TEBOHO TLHOBO
Lawnton,QLD
Summary
Motivated professional with strong technical, analytical, and leadership skills seeking a challenging position to make a significant impact on company success. Demonstrated ability to identify improvement opportunities within complex business environments, leading to increased profit margins. Proven track record of inspiring and guiding individuals to reach their full potential, driving organizational growth.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Manager Metallurgy
Harmony Australasia
08.2025 - Current
- Ensure compliance with industry regulations and company policies, mitigating risks associated with non-compliance issues.
- Identify areas of improvement through regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and coaching for team members.
- Optimise resource allocation by identifying underutilized assets and reallocating them effectively within the organization.
- Collaborate with finance, operations and technical teams to validate production data and reconcile variances.
- Develop and implement risk controls and mitigation strategies across all metallurgical processes.
- Establish and maintain metallurgical capability framework and succession pipeline.
- Champion the evaluation and adoption of emerging technology and processing methods.
PROCESSING PRINCIPAL
Harmony Australasia
09.2023 - 07.2025
- Establish and maintain standards and policies for department
- Oversee implementation of management initiatives and ensure appropriate alignment with overall business strategy
- Implement and maintain metallurgical accounting system to account for product, through accurate metal reconciliation
- Manage performance and development of Processing and Metallurgical teams
- Execute metallurgical recovery model(s) used for all planning purposes
- Contributes to development of business plans by providing expertise on processing strategies
- Optimise metallurgical and environmental performance of process plant through monitoring, test work, procedural changes, process control and innovation
- Support cost-effective achievement of monthly, quarterly and annual production targets
- Provide internal and external reports on safety, metallurgical accounting, operational and environmental performance
PLANT MANAGER (3.(1)(a) MHSA Legal Appointee)
Harmony Gold Mine
07.2017 - 04.2023
- Managing 100 permanent employees and 250 contractors with 15 direct reports
- Ensuring that health, safety and environmental standards and policies are adhered to
- Tailings Storage Facilities management in line with company policies and legal requirements
- Reviewing and improving safe working procedures for all metallurgical tasks
- Reviewing and developing Life Of Mine production profiles in collaboration with Mineral Resources Management department
- Developing operational expenditure, capital expenditure and labour requirements for Life Of Mine inline with company objectives
- Managing operational resources to maximise throughput and metal recovery
- Implementing and ensuring that set operational objectives are achieved
- Coordinating maintenance processes to maximise equipment run time (availability and utilization)
- Directing employees and related programs to maximise team productivity and output
- Forecasting production output and adjusting to maximise profit margins
- Compiling monthly operational performance reports and presenting to EXCO
- Managing staff training and development programs to optimise overall team performance
PLANT MANAGER (3.(1)(a) MHSA Legal Appointee)
Harmony Gold Mine
01.2012 - 06.2017
- Managing 180 permanent employees and 50 contractors with 15 direct reports
- Enforcing safety, environmental and security compliance against set standards and policies
- Tailings Storage Facility management in line with company policies and legal requirements
- Implementation of systems (processes structure & people) required within the operational unit to continuously achieve the production targets
- Developing operational unit budget as part of integrated business plan and presenting to OPSCO and EXCO annually for approval
- Developing Life Of Mine production plans in collaboration with Surface Sources Department
- Managing annual expenditure of R156mil against budget and investigate methods to optimize expenditure
- Collaborating with surface operations team to maintain profitability for sources processed at plant
- Compiling monthly operational reports and presenting to OPSCO
- Coordinating metallurgical test work and continuous process improvements projects
- Development of metallurgical graduates, metallurgists, and metallurgical personnel
SENIOR PLANT METALLURGIST
Harmony Gold Mine
04.2010 - 12.2011
- Managing reagents budget of R5 million and optimising usage to reduce expenditure
- Compiling yearly budgets, this included forecasting cost for next year as well as production
- Scrutinizing monthly financial report for over expenditure and reporting to Plant Manager on action plans
- Monitoring safety and environmental compliance against set standards and implementing corrective action plans
- Ensuring continuous ICMI code compliance with regards to cyanide management
- Monitoring gold production against set targets and correcting deviations to improve production output
- Continuous process improvement through process audits and optimization strategies
- Metallurgical accounting auditing to align with company policies and tracking operational performance improvement areas
- Process efficiency monitoring for reclamation, thickening, CIL, elution, electrowinning and carbon regeneration
- Mentoring and development of Junior Metallurgists as well as Metallurgical Graduates
SENIOR PLANT METALLURGIST
Harmony Gold Mine
04.2008 - 03.2010
- Compiling reagents yearly budgets, this included forecasting monthly and yearly expenditure
- Scrutinizing monthly financial report for over expenditure and reporting to Plant Manager on action plans
- Monitoring safety and environmental compliance against set standards and implementing corrective action plans
- Monitoring gold production against set targets and correcting any deviation to improve production
- Continuous process improvement through process audits
- Continuous process improvement through process audits and optimization strategies
- Metallurgical accounting auditing to align with company policies and tracking operational performance improvement areas
- Process efficiency monitoring for milling, gravity circuit including Intense leaching, thickening, leaching, CIP, elution, electrowinning and carbon regeneration
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration
Wits Business School
Johannesburg, South Africa01.2019
Bachelor of Technology - Engineering Metallurgy
Vaal University of Technology
Johannesburg, South Africa01.2010
National Diploma - Extraction Metallurgy
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2005
Skills
- Able to handle change and adapt to new situations
- Able to see opportunities and to set and achieve goals
- Ability to prioritise and deal effectively with several tasks simultaneously
- Constructive team member - contributes practically to success of the team
- Critical thinker - strong analytical skills; accurate and probing
Accomplishments
Successful led the plant conversion of Harmony Central Plant from surface milling to tailings reclamation with name plate production volumes achievement from first day of production.
Led the operation to achieve 2 years without lost time injuries while improving plant physical conditions to one of the best in within the Harmony Group.
Played a pivotal role in the implementation of a management system as a result improving teamwork across several departments (engineering, process, human resources, and training).
Hobbies and Interests
- Body Building Shows.
- Body Shaping (Gym).
- Metallurgical Webinars.
- Mentoring Metallurgists.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Group Manager Metallurgy
Harmony Australasia
08.2025 - Current
PROCESSING PRINCIPAL
Harmony Australasia
09.2023 - 07.2025
PLANT MANAGER (3.(1)(a) MHSA Legal Appointee)
Harmony Gold Mine
07.2017 - 04.2023
PLANT MANAGER (3.(1)(a) MHSA Legal Appointee)
Harmony Gold Mine
01.2012 - 06.2017
SENIOR PLANT METALLURGIST
Harmony Gold Mine
04.2010 - 12.2011
SENIOR PLANT METALLURGIST
Harmony Gold Mine
04.2008 - 03.2010
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration
Wits Business School
Bachelor of Technology - Engineering Metallurgy
Vaal University of Technology
National Diploma - Extraction Metallurgy
University of Johannesburg
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