Section Manager SHE: Open Pit Mining

Company Description

Valterra Platinum, formerly Anglo American Platinum, is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, marketing the metal we produce globally. Following our demerger from Anglo American plc, Valterra Platinum is now an independent, publicly listed company with a primary and secondary listing on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges respectively.

As we embark on this exciting new chapter, Valterra Platinum is positioned to define and pursue its own strategy, anchored in operational excellence, sustainability, and value creation for the long-term. With full accountability for our performance and growth, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities across the entire PGM value chain, from mine to market.

Our independence empowers us to deepen our commitment to stakeholders and lead with purpose – to Unearth Value to Better Our World. We remain steadfast in our ambition to be the world’s foremost producer of platinum group metals, while embedding safety and sustainability in everything we do.

If you're driven by purpose and the opportunity to make a lasting impact, we invite you to join us. Apply today and be part of something bigger.

This role is based in Mokopane, Limpopo.

Job Description

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Guide the implementation and coordination of Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) programmes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies, guidelines and procedures.
• Provide input, assess and refine existing safety procedures.
• Advise the line on most appropriate critical controls to implement for any given SHE risk and support continuous improvement of these over time.
• Provide input on appropriate SHE KPI thresholds/targets for the area of responsibility.
• Advise operations on the required skills development plan/program to enhance capabilities of employees & contractors to achieve excellence in SHE.
• Provide specialist SHE advise and coaching to site and contractor leadership related to current SHE Management systems to address trends identified. Advise on hazard and aspect identification, workforce competency and capability assessments, SHE management procedures, inspections, and reporting within and external to the mining industry.
• Implement leadership SHE interactions/interventions through on-site employee and contractor engagements and active participation in Visible Felt Leadership (VFL). Consult on high level risk assessment.
• Participate in relevant SHE audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating strong SHE leadership.
• Partner with Contracting companies to ensure compliance to SHE requirements, performance and behaviours.
• Engage with contractor leadership to determine underlying issue of bad SHE performance
• Facilitate comprehensive incident analysis in line with the protocols.
• Facilitate independent review of serious incidents and all accidents.
• Conduct trend analysis on SHE and report on these.
• Implement a purpose-driven, high-performing culture that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity, supports engagement and fosters continuous improvement to work processes.

This role is at a Band 6 level reporting to the SHE Manager.

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Degree in Safety, Health and Environment and Risk Control, Engineering or other relevant degree
• Safety management systems (9001,14001, 45001)
• Safety Courses (SAMTRAC, COMSOC, etc) advantageous
• Post Graduate Degree advantageous

Experience and Knowledge

• 5- 7 years relevant Mining / Process / Engineering/ experience
• Project management fundamentals.
• Basic financial metrics, cost and value management & budgeting tools.
• Risk management techniques.
• Value chain management within discipline, and awareness of interdependencies across value chain steps
• Leadership tools for creating a culture of purpose–led high performance and change

Additional Information

• Medical certificate of fitness
• There could be ad hoc requirements from time to time including need to travel

What We Offer

At Valterra Platinum, you will join a team committed to excellence and impact.

We offer:

• Meaningful work in a high-performance, values-led environment.
• Market-aligned reward and recognition.
• Opportunities for learning, development and progression.
• A culture that respects diversity and encourages innovation.
• A clear commitment to safe Operations.