Job Description

• Seeking a Aggregate (Hard Rock) Quarry Manager to lead the quarry and raw materials department team. Based in the Eastern Cape, East London.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, organize and control the processes and resources to ensure that the defined quantity of raw materials is delivered on time, within the specified uniformity, quality and budgeted costs.
• Undertake actions to improve and optimize production performance.
• Contribute to plantxe2x80x99s cost performance through sustainable operations and continuous optimization of raw mix (aggregate).

Health & Safety

• Guarantee and enhance compliance with OH&S policies and standards for all personnel
• Demonstrate strong H&S leadership to develop safety culture among personnel
• Identify and tackle specific actions to ensure health and safety risk prevention during operations activities

People & development

• Manage and improve the performance of the raw materials team ensuring competencies and skills are in place, kept and developed
• Contribute to the succession plan

Planning

• Plan and organize raw materials supply to meet production needs, within the quality requirements.
• Organize and manage shifts of production staff
• Coordinate and plan maintenance activities
• Deposit evaluation and development administration
• Quarry Planning Administration (short- and long-term)
• Resources & Reserves reporting
• Identify operational bottlenecks, provide technical requirements and follow-up technical execution

Operation

• Monitor equipment performance in order to reach, or exceed production targets, and to achieve quality and environmental standards
• In collaboration with relevant functions, define and implement actions to improve operations performance
• Manage execution of third party services under its responsibility; Annual third party contracts review and management
• Mine rehabilitation

Budget & Cost Control

• Forecast volumes in cooperation with Production, Process, Sales, Logistics and Quality
• Quarry operational and capital expense planning and budgeting
• Ensure budget monitoring and follow-up

Governance

• Communicate and implement regulations, company goals, local permits, policies and procedures. Optimize the internal processes and structures
• Supervise personnel to ensure production targets are met
• Team involvement in peering with other plants for projects, shutdown, etc
• Technical information and archives (drawings, manuals, certificates, reports, automation settings and update log) updates and administration
• General administration

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Minimum 5-10 Yearsxe2x80x99 experience as a Production Supervisor

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