Operations Controller Loading at Anglo American

Job Description:

As our Operations Controller Loading your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Safety, Health, and Environment

• Ensure compliance with all legal, environmental, occupational health, safety and risk management standards and best practices.
• Safely operate and control equipment/materials as instructed.
• Ensure all activities are conducted following the Minerals Act and Regulations.
• Compliance with OSHAS and MHS Acts.
• Active participation in SLAMs, HPHs, relevant Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.

Outputs:

• Safety rating.
• Dust Management.
• Compliance with PTOs, SLAMs, HPHs, and closed-out Safety Actions.

Performance and Delivery

Coordination of Loading/Hauling Activities:

• Site safe inspections and declarations.
• Optimise equipment utilisation.
• People engagement.
• Elevating potential risks and operational challenges to the supervisor.

Outputs:

• Ensuring the safety of subordinates and environments.
• Safety inspections and declarations.

Loading/Hauling Fleet Utilisation:

• Ensure that equipment is always in neat and working condition.
• Utilise the productivity of equipment
• Proper shift handovers to ensure no impact on operations and production.

Outputs:

• Neat and tidy equipment.
• Minimal operational downtime due to unscheduled and unplanned events and incidents.
• DOH targets achievement.

Assistance:

• Consult with relevant personnel to arrange assistance regarding resources required (equipment and people) to ensure successful task execution.
• Assist the supervisor and co-workers according to their level/area of competence and follow company policies when instructed or during the responsible person’s absence to ensure the achievement of the functional objective.

Outputs:

• Perform cleaning activities beyond the allocated area.
• Eagerness to assist.
• Ability and willingness to work effectively in a team.
• Number of complaints.
• Feedback from supervisor and co-workers.
• Compliance with applicable safety and housekeeping standards.

This role is in Mining (MIN) department on a band 9/P4 level reporting to the Supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 Certificate / N3 Technical
• SA Drivers Licence
• Red Permit (where applicable)
• Kumba Dover Certificate
• Relevant HME Licences
• Competency A Certificate

Technical Knowledge

• 2 -3 Years of relevant operational experience in a mining environment.
• Relevant secondary equipment.
• Mine traffic rules.
• Radio, Loading, Lock-out and Pre-shift inspection procedures.
• Safety standards.
• Company policies and procedures.
• Basic fault finding/identification.
• In-depth knowledge of the operational equipment systems, e.g., collision prevention and fire suppression systems.

Closing Date:

• 19 November, 2025