Permanent - Regional Operations Manager - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Job Number: 79700


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79700
Permanent
Regional Operations Manager
MS Word
Manufacturing
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)
Gauteng
  • Responsible for keeping a national and Africa teams of fire suppression technicians productive, compliant, and profitable.
  • Understanding that the fire suppression industry is a service industry and that the service excellence is a key success factor for the success and growth of the company.
  • Driving performance across mine sites, the workshop, and the full operational value chain.

Operational Management

  • Oversee daily operations across multiple mine sites and the head office workshop
  • Ensure all installations, servicing, and maintenance jobs are completed on time and to standard
  • Drive productivity and accountability across all technicians
  • Act as the link between field teams, clients, and management

Resource Planning & Scheduling

  • Allocate technicians based on site requirements, project scope, urgency, and geography
  • Ensure optimal use of manpower, tools, and vehicles
  • Plan deployment schedules
  • Prevent rework and customer machine downtime through proper forward planning

Job Costing & Budget Control

  • Prepare and manage job and project costing and profitability at project level, site level and area level
  • Monitor labour, parts, and travel costs against budgets
  • Identify cost overruns early and correct them fast
  • Improve margins through smarter planning and execution

Stores, Workshop & Field Coordination

  • Manage workflow between stores, workshop builds and site installations
  • Ensure parts, kits, and equipment are prepared ahead of time
  • Maintain high standards of workmanship and quality control
  • Reduce rework, delays, and technical failures

Compliance & Safety

  • Ensure full compliance with mining regulations and safety standards
  • Enforce adherence to site-specific safety requirements
  • Plan and maintain technician certifications and training records
  • Drive a strong safety culture — no shortcuts

Team Leadership

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of ±30 technicians
  • Set clear performance targets and hold teams accountable
  • Address underperformance quickly and effectively
  • Build a disciplined, reliable, and skilled workforce

Client & Site Management

  • Maintain strong relationships with mine clients and site managers
  • Resolve operational issues on-site quickly and professionally
  • Establish Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) with key accounts
  • Ensure service delivery meets contractual expectations
  • Support business growth through consistent service excellence

Reporting & Performance Tracking

  • Track KPIs: site and technician productivity, job completion rates, margins, breakdowns and repair rework, machine downtime.
  • Provide weekly and monthly operational reports
  • Provide monthly/quarterly customer site reports
  • Use data to improve planning and decision-making

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  • Technical qualification (Mechanical / Electrical / Trade Test preferred) OR management or operations qualification is an advantage
  • 10–15 years’ experience in: Fire suppression systems, OR Mining services / heavy equipment maintenance environments
  • Proven experience managing large, dispersed technical teams
Technical qualification (Mechanical / Electrical / Trade Test preferred)
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