Plant Engineer
| Location | Marikana, South Africa |
| Date Posted | October 24, 2020 |
| Category |
Engineering
|
| Job Type |
Full-time
|
| Currency | ZAR |
Description
“Tharisa plc (Tharisa) is a European headquartered integrated resource group. We are uniquely positioned incorporating mining, processing, beneficiation, marketing, sales and logistics.” Tharisa Minerals Mine is situated near the town of Marikana in the North West Province, and is seeking to appoint a qualified candidate to the following position:
Duties & Responsibilities
Purpose of Role
The Plant Engineer is responsible for ensuring legal compliance, provide direction in terms of all engineering aspects, and implement engineering strategies and policies whilst ensuring effective asset management for the department.
Role Context
Ensure critical daily maintenance tasks are executed; Ensure that shutdown activities are executed as per plan; Continuous improvement of asset care management; To give direction to supervisors in ensuring that the necessary resources are allocated to meet Departmental requirements; To ensure that cost effective and value added solutions are in place to meet customer needs and; To deliver all the requirements of Company policies in particular those designed to improve People Performance and Engagement.
Core work outputs:
To ensure Health Safety and Environment compliance as per MHSA; Implement and enforce all relevant Engineering SHE policies, procedure and practices; Implement recommendation and remedial measures from internal and external SHE related incidents to prevent any repeat; Best practices in line with ISO 14001 and OHSAS, 18001 standards; Enforce and lead the overall planned maintenance strategy compliance; Identify and implement engineering best practice; Compile and directly control the working cost budget for engineering activities and; Ensure that capital projects are facilitated within the area of responsibility.
Desired Experience & Qualification
BSc/BEng/B Tech or National Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent; Government Certificate of Competency (MHS Act) (Mines and Works); Minimum of 5 years Solid experience in a Mining environment as an Engineer; Valid driving license (code 08) and own transport;