About This Role

• To supervise and coordinate the work executed and completed by Process Plant Mechanical Technicians to ensure that production plans are realised.
• To ensure that maintenance works are carried out under safe conditions and efficiently.

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 teams’ compliance with Plant procedures, including 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

Mechanical Maintenance Execution

• Organize, distribute and coordinate all mechanical works at Area Of Responsibility (AOR) of the process areas and others to support all of the activities assigned to Process Maintenance, including planning.
• Work in conjunction with the General Foreman 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, CCD, WSF, TSF, Powerhouse and Workshop)
• Conduct shift handover (PSI) meetings.
• Assist in mechanical troubleshooting on the mills, Crusher, Agitators, All other plant equipment andassociated accessories.
• Manage and coordinate daily corrective actions.

Reporting

• Produce reports indicating 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):

• Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
• Inspecting Engineering Certification of competency

Additional Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of maintenance principles and industry standards.
• Advanced knowledge of mechanical instrumentation.
• Advanced knowledge of the work management process.
• Advanced knowledge of planning and scheduling.
• Strong working knowledge in maintenance plant equipment.
• Strong working knowledge in maintenance of Cone Crushers,
• Grinding mill equipment and Agitators, conveyors and it 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

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

Behavioural Attributes

• Assertive.
• Customer Focused.
• Decisive.
• Directive.

Working Conditions

The Position is located in the Akyem mine site.

We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!