Rio Tinto: Plant Engineer x 2 Vacancies

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Reporting to the Manager: RMM, as the Engineer: Plant, you will provide total maintenance support, shutdown and planning services to designated plants and processes in order to ensure optimum asset availability and legal compliance.

JOB OBJECTIVES:

–          Maintain and improve safety, health and environmental standards and practices

–          Approve and enforce engineering / process operating standards for legal compliance in accordance with the Mine Health & Safety Act and company policies & procedures and undertake total legal accountability for operational equipment

–          Develop, establish and apply the maintenance strategy to ensure optimal plant equipment performance, and implement asset performance measures in this regard

–          Manage the planning and execution of major annual as well as recurring monthly shutdowns by coordinating appropriate resources, conducting safety planning, and ensuring availability of spares within scheduled timeframes

–          Assess the content of shutdown plans in order to reduce unfavourable losses, without sacrificing equipment reliability and intrinsic value and integrity

–          Manage the execution of planned maintenance-related shutdown work in close co-operation with the relevant stakeholders in order to achieve the shortest job duration, safe working practices and high quality of maintenance work

–          Supervise and control the activities, standards of performance and behaviour of designated support staff and subordinates

–          Prepare and control the section and maintenance budgets by forecasting operating costs and monitoring expenditure of normal and abnormal costs on a monthly basis

–          Prepare and present reports as required, e.g. shutdown, failure and equipment reports

–          Perform fair and reasonable tasks related to the job and working environment, at the discretion of the Manager

–          Safe working practices

–          Operational efficiency and effectiveness to optimize performance

–          Maximum production and equipment availability

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

–          National Diploma or Degree in relevant engineering discipline (Mechanical or Electrical)

–          Government Certificate of Competency (GCC): Mines and Works

–          5 years experience in general engineering practices, preferably mining / smelting environment or heavy industrial engineering

–          Exposure to projects and reliability engineering and conveyors, crushing and screening equipment will be an advantage

–          Drivers License: EB (Code 08)

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

–          Computer literate: MS Office while SAP is preferred

–          Excellent organization and project management skills

–          Well-developed people management skills

–          Exceptional communication skills

–          Knowledge of RCM, PMO and Failure Analysis is preferred

• REFERENCE: HR0066353
• CONTRACT: Full-time
• PRIMARY LOCATION:Richards Bay, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

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Closing date: 11 October 2013