Active Jobs at Samancor Chrome

Description

• To safely carry out preventive maintenance and repairs to the plant in line with planned, unplanned, breakdown and documented work

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

Safety, Health, Environment and Quality:

• Participate and comply with SHEQ Requirements (SHEQ Toolbox)
• Ensure adherence to health, safety, environment, risk and quality standards and requirements
• Comply with OHSA standards, statutory regulations, conform to safety standards, housekeeping standards (5S) and planned maintenance system requirements
• People:
• Ensure co-operation as a team member during team activities and tasks
• Customers:
• Ensure customer satisfaction by delivering a first-time right service to them 
• Business Processes:
• Apply fault-finding techniques and assist with root cause failure analysis
• Maintain and repair electrical parts, components and equipment as well as Low Voltage, Medium Voltage and High Voltage electrical equipment (as applicable to the plant)
• Perform Medium and High Voltage switching as and when required when trained, proven competent and appointed in writing
• Maintain, repair and replace mechanical parts, components and equipment when required
• Execute breakdown work orders, create notifications, perform daily work order confirmations, provide accurate feedback and generate orders on the SAP system
• Performing work in a safe and reliable manner ensuring the highest level of workmanship
• Communicate if spares, equipment or other factors were not available for job on the work order and to the Maintenance Supervisor
• Conduct regular plant inspection and report non-conformance and deviations to standards to Supervisors
• Monitoring the operational conditions of machinery and equipment
• Carrying out routine maintenance on a production equipment and tools to ensure legal (OSHA) and operational compliance
• Work from heights and in confined spaces and follow the various procedures related to such
• Perform general housekeeping as part of the relevant tasks allocated
• Rotable Management:
• Change out item
• Create PM order detailing item to be drawn from stock
• Create reservation for rotable on PM order
• Create subsequent notification
• Complete all fields on the “Damage” tag on the return item to rotable store
• Physically transport damaged rotable to lay down area
• Mobile Equipment:
• Lift and move loads by means of a Forklift
•  Handle loads by means of an Overhead Crane, Hoist and or Lifting Tackle and or machinery
•  Operate Aerial/Boom/Cherri Picker
•  Operate Manitou and or Tractor when and if so required when licenced

Behavioural Competencies:

• Safety awareness
• Initiative
• Managing work
• Results orientation
• Work standards
• Communication
• Adaptability
• Contributing to team success
• Adhering to values

Workplace Competencies:

Skills:

• Electrical fault-finding and repairs
• Drawing interpretation

Knowledge:

• Electric arc furnaces
• Electrical metering and general electrical installations
• Drives, soft-starters and basic PLC
• High Voltage, Medium Voltage and Low Voltage systems
• SAP Knowledge
• Basic hydraulics
• Basic raw material handling equipment
• Overhead Cranes and Hoists
• Basic mechanics

Requirements

• Grade 12/N3 + Trade Test
• 3 years relevant experience
• Computer literate

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Description
Purpose of the job

• To sample final product and receive and prepare all samples delivered to the Laboratory according to prescribed sample preparation procedures

Job Responsibilities

Safety, Health, Environment and Quality:

• Participate and comply with SHEQ requirements (SHEQ Toolbox)
• Participate in formal SHEQ Audits
• Adhere to all Quality standards as determined by ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 requirements
• Adhere to all Samancor Chrome SHEQ standards and requirements relating to Safety Health and Environment
• Logging of near-miss on IMS
• Customers:
• Ensure Customer Satisfaction
• BUSINESS PROCESSES
• Check and verify identification and physical state of samples
• Prepare samples mechanically for analysis
• Drying, weighing, crushing, splitting/riffling and milling of samples as per works instruction
• Physical receiving of samples as per procedure
• Logging and receiving of samples on LIMS
• Marking and labelling of sample tags and sample containers
• Storing of reference samples according to specifications and colour codes
• Dispose of all redundant samples
• Perform sieve sizing analyses on samples and reporting on LIMS
• Perform moisture analyses on samples and reporting on LIMS
• Complete checklists of equipment prior to use
• Prepare pressed sample discs and load sample for XRF analyses
• Cleaning of the workplace to ensure that sample contamination does not take place and that the sample preparation process can be completed in a professional and appropriately scientific manner.
• Carrying out any sampling activities as per procedure
• Performing all analytical quality checks as required by standard operating procedures
• Efficiency check on sample prep equipment
• Replace gas cylinders
• Authorised to operate all sample preparation equipment as per ISO17025 requirement
• Perform friability analyses on geological samples when required (mine specific)
• Perform turbidity, AFS and SG analysis on samples (mine specific)
• Load samples for carbon and sulphur analyses (Smelter specific)
• Draining effluent tank
• SHAREHOLDER VALUE
• Reduce wastage of both chemicals and consumables
• Lean projects

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12/N3 with math and science
• 1-year relevant experience 
• Computer literacy
• National Diploma/Certificate in Analytical Chemistry will be an advantage
• Understanding ISO 17025 requirements
• Sampling and Sample prep knowledge

Competencies Required:

• Safety Awareness
• Initiative
• Managing Work
• Results Orientation
• Work Standards
• Interpersonal Skills
• Communication
• Adaptability
• Contributing to team Success