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**Production Manager** - **Key Responsibilities**: Develop and oversee operational plans, manage teams and equipment, monitor processes, ensure safety, and mitigate risks. - **Required Skills**: Strong leadership, planning, and problem-solving skills. - **Experience Required**: Two years at Production Superintendent level in opencast coal mining. - **Education**: Relevant 4-year tertiary qualification. - **Certificates**: Opencast Blasting Certificate (Coal Mines), Mine Managers’ Certificate of Competency or Glencore Internal Law Examination. - **Location**: Goedgevonden Complex, Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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- Glencore Coal SA
- Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Goedgevonden Complex
Job IDGGV MM 2026/03Closing date17/11/2026Last Updated09/11/2026
The incumbent in this role is responsible for managing the delivery and execution of the Operational Plan for areas of responsibility, focusing on the areas of safety and production through selection, development and optimal utilisation of people and equipment; the daily, weekly and monthly monitoring of the relevant processes and delivery of targets; and the identification and management of risks.
Key Responsibilities
Apply Key Responsibilities
- Participating in the formulation of the functional plan and engaging with Production Superintendents to ensure the proper execution of the plan and the monitoring the achievement of targets across areas of responsibility.
- Providing input to ensure the capability and proper allocation, deployment, and optimisation of people and other resources.
- Identification of hazards and risks in areas of responsibility and ensuring that proper controls are put in place to ensure the mitigation of these risks as well as the monitoring compliance to policies, regulations and standards.
- Ensuring the understanding of processes by the teams in area of responsibility - ensuring the development of knowledge and sharing of best practice of these processes
- Ensuring the creation of a culture and environment that is conducive for the delivery of targets.
- A relevant 4-year Tertiary qualification.
- An Opencast Blasting Certificate for Coal Mines.
- A Mine Managers Certificate of Competency or Glencore Internal Law Examination.
- 2 Years opencast coal mining experience at a Production Superintendent level.
- Ability to apply practical skills and common sense to solve problems and deliver accountabilities.
- Ability to adhere to rules and regulations, follow instructions and limit risk of non-compliance to the business.
- Ability to maintain high levels of individual and team performance by driving the achievement of goals, targets and financial objectives.
- Ability to inspire and foster commitment, pride and trust amongst team members.
