• To provide technical support regarding a variety of electrical and instrumentation activities within the mine, with respect to installations, breakdowns, maintenance and repairs.

In This Role You Will:

Maintenance 

• Maintain existing electrical and instrumentation equipment in the mine.
• Locate and diagnose faults on electrical and instrumentation systems and equipment.
• Investigate equipment when it fails and determine corrective measures, so that reoccurrence can be minimized.
• Trace circuits of defective units and replace or rectify defective components.
• Perform High Voltage switching.
• Inspect transformers and conduct basic maintenance activities (i.e. checking temperature and advising when it should be repaired, replaced or serviced).
• Perform basic troubleshooting on breakdowns.
• Conduct lightning detector checks and perform any maintenance service.
• Conduct fire detector checks and perform any maintenance service or parts replacements.
• Conduct earth resistance tests, as and when required.
• Align, fit and assemble component parts, using hand tools, power tools, fixture, templates and microscopes.
• Attend to breakdowns timeously, as soon as instruction has been received, to ensure that the mine continues to operate effectively.
• Provide inspections, repairs, installations and recommendations, as and when required.

Installations

• Work from wiring diagrams, engineering drawings and equipment specifications when making installations.
• Make calculations for load requirements for circuits and choose the appropriate size and grade of component.
• Install all new electrical and instrumentation equipment, as instructed by the Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Supervisor.
• Conduct RCD (Residual Current Devices) testing on all new electrical installations.

Testing

• Conduct Statutory Earth Resistance Testing as per compliance requirements.
• Perform appliance testing and tagging (statutory works).

Team Participation

• Receive job cards from the E&I Supervisor containing daily activities.
• Participate in daily meetings to receive feedback on the previous day’s tasks.
• Provide electrical and instrumentation guidelines to all Newmont departments, as and when required.

Health and Safety 

• Adhere and comply to all Health and Safety rules and regulations while on the job.
• Adhere and comply to all local environmental and mining regulations of Ghana.
• Wear and maintain adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on the job.
• Maintain general good housekeeping standards within area of responsibility (clean, functional machinery and correctly stored tools).
• Participate in routine site inspections to ensure a safe working environment.

Reporting 

• Contribute data inputs for the following reports:
  • planned maintenance reports.
  • activity and Incident reports.
  • inspection and H&S reports.
  • weekly Breakdown reports.
• Maintain protocol and associated channels of formal and informal reporting.

Your Training, Skills and Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technician III.

Additional Knowledge:

• Knowledge of electric motors.
• Knowledge of PLC (Programable Logic Controller), SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) and telemetry systems.
• Understanding of the operational regulation and protection of High Voltage equipment.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a mining environment.

Technical Skills:

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Strong planning and organising skills.
• Ability to interpret electrical drawings.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Detail focused.
• Directive.
• Initiative.
• Flexibility.
• Honesty.
• Integrity.
• Goal orientated.
• Self-motivated.
• Transparent.
• Reliable.
• Independent.