Chief Foreman X2

Job Requisition ID

12516

Closing Date

8 July 2026

OME

MIN: Mining

Location

Sasolburg, Free State

Purpose of Job

• To manage 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, including the manufacture of new items and when to replace / repair equipment.
• Manage Operational budget including maintenance and operational costs in appointed area
  Ensure availability of equipment by effectively managing downtime (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 (standardization committees) SOP/PTO / COP implementation and adherence.
• Ensure compliance with the Welding standards
• Assess economics / engineering viability of major engineering business cases and provides specific, inspection expertise and coaching.
• Manage delivery against OE/BI 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.
• Ensure effective short and long term planning in conjunction with the Mines
• Ensuring proper liaising with other departments for a smooth manufacturing and refurbishment flow
• Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
• Drive the machine cost and $/barrel cost saving actions
• 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, LWDC rate
• Ensure 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.
• Perform CCVs on critical tasks.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate /  N3 with Mathematics & Science
• Qualified Boilermaker Trade Test Certificate

Working Experience

• 10+ relevant years

Required Personal and Professional Skills