Engineering Supervisor – Instrumentation (Aggeneys) at Minopex

Description

• The purpose of this position is to assist with housekeeping and engineering maintenance activities under instruction from the artisan/supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Investigate, diagnose problems and breakdowns to determine resource requirements and order spares according to Company procedures
•  Perform inspections in accordance with the Mine Health and Safety Act regulations and analyse breakdowns of previous shift
•  Over-inspect subordinates in their daily activities to ensure that maintenance is done according to organisational standards and requirements
•  Co-ordinate and monitor equipment availability to ensure adherence to production parameters
•  Continuously analyse equipment efficiencies to recommend or implement improvements and changes to maximise operations
•  Communicate equipment information and changes to relevant stakeholders to minimise production delays
•  Ensure that all installations and equipment are safe and in good working order after task completion
•  Attend to breakdowns immediately to minimize down time
•  Determine work schedules in conjunction with other Engineering / Process teams to ensure availability and optimise utilisation of equipment to the relevant sections and consult with production teams on maintenance activities that affect production
•  Support the achievement of production and maintenance performance levels
•  Perform administrative duties to ensure record accuracy and availability, budget compliance and spares availability
•  Planning and coordination of shutdowns
•  Liaise with equipment / spares suppliers

Qualification Requirements 

•  Grade 12
•  Valid section 13 Trade Test / Section 26(D) certificate required
•  Relevant Engineering Diploma will be an added advantage

Experience and Skills Requirements

•  Minimum 10 years’ experience in Instrumentation maintenance with at least 3 - 4 years’ supervisory experience
•  Experience on a concentrator plant
•  Maintenance of Crushers, Sag and Ball Mills will be advantageous
•  Experience in PLCs (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Schneider) including programming
•  Experience in Profibus DP installations
•  Experience on VSDs
•  Experience in simocodes
•  Knowledge of belt scale calibration and maintenance; actuated control valves; magnetic flow meters and different types of level control instruments
•  English language proficiency
•  Time management skills
•  Employee Relations experience
•  Supervisory experience
•  Finance for non-financial managers experience will be an advantage
•  Computer literate in MS Office
•  Relevant planned maintenance system knowledge
•  Valid driver’s licence code B, EB or C1
•  Own transport to attend to call outs