Instrument Mechanician at Minopex

Description

• The purpose of this position is to maintain plant systems and equipment according to instrumentation and technical requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Investigate, diagnose and perform trade related maintenance and repair of equipment and machinery according to the maintenance requirements, standards and specifications.
• Perform daily inspections in accordance with the Mine Health and Safety Act regulations, operational and company standards to report all defects and breakdowns on equipment and machinery to the Supervisor.
• Develop, modify, construct and install all types of trade related equipment required for the safe operation of all engineering equipment.
• Ensure that all installations and equipment are safe and in good working order after task completion. · Continuously monitor equipment failure and efficiency to improve trade specific equipment and systems.
• Consult with production teams on maintenance activities that affects production.
• Supports the achievement of engineering availability and production performance levels.
• Ensure that maintenance related information is recorded and reported to the relevant planning office to support the maintenance of the planned/asset maintenance system

Qualification Requirements:

• Grade 12 or equivalent qualification
• Valid section 13 Trade test / Section 26(D) certificate
• Valid driver’s license code B, EB or C1
• Own transport to attend to call outs

Experience & Skills Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a qualified Instrument Mechanician in mineral processing plant.
• Experience in industrial networking(radio link, Profibus, profinet, fiber optic) maintenance and faulty finding.
• Be able to work under no supervision.
• Perform Standby Duty, shift and work unplanned overtime when required.
• Experience in VSD/Softstater/DOL maintenance and fault finding.
• Forklift License, Cherry Picker Licence and Manitou Licence advantageous.
• Siemens PLC is a requirement (Siemens S7) advantageous..
• CT Systems – Belt Monitoring safety devices advantageous.
• Process Automation Scales and density’s
• English Language Proficiency
• Time management skills