• Are you able to supervise and coordinate the work completed by the Process Plant Mechanical Technicians to ensure production plans are realized?

In This Role You Will:

Health and Safety Management

• Comply with the Mine Regulation Act and other applicable regulation clauses that apply to ones’ own work area.
• Oversee that all statutory requirements are met.
• Maintain own and team’s compliance with Plant procedures, including Management Operating System (MOS).
• Instruct team personnel on safe work practices and conduct regular workplace inspections.
• Accept personal responsibility for the health and safety of every employee under or assigned to his / her supervision.
• Conduct periodic safety meetings and inspections.
• Attend monthly safety inspection and meetings.
• Participate in event investigation and share lessons learnt from events from other sites.

Mechanic Maintenance Execution

• Organize, distribute and coordinate all mechanical works at all the process areas and others to support all of the activities assigned to Process Maintenance, including planning.
• Work in conjunction with the General Foreperson – Maintenance Planning to determine mechanical maintenance backlogs, scheduling, resource allocation and equipment shutdown planning.
• Work with Maintenance Technicians to achieve Process Plant equipment efficiency and availability.
• Assist in the development and review of the maintenance Standard Task Procedures (STPs).
• Liaise with the Administrative Coordinator in the communication of departmental procedures and policies.

Mechanical Maintenance Supervision

• Oversee mechanical maintenance work in all process areas (i.e. Crushing, Grinding, CIL, Elution, Counter Current Decantation (CCD), Water Storage Facility (WSF), Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), Powerhouse and Workshop).
• Assist in mechanical troubleshooting on the mills and associated accessories.
• Conduct shift handover meetings.
• Manage and coordinate daily corrective actions.

Reporting

• Produce reports indicating the jobs completed for the day and submit the report to the General Foreman.
• Report safety and environment event into cintellate and participate in event investigation.

Staff Supervision

• Supervise contractors in the completion of mechanical maintenance work and activities.
• Work in conjunction with top management and other supervisors, to track maintenance work completion and when contractors are required for work.
• Supervise team responsible for the maintenance of the process plant and associated facilities.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

• Schedule tasks for the mechanical maintenance crew according to the drafted plan.
• Provide and coordinate support to the team executing plant modifications to achieve results in a timely manner.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• Diploma or relevant certification in Mechanical Engineering.
• Inspecting Engineering Certification of competency

Additional Knowledge:

• Advance knowledge in maintenance principles and industry standards.
• Advance knowledge in mechanical instrumentation.
• Advance knowledge in work management process.
• Advance knowledge of planning and scheduling.
• Sound working knowledge in maintenance plant equipment.
• Sound working knowledge in maintenance of Cone Crushers, Grinding mill equipment and Agitators, conveyors and its accessories, maintenance of large slurry pumps, gearboxes, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Working knowledge in Ellipse.

Experience: 

• Minimum of 4 – 6 years’ experience in a mechanical maintenance environment within a mining process plant or similar.
• Minimum of 3 – 4 years’ experience in a supervisory capacity, managing large and diverse teams.

Technical Skills:

• Advance communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Advance computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), MS Project and SAP.
• Advance troubleshooting skills Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA).

Behavioural Attributes:

• Assertive.
• Customer focused.
• Proactive.
• Takes initiative.
• Results driven.
• Quality oriented.
• Reliable.
• Safety conscious.
• Self-motivated.
• Team player.

Working Conditions

• Position is located at the Ahafo North mine.