Underground Manager

Job Requisition ID

12687

Closing Date

13 July 2026

OME

MIN: Mining

Location

Sasolburg, Free State

Purpose of Job

• Ensure that Production and cost targets and budgets are met. Develop managerial leadership and promote a safety ethic through-out the shaft.

Key Accountabilities

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 (standardisation committees)
• SOP / COP implementation and adherence

Safe Production – Supervise / manage execution of engineering and maintenance strategies / plans that optimise sweating of assets and total cost of ownership.

• Maintenance cost growth vs PPI, R/t
• Downtime /shift (Infrastructure and in-section equipment)
• % delivery against OE initiatives

Safe Production – Tactically manage production operations and make appropriate adjustments to deliver agreed volumes at optimal productivity and cost in normal time.

• Rand per ton (R/t), Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift), Reserve utilisation %
• Volumes vs monthly TQF (Incl Quality) and vs annual budget, % ash, % fines
• Illima tons as % of budget, Stonework progress – metres (distance blasted per shift) or actual vs target, Pit room (incl flexibility horizontal drilling coverage)

SHE – Responsible for tactical plans to support strategy to strive towards best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain license to operate.

• SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings), % outstanding actions on findings
• Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR
• # incidents, dust overexposure, noise overexposure, water releases

Give inputs into annual budget including volume, capex and cost requirements and control cost to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.

• Delivery against budget and reporting calendar vs target
• Working capital & cash position vs target, cash flow vs forecast
• Price and TCO performance vs index and benchmarks

Recruitment, training, coaching and career development

• Vacancy rates vs. Staff Establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD), AWOP, Successors for critical positions
• Key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%), Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets
• Training days for department, planned task observations

Operating Environment

• This position has a legal appointment and is accountable for managing the operational A63 solutions and governance within the area of appointment at a mine within a highly regulated industry
• Remote locations, Equiment and infrastructure are underground and may be located over a wide area, the availability must be managed to ensure production targets are met
• Complex interfaces with contractors and suppliers also exits
• Information from various sources needs to be analyzed, interpreted and integrated to make trade-off decisions in the best interest of the area of responsibility

Major Challenges/ Problem Solving

• Supporting the mine in delivering on safe production within the budgeted allowances for engineering maintenance , balancing production targets with maintenance practices
• Managing relationships between the mining and engineering departments
• Ensuring that the various sets of legal requirements and engineering principles are met with in the operational environment
• Influx of new technology that requires highly skilled workforce to manage the complexity
• The management of service providers operating in the area of responsibility, providing sufficient supervision
• The management of the procurement and supply side of the operational environment

Formal Experience

• B.Eng / B.Sc Eng / B.Tech in Mining Engineering
• Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competence for Coal Mining

Working Experience

• 9 years relevant underground coal mining experience
• At least 3 years supervisory experience

Required Personal and Professional Skills