PS Officer Specialised; PIU

• Business Entity:
  Africa - Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)(BU005)

Valterra Platinum Limited (Valterra Platinum) is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, marketing the metal we produce globally. Valterra Platinum is an independent, publicly listed company with a primary and secondary listing on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges respectively.
Valterra Platinum is pursuing its strategy, anchored in safety, operational excellence, sustainability, and value creation for the long-term. With full accountability for our performance and growth, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities across the entire PGM value chain, from mine to market. We seek to deepen our commitment to stakeholders and lead with purpose – to “Unearth Value to Better Our World”.

We remain steadfast in our ambition to be the world’s foremost producer of platinum group metals, while embedding safety and sustainability in everything we do.

The Protection Officer Specialised PIU will be responsible for the application of investigation and information techniques in the interest of Valterra Platinum Operation in support of the objectives of the Product Investigation Unit to ensure that employees and assets are protected. Investigation and information gathering support and will be part of the activities of this role. Personal risk is a factor in the role due to covert / overt / investigations and information gathering duties, (if applicable) criminal investigations.

The time frame for measuring the work outputs from this role is normally between 3 months and two years.

Consistent application of Safety & Health principles in all discipline interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.

Effective provision of protection services for Operation

• Conduct investigations and information-gathering activities in support of the Protection Investigation Unit (PIU) objectives.
• Continuously liaise with the Security Manager: PIU regarding investigation progress, intelligence, and operational requirements.
• Gather, record, analyse, and verify information relevant to investigations.
• Compile accurate, comprehensive, and timely investigation and information-gathering reports.
• Ensure that all investigation-related information is accurate, secure, and treated confidentially.
• Prepare ad hoc reports for management and other authorised stakeholders as required.
• Act as a witness in criminal, disciplinary, and other formal proceedings when required.
• Investigate crime and the transgression of standards and procedures.
• Continuously liaise with the Supervisor on security activities.
• Ensure that safety and legal standards are adhered to in performing protection duties.
• Monitor the process regularly to ensure conformance to and understanding of security standards.
• Administers security codes used in the facility.
• Assists in security screening of employees and recruits.
• Assist employees during emergencies and injuries.
• Ensure that materials, resources and equipment are available and in working order for the teams requirements before shifts.
• Drive security vehicles effectively and safely.
• Ensure that the protection initiatives facilitate the need of the operation.
• Communicate problems to Supervisor.
• Compile accurate security reports including incident and investigation reports.
• Allocate required job instructions to employees.
• Maintain applicable Safety, Regulations, Legislation, Codes of practice and standards appropriate to systems.
• Complete applicable safety, injury, hazard, risk and incident reports for area.
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