Operator (SBP and Bar Casting) at Rand Refinery

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

• Contribute to the effective manufacturing processes of bar casting, in accordance with Rand Refinery’s quality and safety standards.
• Prepare orders timeously, at the correct quality and as per the requested quantity.                 

DIVERSITY OF WORK

• The incumbent is responsible for the safety usage of equipment relevant to their work and production during their shifts.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Production of the 1 kg, 100 g, 12.5 kg bars as per production requirements.
• Production of the 12.53 kg bar within the approved LBMA mass, assay give-away and quality.

SBP Plant operational duties:

• Make-up packets under the guidance of the Supervisor.
• Operating the robot, while ensuring that no granules are spilt in the process.
• Melting of kilobars on the as per production requirements.
• Weigh and grind bars to correct mass to comply with the mass give-away and clean bars if required.

Bar Casting Plant operational duties:

• Melting large bars as per production requirements.
• Clean bars for quality inspection.
• Always maintain good housekeeping within the plant.
• Wear the correct PPE at all times and ensure that SHEQ procedures are strictly followed and advise team members accordingly.
• Work efficiently within the team and be able to rotate duties and equipment upon request.
• Customer complaints must be kept at zero.
• elting of material in the induction and granulation furnace.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A completed Matric certificate qualification.
• Must at least have acquired 1-2 years of working experience within a manufacturing environment.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Industrial manufacturing process knowledge.
• SHEQ knowledge - able to comply and support SHEQ procedures.
• Technical plant knowledge.
• Equipment knowledge - understand how to operate equipment safely and effectively.
• Metal behaviour knowledge - able to determine the state metals are in at any given time.
• Bar casting: basic task for cleaning and preparing bar for QC inspection for mass and physical appearance.
• SBP: basic cleaning and preparing bar for QC inspection for mass and physical appearance - know when the conditions are correct for these processes.
• Sound analytical skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Strong teamwork behaviour.
• Solution oriented with a proactive, efficient and independent work style.