Day Shift Leader

Oversee and co-ordinate all plant logistical activities within the section

Plant availability

• Plan throughput through liaison with plant manager/production superintendent, shift leaders and engineering teams
• Continuously liaise with the plant manager/production superintendent on the sections plant operation and maintenance activities
• Act as liaison with maintenance on the planning of shutdowns
• Ensure that operating standards and procedures are up to date and understood by shift leaders and their teams
• Liaise with Senior Metallurgist for technical support requirements
• Monitor plant performance and advise on the settings of machinery to optimise performance
• Audit the process regularly to ensure conformance to and understanding of standards
• Oversees during breakdowns, emergencies or poor plant performance to co-ordinate support from other disciplines
• Communicate plant defects to the engineering department
• Co-ordinates the availability of equipment/physical resources
• Ensure that materials and equipment are available for the shifts requirements

Good employee relations

People management

• Allocate work schedules and set priorities
• Develop a trusting and mutual respect relationship with internal and external service provider
• Ensure that the quality of the plant service is monitored and maintained to client standards
• Ensure that employees have clear work directions and plans
• Hold disciplinary and grievance inquiries for his shift, as well as cases of a more serious nature from other shift
•  Identify potential conflict situations and minimise the implications
•  Control discipline and ensure fair decisions regarding Industrial Relations
•  Fairly manage cultural diversity
•  Ensure that work is fairly allocated
•  Co-ordinate employee leave schedules
•  Co-ordinate employee’s day off rests, overtime worked, absenteeism, etc
•  Identify ideas to increase motivation and productivity
•  Encourage co-operation and team work between maintenance and production personnel
•  Communicate effectively with production superintendent/manager

Recruitment and selection

•  Approve/draw up advertisements when positions become vacant
•  Interview potential new recruits for selection
•  Ensure that the correct employees are selected into the plant and that they meet the minimum role requirements
•  Induct new recruits on the job

Employee development

•  Conducting performance reviews
•  Develop yearly HR performance standards and efficiencies to which all programmes need to be aligned
•  Support the induction of employees -identify ideas to increase motivation
•  Training needs matrix completed, develop and implement a training matrix for all employees
•  Mentorship
•  Coaching and development of shift leaders
•  Succession planning

Effective administration of necessary systems

• Ensure compilation of accurate daily reports
•  Ensure that the required works instructions are available to employees
•  Implement and maintain applicable safety regulations, The MH&S act, codes of practise and standards
•  Conduct required meetings, including safety
•  Establish procedures for abnormal work requirements which fall outside of standard procedures
•  Ensure that accurate labour records including overtime worked are maintained
•  Control shift rosters, sickness implications, training and leave schedules to ensure the section is adequately resourced
•  Prepare ad-hoc reports for management or other information customers
•  Completion of audit administration
•  Ensure that engineering administration requirements are complied with
•  Ensure that technical data is accurate

Implementation and control of safety standards

•  Enforce and adhere to SHEQ standards
•  Contribute to Operational Unit safety standards
•  Participate in SHEQ meetings, and provide guidance to employees on any SHEQ issue which may require their attention
•  Participate in safety investigations
•  Participate in risk assessments
•  Ensure that employees work in a safe environment
•  Maintain and comply to the SHEQ management systems
•  Maintain communication structures within the section
•  Enforce protections services procedures and standards

Support the overall operational management of the Operational unit

•  Contribute the business unit’s overall planning process
•  Identify opportunities to improve operations
•  Participation in improvement projects
•  Support efforts to overcome operational problems
•  Identify risks and threats to the process proactively
•  Recommend issues that can improve plant performance

This role is at a Band 6 level reporting to the Plant Production Manager