PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To continuously improve the Asset Capability Assurance process in a safe manner through Root Cause Failure Analysis on high frequency and high-cost breakdowns and analysing maintenance performance of the Belts.
SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY:
- Ensure the legislated safety, health and environmental standards are maintained
- Perform FMECA and HIRA analyses on new Belts
- Regularly review the FMECA and HIRA analyses on existing Belts.
PEOPLE:
Supervise the team:
- Ensure enabling climate/culture
- Maintain labour stability
- Manage performance against set targets and competencies
- Ensure discipline is maintained
- Conduct recruitment interviews.
CUSTOMERS:
- Proactively seek ways of improving equipment reliability, planned maintenance and physical maintenance on the Belts.
BUSINESS PROCESSES:
Maintenance Support:
- Initiate task list reviews
- Develop maintenance plans (frequencies, maintainable items)
- Initiate plan review and review maintenance plans.
Maintenance Data Analysis:
- Perform Pareto analyses, correlation analyses and report top 5 chronic losses
- Interview production personnel w.r.t. trips and artisans w.r.t. repetitive trips.
Operational:
- Ensure recognised and proper maintenance of the Conveyor Belt system to obtain 85% availability.
- Ensure that the SAP PM data and work management meets Samancor Chrome standards at all times
- Monitor corrective maintenance workload vs available manpower
- Coach and mentor team members on effective Conveyor Belt system maintenance management
- Create quality awareness and quality service awareness within the team
- Provide regular feedback to the Resident Engineer.
- Monitor and minimize overtime worked by team members
- Compile and submit monthly Conveyor Belt performance report
- Monitor and maintain HQMS procedures.
Conveyor Belt Availability / Reliability:
- Check uptime data, investigate where necessary and take corrective action
- Keep record of breakdowns, call-outs, spares usage, etc. for all Conveyor Belt systems.
- Become totally integrated into the mining team to provide a comprehensive Conveyor Belt support service
- Ensure that relevant Conveyor Belt spares and adequate quantities are kept in stock, and devise action plan to handle emergency situations
- Establish a practical office management and filing system to promote good administration and record keeping.
- Prioritise and plan work within the team structure
- Compile preventative maintenance schedules on Conveyor Belt equipment.
- Perform mean time between failures calculations and take steps to solve down-time problems
- Implement modifications / upgrades / major repairs according to procedures.
Standby:
- Perform senior stand by duties on designated areas from time to time
- Report any Conveyor Belt breakdowns which have the potential to or has resulted in a lost blast or production loss during call outs immediately to the Engineer
- Provide specialized on-site assistance to Belt personnel if requested.
Solve problems and implement solutions:
- Arrange RCFA investigation and facilitate the problem solving session
- Analyse alternative solutions & recommend best solution/s based on:
o HSEC impact
o Cost – risk – benefit analysis on key equipment performance parameters
o Cost benefit to the organisation
- Recommend best solutions to problems through the change management process
- Record actions arising from RCA
- Monitor recurring failures related to implemented RCA's (KPI until close out)
- Track Condition Monitoring (CM) results
- Analyse equipment failure history
- Log equipment problems identified for further action
- Develop a list of clear problem statements and business cases for problems requiring RCA
- Monitor and share Company-wide similarities / learning opportunities by using the Intranet Sites and SAP History
- Monitor and advertise latest maintenance and technology developments
- Develop, maintain and monitor adherence to maintenance standards and specification.
Work Analysis:
- Ensure the latest techniques are being applied with respect to NDT and condition monitoring
- Advise in building reliability and maintainability in the design of new or modified equipment
- Ensure sustained FLAC improvements.
Contractor Management:
- Develop detailed scope of work for defined scope jobs.
Rotables Management:
- Maintain Scope of Work data base (Specifications, Quality Plan, Witness points).
SHAREHOLDER VALUE:
- Regularly review cost reports, investigate over-expenditure and take corrective action
- Overtime control
- Strive for continuous improvement in the Belts effectiveness and availability through implementation of cost-effective technology
- Keep abreast of latest equipment/ technologies/ trends.
