Talent
- LC_Developing Self
- LC_Partnerships
- TC_Engineering Development
Responsibilities
- To manage the engineering maintenance processes within the appointed area of responsibility to enable various mining teams to reach production targets within the principles of QCDSM
- Manage and carry out engineering and maintenance strategies and overhaul plans on a day to day basis that ensure that departments KPI's are met, including the manufacture of new items and when to replace / repair equipment.
- Manage Operational budget including maintenance and operational costs in appointed area Ensure availability of equipment by effectively managing downtime (infrastructure and inspection equipment).
- Ensure adherence to maintenance programme.
- Implements operational projects, ensures engineering compliance, develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP in appointed area of responsibility.
- Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation.
- Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardization committees) SOP/PTO / COP implementation and adherence.
- Ensure compliance with the Welding standards
- Assess economics / engineering viability of major engineering business cases and provides specific, inspection expertise and coaching.
- Manage delivery against OE/BI initiatives.
- Carry out condition monitoring programs in appointed area of responsibility.
- Compliance to Condition monitoring program schedules.
- Conduct failure trend analysis and root cause elimination.
- Execution of Predictive Maintenance recommendations (backlog).
- Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility.
- Ensure effective short and long term planning in conjunction with the Mines
- Ensuring proper liaising with other departments for a smooth manufacturing and refurbishment flow
- Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
- Drive the machine cost and $/barrel cost saving actions
- Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR.
- Ensure SHE compliance rates vs. targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings) Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDC rate
- Ensure effective recruitment, training, coaching and career development.
- Manage vacancy rates against staff establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD, AWOP, Successors for critical positions).
- Manage team bearing in mind key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%, Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets) training days for department.
- Perform CCVs on critical tasks.
