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Job Requisition Id
11767
Closing Date
22 May 2026
OME
MRS: Mining
Location
Secunda, Mpumalanga
Purpose of Job
To oversee the engineering maintenance processes within the appointed area of responsibility to enable various mining teams to reach production targets within the principles of QCDSM
Key Accountabilities
- 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 deliver maintenance, if and when to replace / repair equipment.
- Manage maintenance cost vs R/t in appointed area Maintenance budget.
- Ensure availability of equipment by effectively managing downtime / shift / MTTF / MTTR (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 (standardisation committees) SOP / COP implementation and adherence.
- Assess economics / engineering viability of no major engineering business cases and provides specific, inspection expertise and coaching.
- Manage delivery against OE 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.
- Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
- 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, LWDCR.
- Ensure the 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.
- Planned Task observations.
Formal Education
- High School / School Diploma
- Occupational Trade Test – Diesel Mechanic
Working Experience
Experience: 6+ relevant years
Required Personal and Professional Skills
TC_Action PlanningTC_Engineering TechnologyLC_Commercial AgilityLC_Drives InnovationTC_Engineering designLC_Customer CentricityTC_SHE Policies, Procedures and StandardsLC_CollaborativeLC_InspirationalLC_Builds TalentLC_Developing SelfLC_PartnershipsTC_Engineering DevelopmentLC_Delivery Excellence
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