Section Engineer

Job Description:Your key responsibilities will include: Driving Maintenance KPI's of permanent employees, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure vehicle / equipment availability, reliability, and optimization.Roll out TMM maintenance strategy to minimise equipment downtime and ensure availability of equipment at the right time.Manage overall maintenance management performance.
Financial / Budget Control in terms of Mining Maintenance activities.
Managing of change process regarding any deviations to Maintenance activities and work scope.
Manage the establishment of Engineering standards, specifications, and service levels according to organizational objectives to ensure maximum operational availability.
Implement CI initiatives by keeping abreast of developments and introducing change in work processes where appropriate (Cost reductions and cost avoidances).Ensure and Maintain Legal Compliance, Audits and Governance.
Qualifications:B Eng/BSc/BTech/National Diploma discipline, National Certificate – NTC 6 Engineering (with relevant Trade Certification) in Mechanical or ElectricalCompleted Government Certificate of Competence, Mines and Works (GCC).Completed or in the process of completing a postgraduate qualification (Honours, Masters, MDP, etc.)
would be advantageousRequired Experience:A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Section Engineer (Legal Appointee) of which 3 years in a UG TMM environment, preferably in an operation that utilises caving and/or long hole drilling methods.
Must have good cognitive and analytical abilities.Project management experience would be highly advantageous.Experience in the in Underground Large Excavation TMM equipment and technology would be advantageous.Experience managing a large contractor mining operation will be advantageous.
Operational readiness implementation experience will be advantageous.