POSITION DESCRIPTION:

North Mara Gold Mine Limited is seeking to recruit One Electrician to join Underground Electrical team. The successful candidate(s) for this position will carry out assigned Electrical tasks within the guidelines of Company Standard Operating Procedures and tradesman Best Practice as well as other assigned tasks within the range of competencies. The Electrician will report to the First Line Leader-UG Electrical .This is a permanent contract role, with the work roster being seven (7) days day shift, seven (7) days night shift, seven (7) days off.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure total compliance/adherence to all Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Policies, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Ensure Compliance to Standard Operating Procedures for safe work daily –Isolation, Lockout, confined space, working at height, lifting & rigging etc.
• Follow work schedule to maximize efficiency, taking into consideration roles and responsibilities cooperation with other team members.
• Ensure scheduled equipment preventive Maintenance (inspection) work is carried out on daily, weekly, monthly basis and identified defects reported and resolved within the shift.
• Conduct repair and preventative maintenance on mining electrical systems to achieve production and cost targets.
• Inspection of Measuring/Testing Instruments conducted daily before use & calibrations performed to OEM schedule or when required
• Use, Interpret OEM Manuals for maintaining & repairing of required equipment, <5% accuracy discrepancy to OEM Specifications
• Ensure 100% of daily assigned tasks completed to the required standard as well as respond to breakdowns as soon possible.
• Competent in the use/operation of all required power tools and hand tools are inspected and maintained daily to be stored safely & correctly at all times.
• Ensure budget expenditure do not exceeded by more than 10% monthly for Electrical work- support reduction of wastage & repair before replacing parts where possible.
• Ensure 100% of required records filed & ready for auditing at all times both electronic & hard copy.
• Ensure handovers conducted 100% accurately every day/shift.
• Ensure 100% compliance to completing required Logbooks for Inspection daily, weekly, monthly.
• Ensure 100% of reports accurately & correctly completed and submitted on time.
• Ensure 100% of shift reports accurately & correctly completed and submitted on time.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:                                                                                        

• Electrical Trade Certificate or Equivalent
• Diploma in Electrical Engineering or Trade Certificate Equivalent.
• Environmental Policy Awareness
• Mines Health & Safety Act Awareness
• Power Factor Correction and generators

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 2 years’ Post qualified experience in Electrical Repair & Maintenance in large organization preferred Mining/Construction.

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Computer skills – word, excel, Outlook.
• Good Communication Skills, English & Swahili.
• Basic Mechanical Skills
• Electrical Fault Finding
• Basic Instrumentation
• Light Vehicle License
• Hand Tools Operation
• Power Tools operation- Cutting, grinding, welding, and drilling.
• Working at Height
• Basic Rigging & Lifting.
• Confined space.
• Isolation Tagging & Lockout.
• Interpret OEM Manuals, technical drawings, schematics, diagrams.
• Planning Skills- labor, parts, time, Cost.
• Equipment Calibration
• Parts/ spares Identification
• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (M)