• To lead the teams to safely deliver high-quality maintenance services to enable the smelter to achieve operational targets
• To lead the Area to a new level of capability and performance
• The Superintendent is accountable for: (1) delivering high-quality maintenance services; (2) planning and executing the preventative maintenance program. (3) Planning and executing reliability projects
• Take a leadership role in executing corporate strategy to deliver competitive advantage and safe, sustainable, profitable operations

Execute Corporate and Departmental strategies:
• Communicate the SA vision, values and purpose
• Interpret strategy and policy and translate into work plans that are actionable by the teams

Develop Area strategies:
• Lead the development of Area strategy and policy including:
• Long term equipment replacement projects
• Long term National workforce development plans
• Plan, organize and control Maintenance Area Operations to safely deliver high-quality maintenance services to enable the
• smelter to achieve its targets

Daily operations:
• Lead the Area teams to safely deliver high-quality services. Direct the Supervisors who action the daily work plans
• Inspect work; ensure high standards of quality and productivity
• Liaise closely with colleagues1 to maximize overall Plant outcomes
• Plan the Area work schedules. Re-plan to address contingencies (eg: changes in Departmental priorities). Consider upstream and downstream needs and impacts.
• Monitor performance (KPIs); report progress
• Execute Corporate and Departmental strategy:
• Understand and interpret strategy and policy
• Communicate the vision and purpose to the teams
• Translate the corporate strategy and policies into tasks and work plans that are actionable by the teams
• Lead and motivate the Area teams to achieve excellence in Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) performance
• Deliver a safe work environment

Lead a step up in EHS performance:
• Devise creative ways to motivate people to work safely and to embrace EHS
• Lead the necessary behavioural and operational changes to create an environment of EHS excellence
• Develop the EHS systems - lead the teams to: (1) undertake root cause analysis of accidents or near misses and take the
• necessary action to mitigate risk; (2) review the EHS plan and formulate proposals for improvement; (3) execute projects to drive excellence in EHS
• Lead the teams to execute programs to reduce resource usage (eg: energy, compressed air) and enhance environmental outcomes
• Apply innovation and leadership skills to lead and deliver continuous improvement and deliver improvement in performance.

Lead the Area teams to:
• Generate ideas for improvement
• Identify improvement opportunities, analyse opportunities and focus on those that deliver the greatest return on investment
• Develop new solutions and implement the improvements.
• Monitor and control Area resources to maximize efficiency and profits. Lead the teams to:
• Control costs (Build and propose budget, control and deliver)
• Optimize resource usage and minimize waste (eg: monitor PPE usage; conserve small tools)
• Control time and attendance while maintaining accurate SAP records
• Operate equipment and Plant systems to maximize efficiency and minimize waste
• Identify ways to decrease costs and increase productivity or resource-utilization
• Forecast funding for staff, materials, supplies and capital improvement projects. Submit and justify budgets.
• Analyse, monitor and control expenditure to ensure the Area achieves its financial target. Take action to correct budget variances. Work within delegated financial limits
• Participate as a member of the Departmental Leadership team to ensure the success of the team and the Department
• Contribute to the Development of Departmental policy and strategy
• Lead the Area teams to: (1) continually analyse performance, and, (2) generate and analyse ideas for improvement. Bring the best ideas forward for consideration by the Departmental leadership team
• Collaborate with Departmental colleagues to maximize Departmental performance
• Collaborate with Superintendents across all the Department and the Plant to optimize Smelter outcomes, drive continuous
• improvement and share best practice
• Lead People: Lead the Area teams to safely deliver production targets and maximize profits
• Set stretching team goals and improvement targets; create milestones; adjust style and communications to lead and motivate
• different people; align team and individual goals with the Departmental and SA business objectives
• Set individual performance objectives, action WPPs, manage performance, develop and motivate staff, deliver formal and informal feedback, deliver on-thejob coaching to maximize individual, team and Departmental performance.
• Action the disciplinary cycle if necessary. Ensure the teams manage time and attendance and maintain accurate SAP records.
• Empower the teams to function within defined limits (delegate action to the lowest possible level.
• Apply a participative management style to lead the teams to a new level of performance (engage the team in problem-solving and decision-making).Facilitate brain-storming to enable the best ideas to be expressed.
• Encourage inter-dependent problem-solving and full ownership of outcomes, removing barriers where necessary.

Celebrate accomplishments:
• Lead organizational change – plan and communicate proposed changes, ensuring the teams commitment to implementation
• Develop People: Develop the teams to deliver improvement in workforce capability and sustained levels of performance
• Execute the SA Omanisation strategy
• Build capability via recruitment, talent management, training and development(including secondments) and retention initiatives
• Create an Area training and development strategy to increase the teams’ leadership, technical and inter-personal skills.
• Leverage the SA training and development resources as well as Area and Departmental programs
• Action development initiatives (observe; coach; train; counsel under-performers)
• Take a leadership role in Departmental and Functional Talent management and succession planning to build Plant-wide capability.
• Create a Talent pipeline for the Department and the Plant