Job Opportunities in South Africa

PURPOSE
The role of the superintendent is to perform a technical and supervision of a tailings projects, ensuring the setting out of the site, applying relevant designs and plans, resources management, project progress monitoring, as well as liaising with sub-contractors and clients.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Business / Functional Management

• Ensure operational execution aligns to production outputs .
• Efficient operations project execution.

Financial, Commercial and Contract Management

• Manage, control and monitor the cost, materials and equipment, and implement cost-effective measures.

• Effectively manage the contract in line with commercial parameters.
• Manage all contractual and commercial commitment in line with budget.

Risk Management, Compliance and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibility

• Implement and monitor company’s ESG mandate and social responsibility and legislative compliance.
• Stakeholder Management (internal and external)
• Promote ongoing communication with client representatives including Resident Engineerand other key internal mine stakeholders to foster good relations, through appropriate forums and interfaces.
• Manage key interfaces with client contractors, operations and local communities.

Operations and Project Management

• Responsible for operational execution of all work, through teams of employees and subcontractors.
• Produce and monitor weekly and monthly programmes for job or sections of the job
• Compile daily diaries and work schedules.
• Prepare short-term daily programmes including resources and allowable.

Manage Operating System and Reporting

• Put appropriate controls in place at point of execution, to inform management, and to take corrective action immediately if there are deviations to plan.

• Ensure accuracy and complete data for reporting.

Technical Management

• Set and adhere to technical standards and work methods.

SHEQ Management.

• Oversee the implementation of the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality plans and compliance.
• Execute zero harm mandate.

People Management

• Lead, and manage project execution teams.
• Support, guide and coach teams.

Culture and Climate

• Build a culture of continuous improvement for the duration of the project.
• Align with client culture requirements as agreed with project management team, to enhance the client relationship.
• Drive Division’s employee value proposition and decent work principles.

QUALIFICATIONS

• National Diploma in Civil Engineering.
• BTech in Civil Engineering/ or BSc Degree in Civil Engineering.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum two years’ experience working in a tailing’s management environment.
• Ideally two years’ production supervision capacity.

SKILLS, QUALITIES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Solid knowledge of mining, production and tailings industry.
• Knowledge of national legislation, standards and bylaws applicable to tailings environment.
• Technical and operational skills.
• Solid knowledge of methods and practices of deposition / remining / water / load and haul
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent commercial astuteness.
• Analytical skills.
• Customer relations skills.
• Project management.