AngloGold Ashanti Recruitment for Mechanical Supervisor – Surface Mine Infrastructure

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for AngloGold Ashanti Recruitment for Mechanical Supervisor – Surface Mine Infrastructure.

AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company with mines and exploration projects in four different regions namely – Continental Africa, Americas, Australasia and South Africa. The underground mining operation will be fully mechanized, designed to produce up to an average maximum of 5,000 t/day of ore mined.

Job Description

  • Company: AngloGold Ashanti
  • Location: Ghana
  • State: Accra
  • Job type: Full-Time

Role

The Mechanical Supervisor – Surface Mine Infrastructure is accountable for the monitoring and control of the output of Surface Mine mechanical refurbishment to standard, through the application of operational Supervisory policies, standards, processes and procedures to maximize plant availability in a sustainable cost-effective manner and minimize operational risks in order to meet the business’ strategic objective.

Key Accountabilities

  • Work according to total quality management principles & ensure zero defect objectives & safety
  • Adhere to site’s Environmental Management Plan
  • Gather information for the Mechanical Superintendent – Surface Mine Infrastructure for reporting performance
  • Conduct periodic audits of all Surface Mine infrastructure during refurbishment, later maintenance
  • Conduct reviews of the refurbishment, later maintenance, of the Surface Mine Infrastructure to identify actions for continuous improvement
  • Assist the Mechanical Superintendent – Surface Mine Infrastructure to develop condition monitoring routes and checks for infrastructure equipment;
  • Execute refurbishment, later maintenance, work checks on a routine scheduled basis. This includes visual checks, vibration data collection, infrared data collection, ultrasonic data collection, motor current, and flux data collection, simple NDT data collection;
  • Analyze and trend predictive maintenance data (vibration, IR, etc) to determine plant condition and report this condition for action;
  • Monitor the general physical condition of plant assets and report
  • Monitor preventive and corrective actions as necessary;
  • Generate work requests in SAP as required for refurbishment/maintenance planning and scheduling
  • Ensure routine condition monitoring tasks are performed on all the rotating equipment by data collection using advanced portable data collectors and other tools according to the established schedules and also as per the plant requirements.
  • Gather information on vibration & other data collected in order to diagnose / troubleshoot rotating machinery problems.
  • Actively participate in maintenance review programmes and Root Cause Failure Analysis process of mechanical equipment as per requirements.
  • Identify, communicate, and implement potential cost reduction initiatives
  • Propose cost savings projects
  • Execute work in a timely manner; coordinate refurbishment work contractors to the time plan, escalate real or potential delays
  • Monitor equipment performance on the asset health system and take proactive measures to address symptoms of potential failure.
  • Report directly to the Superintendent Supervisor on issues and identify and execute improvement projects
  • Stop equipment from working if there exists a high risk or unsafe to be used

Qualifications

  • Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Maintenance Supervision, or equivalent
  • Financial, Commercial and Project Management through work experience and courses
  • An experienced mechanical maintenance Supervisor with 5+ years’ experience in, preferably, Mine Infrastructure maintenance
  • Experience in management of Maintenance and Repair Contracts (MARC)
  • Experience in Project Management
  • Knowledge of SAP PM module

Legal Requirements

  • Must possess Supervisory Managers Certificate of Competency from Mineral Commission of Ghana.
  • Professional Certificated Supervisor with a relevant certification body

Technical Competencies

  • Strong mechanical maintenance competencies in mining and/or extractive metallurgy environment
  • Sound project management skills
  • Should have analytical skills to be able to evaluate information and solve complex problems.
  • Detail oriented to understand complex systems, and recognition that a minor error can cause major problems.
  • Commercially astute and able to work effectively with third parties.
  • Legally astute with respect to project delivery and maintenance systems
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Project and Excel
  • Must be able to communicate about technical issues both orally and in writing
  • Knowledge in AGA standards

Leadership Competencies

  • Build and sustain a team of subordinates capable of producing those outputs;
  • Continuously improve the processes used by the team in delivering outputs;
  • Model work behaviors for your subordinates,
  • Consistent with the company values
  • Proven ability to initiate and drive the construction project through its life cycle.
  • To support and motivate the construction project team to deliver the project goals.
  • Finding innovative solutions through creative thinking and problem solving.
  • Create an environment of teamwork and willingness to help co-workers
  • Able to work different kinds of people
  • Organizational skills to keep track of many workers, schedules, and budgets all at once

Interested Ghanaians with the above qualification and experience should submit their applications, with a detailed CV.

How to Apply

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should Click here to apply.

Closing Date: 17th May 2019.

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