Day Shift Supervisor - Platinum Mile Concentrate Sibanye Stillwater - Rustenburg, South Africa
(2025-02 - 2026-01)
- Responsible for Paardekraal Tailings Storage facility overseeing day to day Fraiser Alexander operational tasks
- Responsible for Load and Haul Plant feed overseeing day to day Ecblaauw operational tasks.
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met.
- Oversee metallurgical reports to shareholders and offer support to metallurgical team.
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning.
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables.
- Conduct incident Root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence which improves running time by minimizing down time and improves production
- Ensured a safe working environment by conducting regular safety audits and addressing potential hazards promptly.
- Prepared shift summary reports for supervisor and communicated regularly on goals and progress.
- Enforced company policies and regulations with employees.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
Plant Superintendent - Meerust Chrome Mine Mantengu - Zeerust, South Africa
(2024-09 - 2025-01)
- Driving efficiency through process improvement
- Improved plant efficiency by implementing streamlined production processes and optimizing equipment usage.
- Coached employees on company standards and efficiency.
- Scheduled deliveries, employee shifts and equipment maintenance.
- Promoted a culture of teamwork among employees by fostering open communication channels, encouraging collaboration, and providing opportunities for growth within the organization.
- Overseeing maintenance and repairs for machinery and equipment.
- Maintained safety and compliance of all operations.
- Performed line checks to assess quality of materials, parts and final products.
- Coordinated maintenance schedules to keep plant running at optimal levels.
- Managed change effectively by proactively communicating with employees about upcoming modifications to processes or policies, fostering a positive environment receptive to ongoing evolution and growth.
- Managed production scheduling and kept team on-task to meet all deadlines.
- Led continuous improvement initiatives that resulted in enhanced operational excellence and cost savings across multiple departments within the plant facility.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to design and implement custom solutions for unique plant requirements.
- Enhanced safety protocols for overall workforce protection and reduced accidents on the job.
Day Shift Supervisor - Platinum Mile Concentrate Sibanye Stillwater - South Africa
(2020-10 - 2024-09)
Platinum Mile Resources (a division of Sibanye still water) is a PGM tailings treatment floatation plant fed by Sibanye Plants, UG2 and Merensky Waterval concentrators.
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met.
- Oversee metallurgical reports to shareholders and offer support to metallurgical team.
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning.
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables.
- Development and implantation of SHE system for processing plant to ensure that there is compliance to SHE requirements according to the MHSA.
- Schedule on the job training (Planned Task Observation) and offering coaching to shift supervisors and plant operators.
- Leads commissioning of all plant changes and improvements.
- Conduct incident Root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence which will improve running time by minimizing down time and production
Shift Supervisor - NORTHERN CAPE METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS (MINOPEX) - Northern Cape
(2019-08 - 2020-10)
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met.
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning.
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables.
- Development and implantation of SHE system for processing plant to ensure that there is compliance to SHE requirements
- Production maintenance planning and liaise with engineering on plant maintenance.
- Conduct Root cause analysis to improve running time by minimizing down time and production
- Supported upper management in strategic decision-making by providing relevant data analysis, insights, and recommendations from daily operations perspective.
- Fostered an inclusive work culture that valued diversity, encouraging respectful collaboration among team members with different backgrounds or perspectives.
Day Shift Supervisor - Platinum Mile Resources (Pty) Ltd - South Africa
(2014-10 - 2020-08)
- Oversee production to make sure production targets are met.
- Oversee metallurgical reports to shareholders and offer support to metallurgical team.
- Lead Process maintenance planning and assist engineering maintenance planning.
- Planning budget control, purchasing of plant equipment and consumables.
- Development and implantation of SHE system for processing plant to ensure that there is compliance to SHE requirements according to the MHSA.
- Schedule on the job training (Planned Task Observation) and offering coaching to shift supervisors and plant operators.
- Leads commissioning of all plant changes and improvements.
- Have acted on a position of Production Manager.
- Acted as a liaison between day shift employees and upper management, facilitating open communication channels for addressing concerns, suggestions, or grievances in a timely manner.
- Assisted in the hiring process by reviewing applications, conducting interviews, and making well-informed recommendations for candidate selection.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
Shift supervisor - Platinum Mile Resources (Pty) Ltd - South Africa
(2009-10 - 2014-04)
- Supervise efficient operation of all plant equipment's to achieve plant objective.
- Provide training (Planned Task Observation) to improve working standards and ensure compliance to all plant standards.
- Supervise shiftly production schedules and assist to resolve all maintenance issues.
- Perform inspection on all machinery and maintain compliance to all safety regulation.
- Attending daily production meetings and briefing workers on operations of the plant.
- Shift leader and to make sure there is discipline amongst the team.
- Shift data logging.
- Attending to breakdown and arranging artisan call outs when necessary.
Fire Assay - Met Chem Laboratory (Pty) Ltd - South Africa
(2008-03 - 2009-07)
- Operating lab furnaces and maintenance
- Analysing Pgm's and gold sample.c. Sample preparation
- Weighing of prills and calculating their mass
- Work without supervision in area of responsibility
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
Shift Supervisor - Impala Platinum Mineral Processing Plant/Pilot Plant - South Africa
(2006-01 - 2007-06)
- Responsible for running all test work or projects on Pilot plant to improve operation of main plant.
- Shift data logging.
- Stabilizing pilot plant using scada/plc programms
- Sampling and sample preparation.
- Assist plant metallurgy with compiling test work reports and implementation of new changes on main plant
- Maximising pilot plant efficiency and recoveries.
- Trained and offered supervision to the pilot plant shift personnel/operators.
- Monitoring that sub-ordinates are adhering to mine safety rules and regulation.
