Newmont Job Vacancy For Underground Mine Maintenance General Foreman - Mechanical

Purpose

To manage the electrical and instrumentation maintenance personnel and activities for the underground mine with the aims of ensuring equipment is maintained in a fit for purpose and safe condition, delivering optimum plant and equipment availability, minimizing unplanned maintenance tasks and reducing maintenance costs.

Essential Duties

General electrical maintenance duties

• Build and develop an electrical and instrumentation maintenance team capable of meeting the business requirements of the underground mine.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies based in RCM techniques, budgets and plans to ensure the maximum availability of electrical apparatus and installations at optimum cost.
• Conduct troubleshooting of all the electrical systems including communication equipment installed.
• Communicate with maintenance, operational and planning personnel to identify, plan, estimate and organise the proper labor, services, equipment and skills to ensure they are available as required.
• Collaborate with the supply chain department and maintenance planning to ensure that all the necessary maintenance parts, materials and supplies are available to maintain the underground mine and associated facilities.
• Oversee the development and review of the maintenance standard task procedures (STPs).
• Provide input into failure analysis studies and recommend alternative strategies for maintenance.
• Collect and analyze data to propose changes in the underground mine maintenance procedures and / or electrical designs.
• Review and approve all electrical drawings and make recommendations and modifications based on technical standards and procedures.
• Review and make recommendations to the Superintendent and other senior management on areas of improvement.
• Other tasks or duties within the individuals skill set as directed by the underground maintenance superintendent or senior mine officials.

Training & Experience

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other recognized equivalent qualification.
• Sectional Engineering Certification of competency / MINCOM Certification.

Additional Knowledge:

• Demonstrable knowledge of mining or heavy industry maintenance practices, principles and standards.
• Advanced knowledge of industrial work management processes.
• Advanced knowledge of defect elimination methodologies and their interpretation.
• Knowledge of and experience with Reliability Centered Maintenance programs.
• Knowledge of underground mining mechanical systems is highly desirable.
• Proven working knowledge of CMMS programs.
• Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of and experience with the maintenance practices for crushing plants.
• Knowledge of and experience with the maintenance practices for refrigeration plant is highly desirable.
• Advanced knowledge of the statutory regulations relevant to safety and the environment for the mining industry.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the field of mechanical engineering or maintenance.
• Proven experience with the installation, commissioning, maintenance, servicing, inspection and repair of mechanical apparatus and installations in a large scale mining or heavy industry operation.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience supervising mechanical engineering or maintenance teams.
• Underground mining experience is highly desirable.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced computer literacy skills - MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), CMMS/ERP and MS Project.
• Advanced information monitoring and management skills.
• Possess good planning and organising skills.
• Possess good time management and task prioritisation skills.
• Be experienced with document management.
• Contract management experience desirable.
• Quality management skills.
• Demonstrate good report writing skills.
• Be able to prepare and deliver presentations.
• Advanced project/programme management skills.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Ability to provide management and support staff with clear and detailed information or guidance to perform their assigned roles.
• Ability to use maintenance planning tools (i.e. SAP).
• Ability to interpret mechanical and electrical engineering drawings, blueprints and manuals.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Strong people management skills.
• Strong consultation, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Assertive.
• Influential.
• Reliable.
• Independent.
• Safety conscious.
• Methodical and logical.
• Display initiative.
• Neat, tidy and well organised.
• Results orientated.
• Be pro-active.
• Pay attention to detail.
• Work well under pressure.
• Follow through on tasks.
• Team player.
• Be able to work to deadlines.
• Flexible in the approach to work.

Working Conditions

Position is in a very remote location. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment: The employee is required to operate in a safety-critical environment with hazardous materials and potentially harmful / dangerous machinery and equipment. The employee will be required to work underground. The employee occasionally is exposed to electrical hazards of both high and low voltage. The employee may also be exposed to fumes, high temperature hazardous materials, sharp edges, dust, pinch-points, vibration, slippery surfaces etc.
• Protective Equipment (PPE): Work requires mandatory PPE such as helmet, goggles, high visible clothing, safety harness, ear plugs and dust mask.