Construction Supervisor at Newmont Corporation

About The Job

About This Role

• To provide technical supervision with respect to new civil construction projects, and maintenance supervision of piping, plumbing, civil construction projects.
• To guide business partners in the safe execution of new and existing projects and maintenance at the site.

In This Role You Will

• Construction Planning and Design:
  • Plan the daily operations of all building and construction projects on site.
  • Receive work orders from various departments to begin planning and commissioning maintenance work.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements.
  • Commission the build of projects upon receipt of design drawings from user department.
  • Approve waybills for delivery of materials.
  • Plan for site meetings, kick off meetings, and issuing of site instructions.
  • Confirm the schedules for the timeous completion of construction projects.
  • Complete CMP’s (Construction Management Plan) for approval.
  • Raise requisitions for final approval by the Operation Services Manager.
  • Confirm and approve resources for projects by business partners.
  • Plan and allocate work to building and maintenance subcontractors.
• Construction Execution:
  • Organize, supervise and control the daily operations of all building and construction projects on site to make sure they are completed safely, on time, within budget and according to desired quality.
  • Confirm any construction modifications on site.
  • Approve project completion on site.
  • Conduct any construction related maintenance work, as per work order.
  • Oversee that all business partners and subcontracted workers adhere to Newmont standard operating procedures.
  • Inspect all work performed by employees and subcontractors.
  • Participate in project meetings to monitor and support project progress.
  • Establish and maintain standards of quality control for all work completed on-site.
• Team Leadership:
  • Provide technical supervision for both maintenance and construction projects.
  • Oversee that new and current employees have received all necessary training required to perform their work in an efficient, effective and safe manner.
  • Coordinate and work with Project Engineers, Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisors and other subcontractors.
  • Provide information and guidance to complete the building within specified project timelines and budget.
  • Mentor and advise team members.
  • Provide training and coaching to business partners and Newmont.

Additional Duties

• Project and Works Health and Safety:
  • Deliver own prescribed outcomes and/or provide support services by following Newmont’s Health and Safety systems and protocols.
  • Maintain adherence to prescribed Health and Safety outcomes.
  • Oversee that all work carried out adheres to Health and Safety standard operating procedures.
  • Provide safety leadership and lead risk assessments.
  • Conduct safety audits, risk assessments and housekeeping inspections to ensure regulatory, corporate, site and environmental standards are being followed.
  • Confirm the outcomes and/or results of risk assessments and hazard analyses for projects.
  • Monitor performance and compliance of all workers.
  • Enable the provision of adequate resources and equipment to promote safe performance of employees on the job.
• Project Works Reporting:
  • Maintain detailed progress reports of construction activities and report project performance to Operations Services Manager.
• Construction Budget Management:
  • Provide input into the annual budget of what needs to be constructed for project works purposes.
  • Oversee that delivery is in line with the project budget and timelines, by tracking actual expenditure against proposed budget.
  • Verify that all aspects of the infrastructural design and build are accommodated in the budget including, labor costs, materials, bill of quantities.
  • Monitor budget and scheduling impacts and report on any variances detected.

Training, Skills & Experience Checklist

• Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
  • Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering or Construction or
  • First Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction.

Additional Knowledge:

• Good Project Management knowledge.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and other Mine Engineering Software.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 -10 years’ experience in a mining or construction environment.
• Proven experience managing functional group(s) in a Project Execution environment.

Technical Skills:

• Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds.
• Good analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Good planning and organizing skills.
• Good cost control skills.
• Good computer literacy skills - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

Behavioural Attributes:

• Detail focused.
• Directive.
• Initiative.
• Flexibility.
• Honesty.
• Integrity.
• Goal orientated.
• Self-motivated.
• Team player
• Transparent.
• Reliable.
• Independent.
• Multi-tasking.

Working Conditions:

• Incumbent is exposed to external elements (weather, environment).
• Certain tasks are undertaken after work and on some weekends.