Workshop Foreman – Murowa Diamonds

Workshop Foreman

Reporting to the Heavy Mobile Equipment Superintendent, the incumbent will have a key role of coordinating, planning, and controlling daily, weekly and monthly equipment maintenance and utilization.

Main Responsibilities

• Scheduling and assigning lob to artisans
• Ensuring optimum availability of machines
• Ensuring adherence to routine maintenance schedules for the equipment
• Coordinating, controlling and monitoring equipment usage to ensure high availability, utilization and reliability.

• Reviewing and controlling operational cost allocation to ensure proper allocation of cost and maintain budget
• Ordering the necessary parts and supplies needed for repair and maintenance work on mobile equipment

• Overseeing preventive and planned maintenance works
• Examining tools and equipment in use to make sure they are sale and are not defective
• Maintaining accurate records and preparing related reports.
• Monitoring and ensuring that subordinates follow standard safety procedures.

Minimum Requirements

• A diploma in Diesel Plant Fitting.
• Journeyman Class 1 trained artisan
• Knowledge of Exploration drill rigs (Bowl Longyear) and Production drill rigs (Sandvik) and CAT earthmoving fleet

• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Workshop Supervisor
• A minimum of 2 years working experience in a mining environment will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental systems.

Murowa Diamonds is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive conditions of employment which will be disclosed to short listed candidates.

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Email: [email protected] for clearly stating the title of the post being applied for in the subject line of the email.

Closing Date Sunday 09 September 2018.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted