Mine Overseer Oc

**Company Description**
Join us as a **Mine Overseer on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract** in our Coal business and ensure overall shaft and sectional operational effectiveness, while ensuring production targets and mine plans are executed.

**Excellence is the vision. You’ll make it a reality.**

Thungela Resources [Thungela means “to ignite” in isiZulu] is a leading South African thermal coal business, focused exclusively on thermal coal production. It is one of the largest pure-play producers and exporters of thermal coal in South Africa based on aggregate coal reserves and marketable coal production. Thungela focuses on exporting its thermal coal portfolio mainly to the Indian, Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle East and North African markets.
- Ensure the health and safety by adhering to all legislative requirements, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Lead, control and motivate the people to ensure that all Safety, Health, Environmental and Production targets are achieved
- Communicate all legal and operational policies, procedures, standards and guidelines relevant to area of responsibility and ensure they are implemented and followed
- Ensure effective cost control and that costs are allocated effectively and that the various sections stay within budget
- Maintain section infrastructure to compliment the Operational value chain from coal face to plant
- Effective People management, ensuring that roles are well defined and clarified and that competencies and learning paths are developed

**This role is in the Mining department at Band 6 and reports to the Section Manager.**
**Qualifications**
- Grade 12 essential
- Opencast Blasting Certificate essential

**Experience & Knowledge**
- 10+ years’ experience on/in an Opencast Coal Mining Environment essential
- In Possession of Mine Overseer Certificate of Competency (Advantageous)
- Extensive knowledge of Drill & Blasting
- Have extensive knowledge of safety systems, standards and high regard to safety regulations and standards
- Solid knowledge of Mine Health and Safety Act
- Knowledge of mine planning principles and processes
- Knowledge of Thermal Coal core value chain and Operational Codes of Practices and Procedures

**Additional Information**
- Computer literacy in MS Office
- Valid South African Driver’s license essential
- Must be in possession of a Valid Certificate of Fitness of able to obtain one
- Conflict management and problem-solving skills
- Planning and decision-making skills
- Aware of Best practices and new technologies relating to the mining industry

**What we offer**

When you join Thungela, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary, but more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re still growing all the time.

**Who we are?**

Thungela is a pure play coal mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.

**Inclusion and Diversity**

Thungela is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

**How we are committed to your safety**

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies - from drones to data analytics - that are helping to make mining safer.

**How to apply**

**Closing Date: 29/04/2024