General Engineering Supervisor Trucks at Anglo American

Job Description :

As General Engineering Supervisor (Trucks )your responsibilities will include but not limited to:


Ensure a safe and healthy work environment in which workers and contractors can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.


People Management:


Lead and develop the team's performance according to company policies and systems.
Drive the delivery of objectives and hold team members accountable for their work.
Ensure the achievement of development goals per IDP and communicate all management instructions.
Communicate daily with subordinates regarding scheduled tasks and resource availability.
Enforce discipline and high performance of teams through relevant ER/P&O procedures and interventions.
Manage engineering and union relations.
Manage time and attendance and plan for leave with the immediate team.
Arrange necessary and compulsory training to help subordinates deliver their outputs and assist in implementing their IDPs.
Advise and assist the team with complex tasks.


Engineering and Maintenance Management


Maintain equipment, machines, processes, and tools to ensure maximum availability and quality standards.
Plan, implement, and manage maintenance schedules while considering production targets to ensure minimal interruption.
Identify improvement opportunities, implement them where feasible, and maintain the new performance standards.
Ensure that all system and administrative requirements are met.
Hand over work orders to Artisan/Operators according to the Operating Model procedure.
Ensure that the Operating Model procedures are followed.


Implementing the Operating Model Daily Tasks:


Provide a report on daily schedule progress.
Report on outstanding risks and urgent work from previous days and performance.
Review daily output, schedule, and task compliance.
Communicate all management instructions to the team.
Ensure that all outstanding safety and equipment deviations have been addressed.
Generate and sign off on any Routine Operating Schedule changes when required.
Approve or cancel all SAP notifications within 24 hours.
Monitor daily schedule compliance and address deviations promptly.
Communicate daily with subordinates about scheduled tasks and resource availability.
Ensure that completed work orders are returned to the Work Management Planner for closure or rescheduling/cancellation of operations.
Escalate and Address Risks to the Schedule per the Operating Model procedure.
Hold personnel accountable for following the Operating Model procedures.
Give feedback on execution performance and provide coaching and development to personnel.


Weekly Tasks:


Address compliance, reconciliation, and deviations in the weekly schedule.
Sign off on work orders and return them to planners for closure.
Hand over work orders to the supervisor using the operating model procedure.
Review the draft weekly schedule.
Attend the formal weekly schedule review meeting to finalise the execution schedule.
Forward all risks and deviations to the risk owner and sign off on them.
Monitor work order cost control in task status reports.
Review work order planning and input.
Ensure that the section safety strategy is attached to all work orders.


Monthly Tasks:


Ensure Pre-Planning is completed within the Operating Model Procedure.
Ensure all safety, health-related incidents, and outstanding actions are addressed in pre-planning.
Ensure all services, quality, environment, and safety instructions are documented in the preplanning.
Ensure all managerial instructions are documented in the pre-planning.
Contractors Meeting (FLM to have a meeting with contractors working in his section),
Support standards committee procedures and standards revision.


Review:


Review previous KPI (Safety Inc. & Acc, output compliance, services compliance, schedule compliance).
Review Routine Operating Schedule compliance.
Review the month-end cost expenditure.
Review high-risk tasks and actions.
Review Maintenance Strategy.
Compare monthly measured and scheduled compliance and pinpoint necessary actions to enhance the quality.


Budget Management and Cost Control:


Compile own budget and manage the section's expenditure within the approved budget to ensure effective cost control and savings.
Manage overtime within required limits and achieve savings in this regard.


This role is in Engineering (ENG) department on a Band 6 (D1) level reporting to the Section Engineer Trucks & Shovels.

Qualifications:


Grade 12/N3 Technical
National Engineering Diploma (NQF6)
SA Drivers Licence


Technical Knowledge


5 years of relevant operational experience in engineering maintenance.
Technical expertise in HME within the mining industry.
Experience in a supervisory or managerial role overseeing engineering/maintenance operations.
Knowledge of engineering processes and best practices.


Closing Date:


08 July, 2026