North Mara Gold Mine Limited is seeking to recruit one (1) Underground Mechanical Trainer to join Underground Maintenance team. The successful candidate for this position will carry out assigned mechanical tasks within the guidelines of Company Standard Operating Procedures and Best Practice as well as other assigned tasks within the range of competencies. The position will report to the Mobile Maintenance Superintendent.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure a healthy and safe working environment for all employees.
• Maintaining, repairing mechanical issues, diagnostics / Fault Finding and Routine inspection on a variety of UG machines Coordinate activities in the unit and report back to Mobile Maintenance Superintendent.
• Ensure that mobile equipment is maintained in a safe and cost effective manner.
• Ensure all Barrick safe work practices are observed, and implemented in the department of responsibility.
• Ensure the preparation and execution of maintenance plans and schedules on the basis of daily, weekly and monthly mining and ore processing priorities.
• Supervising, training, developing and nationalization of the maintenance team.
• End of month reporting of maintenance performance against plan.
• The quality, cost and timeliness of maintenance activities are critical to the project as a whole.
• Ensure maintenance costs are kept to, or below assigned budget.
• Display a sense of urgency to ensure timely repair and maintenance of mine equipment.
• Contribute to the operations by ensuring that all maintenance activities are planned and completed in a cost effective manner with minimal disruption to ore processing and mining activities.
• Demonstrate commitment to safe work practices by example and act immediately on any unsafe act or situation observed and monitor standards.
• Actively promote and foster the development of a pro-active site safety behaviors that makes safety an integral part of all work activities.
• Identify and rectify/report specific hazards using Job Safety Analysis (JSA) process.
• Assist with accident/incident investigation and with the induction and training of new employees.
• Ensure all employees reporting to this position attend safety related training courses and engage in any of the company’s safety initiatives.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:                                                       

• A relevant trade qualification in mechanical or Technician Certificate from a recognized institution.
• A Mechanical Trade Certification is highly desired.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 8 years’ Artisanal experience in mechanical fitting and mobile equipment maintenance.
• Demonstrated competencies in the rebuild and servicing of underground mining mobile equipment’s.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills as well as the ability to interact with People of diverse cultures and levels.

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong Safety Background and ability to drive a Safe working environment and practices.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Computer skills –MS Excel, Access, Word, Outlook.
• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment.
• Driving ability.