Job Description

Technical Planner

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POSITION SNAPSHOT

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JobReq ID: 54430
Type of work: On site
Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent
Full/Part Time: Full time
Location:
Lephalale, ZA

ABOUT US

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Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a "Bridgestone West" strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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Job Purpose

Provides and ensure technical and safety support for site pit conditions and where necessary, liaise with heads personnel within the client. The CI Champion (CIC) will be resourceful, ensuring safety, monitoring compliance of the pit standards, improving operations, driving improvement, analyzing processes, monitoring progress and flexibility to a changing business environment and its demands and adapt quickly to new circumstances. The CI Champion must be able to maintain a high level of participation in the safe running of an on-site.



Otraco Southern Africa is a key part of Bridgestone's strategy to enhance mobility solutions and tyre-centric services across all market segments. As part of Bridgestone's initiative to improve these services, the company recognized a need for specific mining services and enhancements within the mining sector. The acquisition of Otraco Southern Africa, with its expertise in tyre management systems, creates a valuable opportunity to expand and strengthen Bridgestone's mobility solutions in this important market.



For more information about Otraco Southern Africa

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please read the details below.

Responsibilities:

CI Project Dashboard update CI Project weekly dashboard for client display screens CI Project weekly focus area and message (Pit Condition Danger/Risk Area for Tyre Damages) Tyre awareness Training Pit Inspections (Relive) Site Severity (Superintendents/OEM) Condition Based Road Monitoring Report Pit Progress DOT/ 6-Week Comparison report CI project tyre recognition (quarterly operator's recognition-best tyre safe operators) Otracom (Daily pressures, Change slips, and scrap reports) Collaborate with mining teams to ensure safe and efficient operation Maintain accurate records of inspections, findings and recommendations Provide reports and site severity reports Prepare Pit Reports

Qualifications & Experience Required

Exceptional communication skills Valid driver's license Senior Certificate or equivalent to Grade 12 Sound technical tyre knowledge Must be able to perform without supervision Computer literacy with advanced experience in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

Education, Master, other certification:

Grade 12 National Senior Certificate. A valid and appropriate light vehicle driver's license (South African Code 08).

Experience (years):

1-2 years' experience in a Mining environment.

Skills:

Good communication skills, both written and verbal Advance computer literacy (MS Office, email, data entry). Organizational and time management abilities. Attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Customer Service Orientation Willingness to learn and take initiative. Basic problem-solving skills Confidentiality and professionalism. Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize work effectively.



With over 50 years' experience delivering off-the-road (OTR) and light mobile equipment (LME) tyre management solutions, Otraco help customers to maximise tyre life, increase productivity, reduce waste and improve safety. Otraco's highly skilled teams are in 60+ customer mining operations across three continents in Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and Chile.



Otraco offers a robust portfolio of OTR tire management solutions that track tires across the full lifecycle, such as its computerized Otracom platform. Otraco's offering will complement Bridgestone's world-class OTR products and solutions, including Bridgestone MasterCore*3 surface mining tires and the tire monitoring and management solution. Bridgestone Southern Africa Mining services and OTRACO Southern Africa have joined forces to accelerate Mining tyre management and mobility solutions in Southern Africa, under one banner. Together Bridgestone and OTRACO have market-leading Mining tyre management and mobility solutions.

WHAT WE OFFER

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At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to "Serve Society with Superior Quality", for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:


A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team. The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship. Corporate Social Responsibility activities. A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment. Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being. A diverse and inclusive team.

We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.