November 9th, 2021 at 10:55 am
- Company: AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited
- Location: Ghana
- State: Ghana
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Engineering Jobs in Ghana
Job Description
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Actively promote and partake in all Health, Safety, and Environmental programs as set out by AGAG Obuasi.
- Serve as the coordinator for all paste plant emergencies including safety, health, environment, and security as all such communications are directed at the control room for dissemination.
- Accountable for his or her own safety and the safety of all employees on the mine including his direct reports and contractors.
- Report all safety, health, and environmental incidents, near misses or hazards including property damages.
- Conduct formal meetings with the team and report any weaknesses in the environmental procedures.
- Investigate all environmental incidents in assigned work areas and prepare reports with recommendations for the Departmental Manager for onward submission to the Environmental Manager or his representative
- Attend all scheduled and assigned environmental training meetings.
- Assist in developing and periodic review of SOPs related to his or her area of accountability.
- Socialize SOPs and other operational documents related to his/her area of responsibility to his direct reports.
- Research into best practices and be updated with a new and improved approaches to operating gold room and gravity circuit.
- Capture all training events on learning management systems.
- Assist in implementing the training framework across Business partners such as suppliers and services providers.
- Provide effective leadership to reinforce the company’s culture and values
- Be skilled in building constructive relationships with colleague supervisors from affiliated Intra and inter-department such as Technical Metallurgical team, SHE, Security, Engineering, Geology, and Mining.
- Contribute positively to improvement initiatives on the plant and shall not hold back any of such ideas from supervisors and colleagues.
- Constant monitoring, adjustment, and controlling of plant KPIs and processes stream to:
- Achieve paste production targets whiles on duty.
- Liaise with the Geotechnical team to ensure the QA/QC of the paste product.
- Adopt Cost control measures to production including all consumables, reagents, PPEs, etc.
- Use of plant mechanical and electrical equipment in a manner that protects and prevents unnecessary damage, breakdown, or wear that leads to avoidable downtime or safety concerns.
- Ensure all required sampling are done correctly, signed off, and submitted to the lab.
- Recording, reporting, and analyzing accurately the needed information on logsheets and logbooks for decision making and signing off on his sectional records.
- Constant assessment and challenging of the status quo to identify and align operations to best industry standards and practices.
- Maintain discipline and performance management among the members under his span of control.
- Take appropriate actions in case of irregularities, indiscipline, or emergencies in consultation with Plant Shift Superintend and Managers, etc.
- Investigate all appropriate equipment-related safety and environmental incidents and implement action
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the Paste Plant Operations Superintendent and Plant Management
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
Qualification
- BSc/Diploma Metallurgical, Chemical, or Materials and mechanical Engineering with 5 years of process plant experience.
- Qualification from an A-level with 5 years of process plant control room operation experience could be considered.
- Basic First Aid Certification will be a plus
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years working experience on a recognized process plant as an operations supervisor
- Experience with backfilling or hydrafill operations.
- Mobile equipment operating experience will be a plus.
- knowledge/experience with process plant reagents.
- Very experienced in thickener operations.
Legal Requirement
- MINCOM Certification as a Plant Supervisor
Technical Competencies
- Good computer skills
- Must be able to understand and appreciate the hazards associated with process plant reagent and gold room activities.
- Good communication skills.
Other Competencies
- Self-motivated/driven to achieve targets and improve the status quo.
- Good leadership skills and must carry along his team to achieve targets.
- Good conflict resolution skills
HOW TO APPLY
Closing Date: November 19, 2021