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Position: Operator 3 – Equipment
Contract type & Duration: Unspecified time contract
Department: Process Plant
Reporting to: Superintendent 2 – Production Operations
Number of Positions: One (1)
QUALIFICATIONS:
SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Sag mill
Density control.
Contract type & Duration: Unspecified time contract
Department: Process Plant
Reporting to: Superintendent 2 – Production Operations
Number of Positions: One (1)
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A minimum certificate of Secondary School Education (CSEE) or
- Possession of Certificate or Diploma in Minerals Processing will be an added advantage.
- GGML is an equal opportunity employer: Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
- At least 5 years process plant experience
- Previous operating experience in a mineral processing environment, preferably gold will be an added advantage.
- General background in crushing, milling and/or processing is preferred.
SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
- Housekeeping
- Ensure no garbage on the floor e.g., water bottles, papers, gloves etc.
- No Spillage of Ore, scats or slurry or hydrocarbon spillage on the floor – hose the milling ground floor and feed and discharge end floor at the end of the shift.
- Keep all hose pipes rolled up when not in use – to avoid tripping hazards.
- Keep the working tools tidy, arranged, and clean. Eg: Sample Cutters, sample vessels and shovels.
- All rubbishes to be collected to the dust bin and removed from the area if bins are full.
- All your area must be cleaned, and hose pipes rolled before closing the day.
- Participate fully in toolbox meetings.
- Correct and or report any safety risks and potential hazard to the supervisor.
- Inspect gas monitor per inspection books and report any defects.
- Evaluate per requirement if gas monitor reading go over 10ppm.
- Test the safety showers at milling plant to ensure it is in good condition.
- Use minimum PPE correctly as required.
- Rubber gloves, Safety Glass, Safety Boots, helmet, musk for particular tasks, etc.
- Make sure permit forms are filled for tasks that require permits e.g., confined space, grid mesh and handrail removal.
Sag mill
- Inspect leakages from the sag mill shell and report all defects to control/shift supervisor.
- Inspect abnormal sound from sag mill and report for possible liner or bolts come off.
- Monitor and control sag weight in conjunction with control room operator, adjust the sag mill speed per control room operator advice if necessary.
- Monitor sag mill scats chutes for blockages and scats bunkers.
- Inspect leakages from the Ball mill shell and report to control/shift supervisor.
- Inspect abnormal sound from sag mill and report for possible liner or bolts come off.
- Monitor and control sag weight in conjunction with control room operator, adjust the sag mill speed per control room operator advice if necessary.
- Monitor sag mill scats chutes for blockages and scats bunkers.
- Inspect the mill sump pump hopper levels.
- Clear the build up from the mill discharge hopper.
- Team up with control room operator as well as cyclone operators to control the hopper level by adjusting the speed of the mill discharge pumps.
- Leakage of the hopper to be controlled.
- Make sure all sump pumps are available and directed to the mill discharge hopper.
- Control hopper spillages/leakages to the sump pump and the hopper.
- Test standby mill discharge pumps availability per schedule.
- Change over mill discharge pumps as per weekly schedule/breakdown.
- Avoid bogging the mill discharge pump by opening the dump valve before stopping.
- Make sure the hopper is at bottom before stop the pump to avoid excessive spillages.
- Monitor gear box abnormal vibration.
- Feel mill gear box vibrations, report for unusual.
- Report usual noise from the gearboxes to be amended.
- Monitor lube oil tank level.
- Report when the tank level is low to top up.
- Report lube pumps, pipes which are leaking oil to be fixed.
- Lube oil spillages must be dealt with per ggm procedures (control, contain, clean up) and reported.
- You are required to start and stop lube pumps per control room operator requirements.
- Inspect the spillage sump pumps per schedule.
- Performance of the pumps.
- Condition of the pump.
- Availability of the pumps.
- Direction of the discharge line (not to the trench under normal circumstance).
Density control.
- Measure sag mill discharge density per log sheet to monitor the mill performance.
- Measure ball mill discharge density per log sheet to monitor the mill performance.
- Control total water addition to mill discharge hopper by opening and closing water valves manually per control room operator requirements.
- Control mill feed water valve manually if instructed by control room operator.
- Inspect to make sure water to the sag mill trommel is achieved, report if not.
- Should be able to start /stop the plant per GGM operating procedures, start mill discharge pump, start ball mill and start sag mill.
- Report any spillage to control room operator or shift supervisor.
- Wash off spillages to the sump pumps.
- Monitor cooling water level and organize to top up if level is low.
- Organize cleaning of the cooling pumps filters per weekly schedule.
- Monitor pond water levels.
- Monitor high levels to the ponds, make sure ponds are not overflowing.
- Make sure raw water pond level is above 80% all the time, this is to avoid the pond from running empty.
- Make sure emergency sump pumps are available and run in automatic all the time.
- Carryout pond inspections per schedules and inspection sheet, record to be filed.
- Inspect process water pumps leakage and performance.
- QQTR must be clearly explained/offered.
- Complete those tasks and sign off the job cards, collect job cards for recording.
- Computer literacy will be added advantage.
- Employees must have sufficient education to read and write instructions, perform simple mathematical calculations, and keep records.
- Clean criminal record or any other security incidents.
- Ability to maintain and keep confidential all gold room information, including schedules activities, equipment layout, building layout, gold information and passwords.
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems.
- Strong verbal, written, analytical and persuasive skills.
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management.
- Ability to complete repetitive tasks at a consistently high standard.
- Please apply through our recruitment portal by clicking APPLY NOW button below.
- On the portal you will be required to upload your detailed CV, copies of relevant certificates, e- mail and telephone contacts, names and addresses of three referees. Please do not attach certificates that are not related to the qualifications stated above.
- You will also be required to upload a cover / application letter addressed to “Senior Manager Human Resources, Geita Gold Mining Ltd”. Subject should be “Operator 3 – Equipment.”
- If you struggle to apply via the link provided, please head over to our website https://www.geitamine.com/en/people/ for a step-by-step guide on how to apply for jobs on our recruitment portal (SuccessFactors).
- You will be required to present original certificates if you are contacted for interviews.
- Internal Applicants (those currently employed by AngloGold Ashanti) must have their application letter endorsed by their Head of Department (HOD) or Manager once Removed (MoR).
- Applications should reach the above on or before 31st January 2024 at 5:30 PM
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
