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SGSSite Manager (Northern Cape)
SGS seeks a Site Manager for its Northern Cape location to direct, manage, and expand regional operations. This position focuses on ensuring that inspection, sampling, and…
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SGS seeks a Site Manager for its Northern Cape location to direct, manage, and expand regional operations. This position focuses on ensuring that inspection, sampling, and sample-preparation activities run safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with company policies and relevant legislation. The ideal professional will oversee daily productivity, coordinate personnel and equipment schedules, uphold rigorous quality and safety standards, and actively drive business development. Key duties involve managing client relationships…
Job Description
SGS seeks a Site Manager for its Northern Cape location to direct, manage, and expand regional operations. This position focuses on ensuring that inspection, sampling, and sample-preparation activities run safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with company policies and relevant legislation. The ideal professional will oversee daily productivity, coordinate personnel and equipment schedules, uphold rigorous quality and safety standards, and actively drive business development. Key duties involve managing client relationships across mining operations, logistics providers, and stockyards, identifying commercial growth opportunities, and preparing tenders and proposals. Furthermore, the individual in this role is tasked with leading local staff, monitoring performance, controlling site expenditures, and resolving operational challenges.
Responsibilities
- Manage and control all operational activities in the Northern Cape, encompassing field sampling, inspection, sample preparation, dispatch, and administration.
- Schedule staff, tools, vehicles, and equipment to meet client deadlines safely and efficiently.
- Oversee daily productivity, turnaround times, service quality, and overtime.
- Support site supervisors, safety coordinators, and quality coordinators in addressing operational and compliance issues.
- Enforce QHSE policies, safety protocols, and the Check Status and Stop Work Authority procedures.
- Lead, coach, and evaluate staff performance, discipline, and training needs.
- Handle petty cash, site assets, consumable stock, and controllable expenditures.
- Maintain a client pipeline and conduct scheduled visits to identify new service and tender opportunities.
- Assist management with quotations, proposals, pricing inputs, and scope definitions.
- Provide regular performance, cost, workload, and business development updates to regional leadership.
Requirements
- Hold a valid Code B driver’s licence.
- Possess at least 3 years of management or supervisory experience within inspection, sampling, mining, minerals, trade, logistics, or an equivalent operational field.
- Demonstrate practical knowledge of bulk commodity sampling and sample preparation.
- Show proficiency in scheduling personnel, equipment, shifts, and resources.
- Bring practical HSE risk management, incident reporting, and safety enforcement experience.
- Exhibit computer literacy with applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Qualifications
- Matric or Grade 12 minimum educational requirement.
- Degree in quality, metallurgy, or chemical engineering preferred.
- Technical qualification in sampling, inspection, laboratory work, mineral processing, or logistics preferred.
- Practical risk-assessment and SHE/HSE training.
- ISO/IEC 17025 awareness or a VLC SANAS ISO 17025 course where applicable.
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What are the core duties of the Site Manager?
The Site Manager oversees all Northern Cape operational activities including sampling, inspection, and sample preparation, while maintaining safety standards, managing staff, controlling site costs, and driving business development.
What level of experience is required for this role?
Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of management or supervisory experience in an operational environment such as mining, inspection, minerals, logistics, or trade.
Is a driver's licence required?
Yes, a valid Code B driver’s licence is required due to site travel and client visits.
Does the posting specify salary and benefits?
The posting does not specify the salary or employee benefits.
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