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Position Title

Workshop Superintendent

Department

Workshop

Reports To (Position Title)

Workshop Manager

Job Overview

- The position is responsible for planning coordination of all maintenance and repair activities within the heavy and light mobile fleet.

- The position will ensure the application of best practices and procedures are applied and monitored to ensure a safe, reliable, and available mobile fleet throughout its useful life and within budget.

Responsibilities and Duties

Effectively plan and organise the repair and maintenance of site plant and equipment

§ Accurately tracks all plant service details and ensure machines are serviced on time.

§ Ensures all service schedules are adhered to.

§ Ensures that mechanics execute work according to acceptable work and safety standards.

§ Ensures warranty claims and services are in place.

§ Organises site workshop equipment and personnel to avoid downtime.

§ Ensures machines operate optimally after servicing.

§ Evaluates all plant/machinery problems presented for repairs or maintenance.

§ Ensures the correct checklist is used for specific plant/machinery repair and maintenance.

§ Evaluates input from operators to ensure plant problems are accurately addressed.

§ Ensures mechanics follow up on reported problems

§ When required, sends plant/machines to manufacturers for specialised work and re-assembly.

§ Ensures at month end that hourly and daily charge rates are correct.

§ Ensure sites accurately record breakdown details.

§ Collates time sheets from mechanics and checks that hours worked are accurate.

§ Identifies recurring work patterns that detract from the value of effective site plant repair and maintenance.

§ Ensures all site vehicle logbooks are accurately updated.

Effectively manage all site spares requirements

§ Evaluates likely machine spares for specific operations.

§ Ensures all likely/required spares will be available on designated sites.

§ Completes the appropriate site spares requisition documentation – part numbers etc. – and forwards to the Procurement supervisor.

§ Books all spares against the correct stock code.

§ Conducts random checks to ensure the correct spares have been delivered to the store.

§ Liaises with suppliers and Procurement Superintendent on incorrect spares delivered.

§ Compiles lists of interchangeable spares to maximise site spares availability.

§ Plans consumables i.e. oil, tyres etc. – to last the project duration.

§ Ensures the Supply Chain management receives the correct documentation from suppliers, stores.

§ Checks all containers to ensure correct spares requisitioning.

§ Ensures the correct manuals and handbooks accompany plant to site workshops.

§ Liaises with site management on all site-related spares problems.

Effectively deal with site plant personnel and safety requirements

§ Ensures all sites are adequately staffed with appropriate with appropriate mechanical personnel.

§ Where possible, uses local national personnel.

§ Supervises the work of site mechanics.

§ Conducts regular site visits, to evaluate and identify reported staff problems.

§ Where possible, collectively resolves site plant staff disputes

§ When required, trains semi-skilled staff.

§ When requested, assists with the selection of site plant mechanics.

§ Ensures on-going training and skills development of all site plant staff.

§ Provides personal assistance to site mechanics on new sites.

§ Ensures all site plant staff complies with monthly safety inspection requirements.

§ Makes sure site plant staff takes full responsibility for tools.

§ Ensures site workshop staff complies with all health and safety requirements.

§ Ensures site plant staff takes full responsibility for all safety equipment issued – overalls, boots etc.

§ Accurately monitors all site plant staff monthly reports and time sheets.

Ensure the area of responsibility is properly resourced.

§ Ensures all correspondence and administration is in place.

§ Ensures that the work allocation and control processes and procedures support the function’s effectiveness and that company policies and controls are complied with.

Effective self-management and management of Earthmoving Equipment personnel

§ Demonstrates consistent application of internal procedures.

§ Escalates identified problems to relevant manager.

§ Promotes harmony and teamwork.

§ Promotes sharing of knowledge through informal and formal channels.

§ Applies knowledge of the organisational systems, structures, policies, and procedures to achieve strategic objectives.

§ Follows through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.

§ Maintains a positive attitude.

§ Responds openly to feedback

• Takes ownership for driving own career development.

§ Assumes responsibility to develop employees within department.

§ Manages own development (skills and knowledge).

§ Plans and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands.

§ Communicates effectively, maintaining relationships.

Supervises subordinates on daily tasks.

§ Conducts meeting daily and weekly with team.

§ Delegates tasks to the team.

§ Provides feedback to the team on work completed.

§ Trains the team on-the- job on technical aspects of their tasks.

§ Discusses sub ordinates performance on an on-going basis.

§ Be Hand on and mentoring the staff

Coordinates technical activities within own function by involving other team players.

§ Provides input from own field of expertise.

§ Involves all disciplines within own department and individuals performing different tasks and roles and optimize productivity and good teamwork.

§ Sets objectives for own team.

§ Encourages team participation in problem solving techniques.

§ Builds relationships with other disciplines in the various departments.

Apply safety practices in executing daily tasks

§ Ensures compliance to general safety policy and procedures

§ To ensure safety of self, own team, and employees in general

Develop team targets

§ Provides input from own field of expertise

Qualifications

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree with Mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical Engineering/ Mechanical training as Diesel trade certificate with Hands On experience.

Years of Experience: 7 years Minimum in Snr Supervisory positions and related.

Specific Skills / Competencies

§ Problem solving: The ability to describe a problem effectively, gather and analyse information and create options to generate a workable solution.

§ The ability to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information and apply appropriate criteria for weighting it.

§ The capacity to be optimistic and to manage disruptive emotions by taking a long-term view of success and failure and persisting in pursuing goals despite obstacles and setbacks.

§ The ability to hold one’s own in the face of opposition and exert one’s influence confidently and firmly; can take charge.

§ The capacity to ask questions, plan and make effective use of resources and experts to research relevant information.

§ The capacity to put people at ease and build sound relationships based on mutual trust and openness.

§ The capacity to respect and relate well to differences in people (in terms of race, culture, nationality, gender, ethics, religion, etc.), value diversity of ideas and create an environment in which diverse people can thrive.

§ The capacity to create group synergy in pursuing collective goals. This includes a capacity to promote a friendly co-operative climate, understand group dynamics and apply appropriate facilitation techniques in working with others to achieve a shared goal.

§ The capacity to utilize the most effective conflict resolution strategy (ies) appropriate to the situation. This entails the ability to facilitate a conflict resolution and allow for maximum understanding between different parties and points of view.

§ The capacity to listen attentively, present information in a clear manner and respond appropriately to the verbal and written communication of others.

§ The capacity to break down a large task into subtasks or sub-goals, to anticipate obstacles and evaluate alternatives; recognize gaps between the current situation and a desired outcome; define tasks needed to accomplish goals; assign and coordinate people, tasks and resources to ensure an efficient flow of work; define, encourage and evaluate staff performance in relation to clearly defined objectives, time-lines and performance standards.

§ Must be an experienced Mining person familiarize with Caterpillar and Komatsu equipment.

§ Hands on and mentoring the staff onsite.

Required Licenses and Certifications (Optional/If position required):

§ Drive licence valid

§ Caterpillar certificate

§ Mining Machines trainings