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Company: Sasol
Location: South Africa
Closing Date: 27 March 2026
Purpose of Job
To achieve defined performance targets in section through building of operator capabilities and planning, organizing and controlling the day-to-day Mining activities.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage crew to meet production targets.
- Manage safety, health and environmental issues in section.
- Ensure competence of crew.
- Demonstrate continuous drive to improve.
- Act as Relieving Shift Boss at times.
- Manage more complex mining activities.
- Identify training and development needs of crew.
- Ensure adequate materials availability in section.
- SAP inputs when acting as Shift Boss.
- Represent Shift Boss in OE meetings and transfer knowledge of OE reports to other Miners and Artisans.
- Ensure to take reasonable measures to ensure the health and safety of employees responsible for in section.
- Oversee safe transport of team to and from the section.
- Conduct start and end of shift inspections.
- Conduct statutory inspections e.g. gas & ventilation tests.
- Complete statutory reports.
- Perform risk assessments.
- Perform task observations.
- Conduct at least rescue drill with team per month to rescue room and after all section moves.
- Oversee housekeeping of section.
- Ensure team uses PPE and hand tools correctly.
- Do fire patrol when necessary.
- Ensure operators adhere to Standard Operating Procedures and Codes of Practice.
- Command performance meetings with crew members.
- Manage attendance of crew.
- Submit accurate and fully completed section reports on time.
- Maintain accurate operator records (e.g. valid licensing of operators).
- Request necessary in section mining materials and resources.
- Ensure availability of adequate materials in section.
- Do SAP inputs (e.g. time and attendance and placing orders PTP when relieving shift boss).
- Represent Shift Boss in Operational Excellence meetings.
- Transfer knowledge of Operational Excellence reports to other Miners and Artisans.
- Manage pillar extraction section (where applicable).
- Act as relieving Shift Boss when required.
- Compliance to elements measured by audits and checks by manager.
- Rectify findings on audit results.
- Work completed to plan.
- Minimum wastage and disruptions to production due to resource availability.
- NQF standards and training matrix requirements met.
- Responsible for personal training and development needs.
- Demonstrate self discipline by complying with legal and other requirements.
- Achieve people development targets for shift (KPIs and personal development plans).
- Coach operators in section.
- Ensure all coaching and training is understood and applied by operators.
- Identify training and development needs of team and address them in consultation with other role players.
- Provide timely and constructive feedback to team members on their performance and address non-conformance.
- Understand mine requirements and ensures product / services meets mine requirements.
- Effective networking and liaison with technical, engineering and financial departments.
- Ensure transition of work from own shift to next shift.
- Apply new ideas / work methods to improve results.
- Provide information / assist with projects with technical / support functions.
- Assist with implementation of organisational change initiatives within own team.
Formal Education
- National Senior Certificate with Mathematics
- Occupational Trade Certificate (Blasting Certificate – Fiery Mines)
Working Experience
Experience: 4+ relevant years
Required Personal and Professional Skills
BC_Collaborates
BC_Courage
TC_Verbal Communication
TC_Troubleshoots Technical Issues
TC_SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards
BC_Decision Quality
BC_Drives Results
TC_Risk Management
TC_Mining Equipment Efficiency
BC_Ensures Accountability
