Planner

As our Planner of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Safety and Health
  • Consistently apply Safety and health principles in all team interactions and take personal responsibility for the safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
• Function as a role model and support a workplace culture where safety and health for the site are paramount.
• Support an environment for team members to challenge and act on unsafe behaviours without repercussions.
• Performance and Delivery
  • Operational Planning
    • Translate Asset strategy developed by Reliability Engineers into Effective Maintenance Plans with sufficient task details (tasks sequencing of activities resource requirements overall job time definition).
    • Continuously improve maintenance plans by validating and receiving accuracy (BOMs components part numbers).
    • Develop maintenance plans in SAP for all new assets before coming to the site.
  • Work Management
  • Routine Work Planning (PM03/PM15):
    • Verify that all tactical work orders meet the required standard before releasing and issuing them. This includes ensuring that work centres functional locations descriptions PRTs resources task durations operational networking dates conditions constraints and all necessary safety instructions are accurate.
    • Maintain all tactical work (PM03/PM15) executed outside of the original schedule date as urgent work following the mine standard. The WM Planner is responsible for ensuring that tactical PM03 orders are closed out daily in the SAP system after the execution and return of the job cards.
    • Coordinate all change requirements for tactical PM03 work orders with the Reliability department. If changes are needed the WM planner must communicate them to the accountable department using the correct change management process to make the necessary modifications.
  • Adhoc Work Generation (PM01 Orders):
    • Capture any ad hoc notifications in the system per work management standards when required.
    • Daily check SAP Transaction IW28 to identify any notifications with Approved (APD) Open (OPN) or Cancelled (NCD) statuses.
    • Notify the accountable FLM to approve or cancel notifications in open status for more than 24 hours.
    • Make sure to convert all open notifications with APD status to a PM Order to continue planning daily tasks.
    • Inform the FLM if the notification is not approved or cancelled to standard i.e. required date task description functional location impact and uppercost limit.
    • Click the Create button next to the Order field to create the PM Order once satisfied and choose a PM Order Type.
    • Communicate any notifications with OPN status longer than 24 hours to the FLM daily for immediate attention. If no response is received escalate the issue.
    • Notify the CC daily of any open notifications with NCD status created by the CC Clerks for feedback to the Originator and closure.
    • Communicate any open notifications with NCD status created by WMP daily along with the cancellation details and close them to the originator.
  • Daily Planning Routine:
    • Daily review of the Task Status Report to aid in prioritising work planning and tracking upcoming work.
    • Update work centre capacity for the weeks ahead.
    • Create or complete the required planning job cards.
    • Attend and actively participate in all management routines such as daily feedback and weekly schedule draft reviews.
    • Identify and promptly escalate all critical issues that may threaten the successful planning of work orders for completion by their required date.
  • Specification of work/task (Daily):
    • Plan approved work orders including routine and ad hoc work (Within your area of responsibility) for resource provision and execution before the required date as defined by the business.
    • Specify and sequence tasks to be executed including any precision to be incorporated.
    • Ensure that hazards controls and permit requirements are structured according to guidelines.
    • Ensure that instructions and procedures are followed according to guidelines.
    • Ensure that all work orders meet the work management planning process requirements.
  • Resource Specification (Daily):
    • Plan all labour and materials needed for the work to standard and ensure timely execution.
    • Ensure that tools services equipment and contract resources are planned to standard and delivered on time.
    • Adjust task durations as per the plan and adhere to them.
    • Initiate resources and orders on time for all approved tasks.
    • Facilitate the Work Management process by planning all required resources for approved work on the work order.
  • Cost detail:
    • Escalate promptly if the cost of planned work exceeds the uppercost limit initially established by the FLM to obtain approval for completing the Work order planning.
    • Specify the correct cost centres for the work to be executed.
  • Specify scheduling details:
    • Ensure task sequencing according to the prescribed plan.
    • Ensure adherence and execution of tasks as per the latest and earliest start dates.
    • Complete timeous release of work orders
    • Plan for thorough Job tracking and reference for history requirements.
  • Analyse and improve planning:
    • Analyse current planning trends and recommend and obtain approval for amendments to the template where improvements are specified.
  • Work Order Closure: (Daily):
    • Ensure received work orders are confirmed/ partially confirmed and completed correctly in SAP in time according to business requirements.
    • Ensure all returned work orders and all other applicable documentation are filed and stored as per business requirements.
  • Managerial Routines: (Weekly):
    • Assist and participate in weekly Schedule draft and formal review meetings.
    • Ensure proper documentation of all necessary information.
    • Attend the daily notifications review and approval meeting with (Reliability Engineer and Supervisor)
    • Attend the daily supervisor and artisan caucus meeting.
  • Issue Work packages (weekly):
    • Issue work packages and execution schedules for the following week
  • Maintenance Strategy:
    • Ensure the maintenance strategy and associated master data are correct and applicable to the requirements.
    • Ensure the B670 and B302 process is followed accordingly.
  • Maintenance Schedule:
    • Ensure the proper transfer and migration of data related to the maintenance schedule is correct and applicable to the specified requirements.

This role is in Engineering & Maintenance HME/Plant (ENG) department on a band 7.8 level reporting to the Planning Advisor.

Qualifications :

• Grade 12/N3 (Technical Matric)
• N4 Engineering Studies Advantageous
• Trade test Certificate in Engineering discipline
• SA Drivers Licence

Technical Knowledge

• Key value drivers within the disciplines value chain and interdependence of critical levers.
• Principles of how operational processes are classified according to the Operating Model focusing on Work Management.
• Realtime problemsolving tools and techniques.
• Business acumen and commercial drivers of discipline schedule.
• Basic financial metrics.
• Operational Risk management techniques and critical controls.
• Safety health and environment legislative statutory and regulatory requirements.

Additional Information :

Who we are

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of worldclass 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.

We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is reimagining mining to improve peoples lives.

How we are committed to your safety

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

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American 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 to apply

To apply for this role please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime