Nonhlanhla Phalama

Experience

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  GOLD FIELDS

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

  Student Vocational Work

  Understanding mine shafts and the cultural differences between them.

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  Danone

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Field Coordinator: Soccer Resources

  Danone Nations Cup:Coordinating soccer field resources during the tournament.

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  GOLD FIELDS

  Nov 2010 - Jan 2011

  Student Vocational Work

  Understanding mining departments and the importance of integration between them.

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  Sibanye-Stillwater

  Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

  Student Vocational Work

  Understanding conventional mining operations and the challenges facing women in underground mining.

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  Sibanye-Stillwater

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2016

  Reporting to the Mine Overseer.Functioning as a Chapter 4, 8. and 9 Legal Appointee in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996).Maintaining a safe and fully legally compliant work area.Conducting early entry examination and face preparation as well as marking and drilling the rock face.Charging and operating blasting panels.Supporting accident and incident investigation procedures.Ensuring optimal adherence to shift procedures and preparations as well as to safety standards and regulations.Maintaining an excellent safety record and achieving all production targets. Show less Reporting to the Production Supervisor.Functioning as a Chapter 4, 8. and 9 Legal Appointee in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996).Maintaining a safe and fully legally compliant work area.Conducting early entry examination and face preparation as well as marking and drilling the rock face.Charging and operating blasting panels.Supporting accident and incident investigation procedures.Ensuring optimal adherence to shift procedures and preparations as well as to safety standards and regulations.Maintaining an excellent safety record and achieving all production targets. Show less

  • Graduate Mining Engineer - Shift Supervisor

    Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Graduate Mining Engineer - Miner

    Nov 2014 - Sept 2015
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  Assore Group

  Sept 2016 - Feb 2023

  Working at Dwarsrivier Chromr Mine:Ensuring the safe and profitable management of the production area.Managing mining operations safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively to meet short- and long-term production objectives.Ensuring compliance with all legal, environmental, occupational health, safety, and risk management standards and best practices.Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders.Managing continuous mining process improvement and asset optimisation initiatives.Providing visible felt leadership in safety and sustainable development to operational, maintenance, and technical teams.Ensuring correct resources are available to deliver business targets. Show less Working at Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine:Planning, executing, and managing the section in line with departmental and functional requirements to meet production targets.Implementing and managing health, safety, environmental, risk, and quality systems, ensuring the section meets all legal requirements and improves its risk profile.Deriving production, technical, and services goals from the mine business plan.Owning my functional portion of the business scorecard.Managing contractor performance against SLAs to achieve production and targets.Coordinating all relevant mining logistics.Managing and delegating the bench preparation to relevant supervisors.Ensuring legal compliance of the mine to all explosive management requirements.Contributing to annual departmental budget planning by compiling Opex, Capex, and labour budgets for the sub-function, and submitting to line management for approval.Effectively managing the sub-function and its objectives in line with approved budgets reporting variances as required, and implementing remedial actions within my control.Reviewing and authorising payments in line with approved budgets and policy as well as submitting these for final processing.Identifying operational, labour, and capital requirements within my sub-function to deliver production targets and submitting optimisation recommendations to management. Show less Working at Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine:Reporting to the Mine Manager.Planning, executing, and managing the section in line with departmental and functional requirements to meet production targets.Implementing and managing health, safety, environmental, risk, and quality systems, ensuring the section meets all legal requirements and improves its risk profile.Deriving production, technical, and services goals from the mine business plan.Owning my functional portion of the business scorecard.Managing, controlling, and improving production and mining operations, including monitoring contractor performance against SLAs to achieve production targets.Setting achievable production targets in collaboration with management, considering client demand and internal constraints, and managing the short-term production plan.Managing and delegating bench preparation to relevant supervisors.Determining, managing, and enforcing the correct drilling parameters.Contributing to annual departmental budget planning by compiling Opex, Capex, and labour budgets for the sub-function and submitting to line management for approval.Effectively managing the sub-function and its objectives in line with approved budgets, reporting variances as required, and implementing remedial actions within my control.Reviewing and authorising payments in line with approved budgets and policy as well as submitting these for final processing.Identifying operational, labour, and capital requirements within my sub-function to deliver production targets and submitting optimisation recommendations to management. Show less Working at Dwarsrivier Chromr Mine:Functioning as the Section 2.15.1 Legal Appointee in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996).Planning production operations monthly and leading, organising, and supervising mining teams to achieve production targets, exercising appropriate control.Facilitating the training and development of team members across various functions.Collaborating with supporting departments to ensure that production as per operational recommendations and requirements.Controlling the deployment and safeguarding of resources as well as costs to enable cost-effective production activities.Ensuring optimal team discipline and adherence to standards and regulations, administering mining team attendance and performance records.Carrying out disciplinary actions and leading investigations into accidents and incidents, compiling related reports for section management.Maintaining an excellent safety record and achieving all production and cost targets. Show less Woeking at Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine:Functioning as the Chapter 2.14.1 Appointee in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996), reporting to the Mine Manager.Planning, executing, and managing the section in line with departmental and functional requirements to meet production requirements.Implementing and managing health, safety, environmental, risk, and quality systems, ensuring the section meets all legal requirements and improves its risk profile.Ensuring production, technical, and service targets are met as per the business plan.Owning my functional portion of the business scorecard.Managing contractor performance against SLAs to achieve production targets.Coordinating all relevant mining logistics.Managing and delegating bench preparation to relevant supervisors.Ensuring legal compliance of the mine to all explosive management requirements.Contributing to annual departmental budget planning by compiling Opex, CapEx, and labour budgets for the sub-function and submitting to line management for approval.Effectively managing the sub-function and its objectives in line with approved budgets, reporting variances as required, and implementing remedial actions within my control.Reviewing and authorising payments in line with approved budgets and policy as well as submitting these for final processing.Identifying operational, labour, and capital requirements within the sub-function to deliver production targets, and submitting optimisation recommendations to management. Show less At Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine:Functioning as the Section 2.15.1 Legal Appointee in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996).Planning production operations monthly and leading, organising, and supervising mining teams to achieve production targets, exercising appropriate control.Facilitating the training and development of team members across various functions.Collaborating with supporting departments to ensure that production as per operational recommendations and requirements.Controlling the deployment and safeguarding of resources as well as costs to enable cost-effective production activities.Ensuring optimal team discipline and adherence to standards and regulations, administering mining team attendance and performance records.Carrying out disciplinary actions and leading investigations into accidents and incidents, compiling related reports for section management.Maintaining an excellent safety record and achieving all production and cost targets. Show less At Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine:4Functioning as a Chapter 4, 8. and 9 Legal Appointee in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996).Maintaining a safe and fully legally compliant work area.Conducting early entry examination and face preparation as well as marking and drilling the rock face.Charging and operating blasting panels.Supporting accident and incident investigation procedures.Ensuring optimal adherence to shift procedures and preparations as well as to safety standards and regulations.Maintaining an excellent safety record and achieving all production targets. Show less

  • Acting Production Manager

    Jan 2023 - Feb 2023

  • Logistics Mine Overseer

    Apr 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Production Mine Overseer

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Shift Overseer

    Nov 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Acting Logistics Mine Overseer

    Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Shift Overseer

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Miner

    Sept 2016 - Jul 2017
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  Anglo American

  Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

  Mine Overseer

  Developing and executing daily shift plans, utilising my knowledge of the mechanised development cycle to ensure the effective deployment of resources to achieve these.Developing a framework to conduct risk assessments on all work to mitigate potential hazards and risks.Contributing to a framework to define safe working standards and procedures for all mining- and construction-related activities.Developing functional role and responsibility definitions for all personnel involved in mining and related construction.Assuming legal responsibilities for the underground team during training.Performing quality control and quality assurance of safe working procedures.Scheduling short-term mining and construction activities.Interpreting annual mining plan requirements, mining results, and other mining designs and plans to develop a short-term mining plan.Managing, leading, controlling, and motivating the team in my area of responsibility.Overseeing and ensuring appropriate capability within the team to perform all tasks efficiently and effectively.Identifying staff training and development requirements.As the managerial authority, assigning tasks to team members and reviewing their performance within these allocated areas.As the monitoring authority, observing and/or obtaining information about the work of specified employees, ensuring those employees are held accountable to provide reasonable information and/or access. Show less

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  R & R Quantity Surveyors

  Nov 2023 - now

  Project Manager

  Defining the project charter, scope, goals, and objectives.Developing detailed project plans outlining tasks, resources, timelines, and deliverables.Managing and coordinating a project team consisting of specialists from different disciplines, assigning tasks, promoting collaboration, resolving conflicts, and leading effective team meetings to deliver the project according to agreed parameters.Estimating project costs, establishing budgets, tracking spending, and adjusting as necessary to keep the project within budget while achieving fiscal efficiency.Identifying potential risks early, analysing possible impacts, and developing mitigation strategies to minimise disruptions to the project schedule, quality, and budget.Managing multi-disciplinary study teams during the front-end loading phases.Managing internal stakeholders and functioning as the integrating interface between them during project execution.Monitoring project progress versus planning and generating project reports.Implementing quality control processes to ensure deliverables meet agreed standards and satisfy client requirements, conducting project assurance reviews at stage gates.Maintaining open and transparent communication with clients and external stakeholdersProviding updates, responding to inquiries, and using feedback to adapt project scope to meet or exceed client expectations. Show less