Senior Manager

Roles and responsibilities

• Self & team consistently meets targets, due dates and quality standards (production, service, advice, etc.)
• Achieve Quality targets by consistently reducing all non-value-adding work
• Cost target achievement by consistently improving team productivity
• All Plans and team objectives consistently executed and achieved in a safe working environment
• Productivity target achievement
• Achievement of Saudization targets
• Manage all resources (people, money, equipment, etc) responsibly, ensuring safety and continuous compliance with requirements (cost, quality, due dates, targets)
• Manage and control mining chemicals/explosives
• Manage shift personnel (rebalance personnel competency level in shifts)
• Manage contracts and contractors
• Develop and implement the production visions for the mining section
• Consistently reduce all non-value-adding work and improve productivity
• Have frequent financial meetings with subordinates to ensure proper cost control
• Communicate and ensure that vision, values and business direction are embraced by the team
• Performance management of team (facilitate frequent performance dialogue and take corrective action/give recognition)
• Identify talent and develop personnel to ensure a competent work force and appropriate career development
• Ensure proper talent management in area of responsibility
• Communicate, facilitate and execute change and improvement effectively
• Meet operations target in line with customer forecast and nominated quantity
• Sampling, testing, laboratory analysis (product validation)
• Reports (fiscal, daily, monthly)
• Responsible for the product quality
• Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards
• Achieve agreed OPEX and CAPEX budget
• Develop the section budget, implement and manage (following approval) and ensure financial discipline amongst team members
• Compile operations budget and manage it
• Prioritise and optimise operations opportunities
• Consistently reduce all non-value-adding work
• Delivering the compliance within the safety and environmental plan
• Investigate opportunities to debottle neck equipment and process flow
• Ensure that plant equipment is technically functioning as per design intend
• HAZOP attendance to ensure safe design and plant changes
• Act as ER controller in the case of emergency (During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or HSERQ incidents)
• Develop integrated mine statutory inspection and availability matrix in conjunction with relevant departments/stakeholders
• Develop annual work and project plans
• Ensure that plans are executed and team objectives are achieved consistently in a safe work environment
• Resource availability, balancing, prioritization and utilisation
• Provide available cost-effective resources
• Ensure adherence to HSERQ legal standards and implement HSERQ processes on all production activities in own area of responsibility
• Understand customer requirement and ensures product/service meets customer requirements
• Identify and support inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain
• Ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace
• Ensure plant safety systems and equipment adheres to design and legal requirements
• Ensure Incident reporting and investigation (Root cause analysis)
• Ensure timely results and compliance through control systems and measures
• Make quality decisions and find solutions which will improve team results
• Ensure plant operations is done according to design intend and legal requirements
• Facilitate and chair key production meetings
• Ensure compliance with Ma’aden safety regulation, rules, procedures and processes
• Ensure embedding of Ma'aden's Safety Culture Transformation Program
• Facilitate and implement Ma'aden change and intervention initiatives
• Drive digitalisation within section and maintenance discipline
• Drive Saudization (recruitment, training and development) within area of responsibility

Desired candidate profile

• Bachelors/Masters/PhD of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 2 years at M6 (Senior Engineer)
• B.Tech/M.Tech + 3 years at M6 (Snr Technologist)
  

Experience

5 Years relevant experience in mining industry

Skills

• Acute safety awareness and attitude
• Experience in mining industry
• Change agent
• Proven management and leadership skills
• Critical thinking
• Ability to foster teamwork and effectively manage conflict
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Business acumen
• Sensitivity to diversity and applying intercultural intelligence
• Sound knowledge and understanding of practical impact of all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of Ma’aden safety codes, regulation, rules, procedures and processes
• Advanced understanding of specific section's regulations, processes and procedures
• Advanced knowledge of statutory process compliance requirements, and understanding of the relevant regulatory and compliance issues specific to the Affiliate
• Advanced knowledge of safety procedures (e.g. risk assessments, root cause analysis, deviation analysis, etc.)
• Subject matter expert on the specific systems
• Competent in using applicable technology software and/or systems
• Sound analytical, problem solving skills and decision making skills
• Persuading, influencing and facilitation skills
• Advanced understanding of fundamentals of business and the value chain
• Advanced knowledge of the application of engineering, science and/or technology, including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment
• Highly competent in troubleshooting and implementing corrective actions
• Advanced knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, cost, and other techniques for maximising the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Familiar with materials, services, financial and other planning related work methods
• Advanced working knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract and analyse data and produce reports
• Sound verbal and writing communication skills
• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Design thinking