Job Description
About the Role
The South Africa: Workshop Supervisor (Heavy SMPP Fabrication – Namibian National) position is a critical role in our fabrication workshop, requiring a strong background in heavy SMPP fabrication, welding processes, and piping knowledge. As a seasoned supervisor, you will lead, plan, train, and review the work of your team to ensure efficient production and productivity.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, plan, train, and review the work of workshop personnel
- Give proper instructions and guidance to workshop personnel as and when required
- Resolve work problems and recommend work measures to improve productivity, efficiency, and utilization
- Report pending jobs with reasons for pending and actions taken
- Comply with the Namibian OHS ACT 85 of 1993 and all relevant health, safety, environmental, quality, legal, and regulatory requirements
- Estimate the time to be allocated to specific jobs and monitor this accordingly
- Resource planning, requirement, and allocation of workshop personnel
- Overtime proposal to Project Engineers and Managers for approval
- Allocate Pipe Fitters, Welders, Mechanical Fitters, Semi-Skilled & Other Team members to tasks
- Monitor the presence of all workshop personnel and assist Project Engineers and Managers in preparation of production activities
- Monitor Production & Welder progress, Maintain Quality, and productivity of Team members
- Resolve fabrication issues and recommend work measures to improve productivity and efficiency
- Trouble shoot defects in conjunction with Quality and other team members, and report on possible causes and solutions to Management
- Identify and communicate fabrication problems effectively
- Assign tasks and targets to personnel in the workshop in close coordination with Project Engineers and Managers (subject to workload, project requirements, and company requirements)
- Knows the capabilities of employees and allocating the appropriate staff to perform tasks
- Knows the capabilities of machinery and use appropriately to perform tasks effectively
- Effectively deals with poor performers
- Establish a work plan to distribute the workload and complete tasks within time constraints
- Give proper instructions to workshop personnel
- Resolves disagreements amongst employees quickly and fairly
- Make recommendations for equipment upgrades, improvements, and optimizing
- Advise Management of training requirements and skills levels of workshop/welding personnel
- Assist with the assessment, mentoring, training, counselling, and motivation of workshop personnel
- Familiarize yourself and be proficient on all present production procedures, equipment, and possible future procedures and techniques
- Ensure that personnel are informed on the technical, quality, and safety requirements for the activities they have been tasked to perform
- Supervise the servicing, maintenance, and repair of workshop as instructed
- Responsible to familiarize yourself and promote and enforce as far as possible the company Disciplinary Code and Conduct, quality, safety, and environmental policies and procedures
- Ensure daily housekeeping is performed by team members, in and outside of the workshop
- Ensure all personnel/team member has the correct consumables/equipment to perform all tasks adequately
- Provide hands-on guidance/training to workshop personnel
- Share job-specific technical skills with others
Requirements
- Strong Namibian HR/IR knowledge
- 10-15 years experience working in an SMPP Fabrication Workshop
- Minimum 5 years experience as a SMPP Fabrication Workshop Supervisor
- Heavy fabrication, welding process and piping knowledge
- Boilermaking, Pipe Fitting, Welding process and distortion control, Safe working practices
- People management/supervising
- Red Seal Boilermaker
- Knowledge of AWS D1.1 ASME/DNV
- Proficient in MS Office packages
- Afrikaans and English language skills
Qualifications
- Formal education/certifications (if applicable)
Salary & Benefits
- N$ negotiable on experience
- Medical Group Scheme
- Provident fund
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About Engineering Jobs in ZA
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