Job Description

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PURPOSE:

• To develop and implement Engineering and Physical Asset Management strategies for the Business Unit aligned with overall Group Engineering Strategy.

• To co-ordinate engineering activities across the Business Unit in line with corporate guidelines and best practices.

Minimum Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BEng Electrical Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
• BEng Mechanical Engineering (Essential/Minimum)
• Gov Cert of Competence: Engineering (Essential/Minimum)
• Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)

EXPERIENCE:

8-10 years Relevant experience in Maintenance practices and audits; Physical Asset Management best practice; Entrenchment of long-term asset management strategies; Engineering design and principles; which includes at least 5 years in Project execution and management (Essential/Minimum) Operational
REQUIREMENTS:

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• MHS Act Regulation 2.13.1(Engineer) (Essential/Minimum)
• Engineering Council of SA (PrEng) (Recommended/Desirable)

Duties & Responsibilities

Best Practice and Knowledge Management

• Continuously monitors exchange and preservation of information between operations and individuals to facilitate effective knowledge management
• Identify new engineering solutions using appropriate technologies
• Manage discipline interfaces within technical environment
• Participate in professional external forums
• Create and manage professional networks

Business Performance and Operations

• Manage service delivery within budget parameters
• Manage business drivers, identify and exploit improvement opportunities
• Technical contribution in individual skill area including active involvement in peer review process
• Increase awareness of tech advancements to ensure access to appropriate technology to meet business needs and continues to expand technical base
• Develop appropriate management systems to ensure delivery of quality engineering outcomes to support projects and Business Units (BUxe2x80x99s)

Compliance, Governance and Assurance

• Ensure all business and engineering operations adhere and comply with corporate governance, statutory, legal and other requirements
• Manage and ensure integration between various technology capabilities involved in project execution and delivery within discipline
• Manage the development of Company standards and specifications
• Ensure compliance to sound engineering standards and quality
• Manage and co-ordinate technical reporting for Engineering project reviews
• Ensure a standardized approach to service delivery
• Coordinate engineering audits required by Group Manager, recommend corrective actions and rectify where required

Consulting and Project Services

• Evaluate and complete capital projects with minimum risk, within allocated timeframes and according to specified budgetary requirements
• Manage and execute BUxe2x80x99s capital projects in accordance with delegated models and authorities

Customer and Client Relationship Management

• Manage stakeholders to ensure services are delivered according to Service Level Agreements
• Establish and maintain Business Partner Relationships to facilitate optimal functioning of Functional Area
• Responsible for standardisation of delivery to Company
• Identify, recommend and implement Service performance improvements
• Manage internal and external relations, including interfaces with external providers and other functions to ensure business needs are met

Effective People Management

• An optimised team structure is manned by motivated and empowered staff and lead by sound performance management and transformational leadership practices
• Promote teamwork, provide support and manage performance by creating and maintaining individual development plans of subordinates
• Manage key performance by setting and monitoring standards
• Anticipate future Service requirements, draft and implement strategies to optimise staffing
• Ensure Talent pipeline supports achievement of Employment Equity (EE), diversity and competency targets
• Foster an environment where people are motivated
• Articulate, adopt, embrace and live values
• Facilitate work environment that encourage and ensures execution of Services
• Ensure staff efficiently deployed and undertake required training
• Coach and mentor engineers

Financial Management

• Develop financial budgets for department with assistance of function leads to ensure sufficient financial resources according to strategic and operational requirements
• Prepare, manage and control section's annual budget by forecasting operational costs and monitor cash flow on a regular basis
• Approve relevant contracts and documentation in line with departmental budgetary stipulations
• Focus on advancements in specialist field in order to assess advancements and potential cost reduction

Functional Excellence

• Adhere to functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end- to-end processes, tools, templates etc.
• Assist in standardising, simplifying and speeding-up functional processes, eliminating duplication/bureaucracy.
• Apply functional best practices, promote sharing of best practices/knowledge.

Safe and Healthy Work Environment

• Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable SHEC policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations

Specialised Support

• Review compliance to Physical Asset Management (PAM) processes and address deviations
• Ensure PAM strategy compliant with corporate
• Optimize BU specific Physical Asset strategies according to Life Cycle Costing (LCC) models and optimize BU asset budgets
• Optimize asset cost/efficiencies
• Review/assess utilization of Physical Assets
• Establish improvement program for Physical Assets/PAM Systems
• Chair PAM strategic meetings under governance/guidance of PAM Communities of Practice (CoPxe2x80x99s)
• Review progress of PAM objectives/initiatives and plans for BU

Strategy Management

• Ensure that business plan contributes to overall success of the Company
• Optimal utilization of mining and mineral resources through reliable physical assets

Behavioural Alignment
Demonstrates the following:

• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective

The appointment will be made in accordance with Exxaroxe2x80x99s Employment Equity policy.
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