Job Openings Namdock Superintendent: Employee Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

About the job Namdock Superintendent: Employee Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

Namibia Drydock and Ship Repair (Pty) Ltd (Namdock)

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Superintendent: Employee Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

Permanent role

Namibia Drydock and Ship Repair (Pty) Ltd is a Namibian registered company specialising in Marine and Industrial engineering. We are dedicated to deliver exceptional and efficient innovative marine engineering solutions to our business partners.

Role: Superintendent: Employee Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

Reporting to: Executive: Human Resources

Location: Walvis Bay

Nature of the position: Permanent role

Primary purpose of this position:

  • To provide value-added Employee Relations (ER) services, compliance with labour legislation and company policies, and foster harmonious Industrial Relations, while promoting employee communication and supporting organisational development initiatives within the company's human resources framework.

Key Performance Areas:

  1. Strategic Alignment and Operational Supervision
  2. Support the Executive Human Resources and Employee Health in aligning departmental strategies, policies, structures, and systems with organizational objectives.
  3. Personnel Management
  4. Uphold the organizational Value Framework through coaching, behaviour counselling, and conducting code of conduct hearings.
  5. Organisational Leadership and Teams
  6. Actively participate in collective leadership, modelling Namdocks values, culture, and leadership competencies.
  7. Governance, Risk, Compliance, Admin, Assurance, and QAM/QMS
  8. Serve on the Affirmative Action Committee, ensuring policies and processes align with labour legislation.
  9. Manage departmental governance, risk, compliance, and assurance, including risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
  10. Establish compliance audit systems, set risk tolerances, and implement people-based risk management controls.
  11. Labour Relations
  12. Facilitate disciplinary and counselling processes, ensuring compliance, assisting initiators, and managing grievances.
  13. Drive compliance with IR policies through monitoring, training, and corrective actions.
  14. Administration
  15. Support HR service delivery by developing, updating, and ensuring compliance with organizational procedures.
  16. Provide guidance to management and employees on policies, procedures, and best practices.
  17. Employee Relationships
  18. Develop and maintain the Performance Management System, procedures, and processes.

Required Competencies

  1. Lead Others
  2. Building Relationships
  3. Teamwork
  4. Persuasiveness and Influence
  5. Communication
  6. Technical & Management Competence
  7. Application of knowledge
  8. Initiative
  9. Logical & Analytical thinking
  10. Planning & Organising
  11. Results orientated & customer focus
  12. Process orientation
  13. Adaptability
  14. Coping Skills
  15. Entrepreneurial thinking & innovation

Qualification and Experience Required:

  • Three (3) year Bachelors Degree in Law/Industrial Relations, or a related field (NQF 7).
  • Five (5) years relevant experience in Employee/Industrial Relations, preferably at Supervisory level.
  • A Valid Drivers Licence (Code B).

CLOSING DATE: 23 October 2025

This recruitment is managed by Elite Employment.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY BY SUBMITTING YOUR DETAILED CV ON THIS CAREER PAGE. (SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE NOT TO BE SUBMITTED AT THIS STAGE.)

For any questions or enquiries, please contact

Antoinette Druker

Email address: antoinette@eliteemployment.com.na

Office phone number: +264 83 723 4150

Any applications sent to Namdock directly will NOT be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Note: Namdock is an Equal Opportunity Employer and operates in line with affirmative action guidelines.