Shift supervisor, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

POSITION SNAPSHOT

Type of work:
On site

Type of contract:
Open-ended/permanent

Full/Part Time:
Full time

Location:

Kathu, ZA

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Purpose

The ideal candidate will lead by example, with the ability to effectively work with and supervise tyre fitters. They should be capable of handling administrative tasks, delivering exceptional customer service, and demonstrating a strong willingness to learn and enhance their managerial skills and knowledge. This position will be based at Otraco.

Otraco Southern Africa is a key part of Bridgestone’s strategy to enhance mobility solutions and tyre-centric services across all market segments. As part of Bridgestone's initiative to improve these services, the company recognized a need for specific mining services and enhancements within the mining sector. The acquisition of Otraco Southern Africa, with its expertise in tyre management systems, creates a valuable opportunity to expand and strengthen Bridgestone's mobility solutions in this important market.

For more information about Otraco Southern Africa, please read the details below.

• Ensure that tyre fitters comply with the Otraco Management System (OMS) policies, procedures, and instructions.
• Lead tyre fitters to perform tyre fitting and workshop maintenance tasks efficiently, safely, and cost-effectively.
• Prioritize and direct personnel to perform tyre fitting and workshop maintenance tasks in the most efficient, safe, and cost-effective manner.
• Perform corrective action requests from auditors.
• Mount and strip any type of tyre and wheel/rim assembly according to established procedures.
• Lead tyre fitters in maintaining a high level of service quality to clients.
• Assess subordinates to analyse competence and identify training gaps (e.g., through Planned Task Observations).
• Ensure that all personnel work safely and adhere to Occupational Health and Safety Procedures.
• Ensure that all personnel comply with site "lock-out" / "tag-out" procedures.

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Grade 12 National Senior Certificate.
• A valid driver’s license (Code 08).

• Three years of Earthmover tyre fitting experience.

• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• A solid understanding of the working mechanisms of the tools or machinery being handled.
• Responsible for the maintenance of equipment.
• Strong supervisory skills with a keen attention to detail

With over 50 years’ experience delivering off-the-road (OTR) and light mobile equipment (LME) tyre management solutions, Otraco help customers to maximise tyre life, increase productivity, reduce waste and improve safety. Otraco’s highly skilled teams are in 60+ customer mining operations across three continents in Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and Chile.

Otraco offers a robust portfolio of OTR tire management solutions that track tires across the full lifecycle, such as its computerized Otracom platform. Otraco’s offering will complement Bridgestone’s world-class OTR products and solutions, including Bridgestone Master Core
* 3surface mining tires and the tire monitoring and management solution. Bridgestone Southern Africa Mining services and OTRACO Southern Africa have joined forces to accelerate Mining tyre management and mobility solutions in Southern Africa, under one banner. Together Bridgestone and OTRACO have market-leading

Mining tyre management and mobility solutions.

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