ORYX Energies S.A “OESA” is one of Africa’s largest and longest established independent providers of oil and gas products and services. In pursuit of its business strategies in Zambia, the company invites applications from suitably qualified individuals for the position of Site Manager to join its team at ORYX Energies Zambia Ltd “OEZL”, based on the Copperbelt and Lusaka.

The successful candidate will be based in Solwezi (North Western Province) and reporting to the Operations Manager.

Main responsibilities:

• Conducts Risk Assessments and ensures that all changes on site are carried out in line with the company’s Management of Change (MOC) guidelines.
• Ensures accurate Depot’s HSSEQ reports is shared with the with the stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Ensures the Depots meets the HSSEQ KPIs: Zero Fatalities/LTIs, Zero Spillages with environmental impact, Zero Occupational illness & Zero VMIs.
• Ensures Depot equipment is maintained in optimal and safe working condition.
• Conducts planned and unplanned depot inspections and audits.
• Ensures the depot meets its statutory compliance requirements
• Ensuring staff operational staff are properly motivated and competent to discharge their responsibilities through: SMART Objective settings, Performance reviews,  Identifying Trainings needs, Rewarding of exceptional performers & Enforcement of disciplinary action where necessary.
• Ensures staff overtime is maintained within management’s approved limit.
• Ensures staff have the necessary tools required to discharge their duties i.e. transport, meals, PPE, Computers, Phones etc.
• Ensure daily stock reconciliations on all product lines are done and all stock variances are investigated and explained on a daily basis.
• Ensures the depot stock variances are kept within the company’s management’s approved limits.
• Ensures accurate daily stocks reports are shared with the stakeholder in a timely manner.
• Ensures the stocks levels are maintained within the management’s approved min-max limits.
• Ensures Depot stocks operations are carried out as per management’s approved standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Serve as first point of contact for mining customer operational personel.
• Ensure quality service delivery to the customer.

Other Qualities:

• Good customer relationship management skills.
• Being proactive and innovative, expected to be highly reliable, to search for excellence, to respect good governance and HSSEQ principles across the company and consider the company’s reputation at all times in particular respecting the OESA Code of Conduct.
• Responsible for personal results, and do not hesitate to display a proactive and creative attitude with a particular commitment to teamwork.
• Ability to coach and train sabordinates.

Key working relations:

Internal:

• Commercial Department
• Finance Department
• Depots and Logistics Department

External:

• Customers and Distributors
• Transporters
• Regulatory Authorities

Experience & education required:

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Business, Operations or Supply chain or equivalent.
• Knowledgeable in ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001 standards; Lead Auditor qualification will be an advantage.
• At least 2 to 3 years’ work experience of operations management at supervisory / managerial level.
• Oil and Gas industry exposure will be added advantage.
• Project Management knowledge will be added advantage.