Site Operations Manager

**Reports to: Logistics operations manager**

**Role**

To manage the safe and efficient implementation of explosive materials and blasting operations. Responsible for coordinating blasting operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and managing the overall safety protocols related to the handling, storage, and use of explosives on-site. Additionally, to position the explosives portfolio as a key partner for the companies operations, taking advantage of its role in the overall value chain.

**Strategic Management**
- To contribute to the organizational strategy by understanding the key strategic drivers and direction and providing input into the strategy annually
- To develop the departmental strategy by understanding the business strategy and developing the strategy, presenting and securing approval annually

**Departmental / operational planning and management**
- To develop the departmental operations plan by understanding the strategy, developing the plan including all projects and key performance measures and submitting plans for approval annually and as required
- To report on performance by tracking department performance against targets, identifying progress and areas of concern, drafting reports and submitting quarterly and as required
- To manage operational performance by tracking performance against targets, identifying anomalies and implementing corrective action monthly and as required
- To manage the overall compliance of the mining company with local and corporate requirements and to promote ethical behaviour and integrity by maintaining knowledge of requirements, implementing solutions and actions to align, monitoring and managing compliance and addressing areas of non-compliance monthly and as required

**Policy and procedure (including process and systems) management**
- To manage the development and implementation of departmental business processes by overseeing process mapping, assessing efficiencies and appropriateness of processes, monitoring compliance, identifying anomalies and implementing corrective action as required
- To develop departmental policies and procedures by understanding good practices, regulatory and compliance requirements and methods, developing policies and submitting for approval as required
- To manage compliance with departmental policies and procedures by monitoring adherence to requirements, identifying areas of concern and implementing corrective action as required
- To manage utilization and development of departmental systems including software by reviewing utilization, identifying areas for improvement and implementing programmes to support use as required
- To monitor departmental regulatory and compliance requirements by reviewing statutory amendments and updating policies and procedures as required

**Technical management**
- To manage mine sites by developing and defining operational schedules in line with client priorities and site needs and managing the ordering, transportation, storage and distribution of materials as required
- To manage the planning and ordering of products for the site by understanding historical, market and seasonal trends, managing an accurate inventory and inventory control system to track stock levels, minimum order levels and lead times, managing suppliers and supplier relationships and identifying potential risks and contingency plans, monthly and as required
- To manage Fleet efficiencies by implementing and overseeing fleet management systems to track movement, usage and performance of fleet and equipment, managing fleet maintenance schedules and costs and overseeing vehicle compliance as required
- To manage SOX and governance standards by implementing clear policies, standards and team training, establishing internal controls and stock reconciliations, conducting audits and submitting SOX and Compliance Inspection reports according to minimum standards and required timeframes
- To manage the warehousing and storage on site by handling and storing explosives and other hazardous materials safely and in compliance with regulations, understanding local, provincial and national laws and regulations governing the handling, storage and transportation of explosives and implementing a First-in-First-out (FIFO) system to prevent expiration and deterioration of products on an ongoing basis

**Budget and financial management**
- To develop budgets by understanding operational requirements, drafting budget and submitting for approval annually and as required
- To manage expenditure by tracking spend against budget, reviewing and approving costs, identifying areas of under
- or over-spend and implementing corrective action monthly and as required

**Risk management**
- To manage security and disaster recovery of departmental information by reviewing measures in place, identifying risks and implementing mitigating measures as required
- To manage departmental risk by developing the departmental risk management framewo