Underground Manager
Energy, Chemicals
Minimum Requirements
- 9 years relevant underground coal mining experience
- At least 3 years supervisory experience
- TC_Policies and Procedures
- TC_Mining Process Coordination
- TC_SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards
- TC_Risk Management
- TC_Mining Operations
- LC_Commercial Agility
- LC_Business Ownership
- LC_Drives Innovation
- LC_Customer Centricity
- LC_Collaborative
- LC_Inspirational
- LC_Builds Talent
- LC_Developing Self
- LC_Partnerships
Responsibilities
- Ensure that Production and cost targets and budgets are met. Develop managerial leadership and promote a safety ethic through-out the shaft.
- Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation
- Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees)
- SOP / COP implementation and adherence
- Maintenance cost growth vs PPI, R/t
- Downtime /shift (Infrastructure and in-section equipment)
- % delivery against OE initiatives
- Rand per ton (R/t), Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift), Reserve utilisation %
- Volumes vs monthly TQF (Incl Quality) and vs annual budget, % ash, % fines
- Illima tons as % of budget, Stonework progress – metres (distance blasted per shift) or actual vs target, Pit room (incl flexibility horizontal drilling coverage)
- SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings), % outstanding actions on findings
- Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR
- # incidents, dust overexposure, noise overexposure, water releases
- Delivery against budget and reporting calendar vs target
- Working capital & cash position vs target, cash flow vs forecast
- Price and TCO performance vs index and benchmarks
- Vacancy rates vs. Staff Establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD), AWOP, Successors for critical positions
- Key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%), Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets
- Training days for department, planned task observations
- This position has a legal appointment and is accountable for managing the operational A63 solutions and governance within the area of appointment at a mine within a highly regulated industry
- Remote locations, Equiment and infrastructure are underground and may be located over a wide area, the availability must be managed to ensure production targets are met
- Complex interfaces with contractors and suppliers also exits
- Information from various sources needs to be analyzed, interpreted and integrated to make trade-off decisions in the best interest of the area of responsibility
- Supporting the mine in delivering on safe production within the budgeted allowances for engineering maintenance, balancing production targets with maintenance practices
- Managing relationships between the mining and engineering departments
- Ensuring that the various sets of legal requirements and engineering principles are met with in the operational environment
- Influx of new technology that requires highly skilled workforce to manage the complexity
- The management of service providers operating in the area of responsibility, providing sufficient supervision
- The management of the procurement and supply side of the operational environment
