Senior Mechanical Engineer Leader - FREE STATE - FRIMO RECRUITMENT AGENCY

Job title: General Engineering Supervisor

Description

    As a Senior Mechanical Engineer Leader at FRIMO RECRUITMENT AGENCY, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the day-to-day implementation of plans to manage company Engineering Assets, Resources and Infrastructure. Your key responsibility will be to ensure the availability of machinery and equipment, as well as managing resources and people to achieve planned production targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain safe work practices and a safe working environment by ensuring that legal requirements and group working standards and policies related to engineering are implemented and followed on the Operations and Projects.
• Optimise planned maintenance schedules of machinery and equipment, ensuring that equipment is effectively maintained.
• Research and implement best practice systems with respect to cost, maintenance, safety and people management.
• Effective People management, ensuring that roles are well defined and clarified, and that competencies and learning paths are developed to human capacity and capability.
• Financial Budgeting & Management
• Participate in ad hoc projects providing input into drafting of scope for new projects.
• Sound knowledge of conveyor belts, transfer chutes, screening, crushing, stacker-reclaimers, pumps, dense medium separation plant and hydraulic/pneumatic equipment.
• Manage conveyor belt inventory and forecasting.
• Management of critical spares and sub-assemblies (stock levels/turnaround time and quality of repairs).
• Structural integrity maintenance management.
• Managing structural/mechanical/hydraulic drawing libraries.

Requirements:

• N4 Technical certificate and recognised Trade Test in the relevant discipline or National Diploma or Engineering Degree.
• Minimum of 4 years experience as an appointed 2.9.2 Engineering Foreman.
• Safety & Risk Management Course.
• Knowledge of Relevant Legislation including: The Mine Health and Safety Act, Minerals and Energy Act, Basic Conditions of Employment and Environmental Legislation.
• An in-depth knowledge of technical engineering aspects such as outside equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and South Africa Bureau of Standards (SABS).
• A good working knowledge and understanding of machinery and equipment used in the Mining industry.
• Aware of best practices and new technologies relating to Engineering Principles and Processes.
• Computer Literacy: MS Office and SAP.
• Valid drivers license.
• In possession or able to obtain a valid Certificate of Fitness.