Rigger - Mining Maintenance - Underground Maintenance Surface

Palabora-Mining-Company-; Phalaborwa; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Palabora-Mining-Company- is seeking a skilled Artisan to maintain and optimise fixed plant mechanical equipment, ensuring maximum availability and cost efficiency. You will diagnose faults, perform repairs on shafts, winders and lifting gear, and mentor Apprentices.

You will also handle admin tasks, stock control and standby duties, while adhering to safety, SHEQ and legal requirements in a challenging underground environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified Rigger Ropes-person with Proof of Trade certificate.
• Minimum of three years’ rigging ropes-person experience.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working on shafts and winders.
• Extensive knowledge on friction windlasses and shafts and winders.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of mechanical equipment on fixed plant to optimise reliability and availability.
• fault finding on shafts, winders, ropes and related parts.
• Ensure safety and housekeeping in the responsible area.
• Train and coach apprentices and new artisans.
• Admin duties: spares requests, RCA and stock control.
• Plan and manage own work and stock levels of spares.
• Attend standby calls for mechanical failures on fixed plant equipment.
• Maintain rigging and lifting facilities and equipment and operate CLD.
• Ensure equipment is compliant with legal requirements and SHEQ standards.

Education

Proof of Trade certificate for Rigger Ropes-person

Tools

WinCC/SCADA

Job description

The incumbent will be responsible for maintenance of all mechanical equipment on the fixed plant equipment and optimisation of process reliability to ensure maximum availability of the plant equipment and optimal unit cost of production.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out maintenance work, fault finding on the Shafts, Winder ropes, external parts and all legal requirements.
• Housekeeping in area of responsible section.
• Responsible for personal safety, fellow workers and for reporting any safety incidents or accidents.
• Training and coaching new Artisans and Apprentices.
• Effectively completing administration duties e.g., spares requests, RCA (root cause analysis), etc.
• Seeking out improvement work to benefit the business.
• Educating and familiarising oneself with the related drawings and functional and operational philosophies.
• Doing proper daily routines and ensuring that the equipment and systems are operating to the highest level.
• Responsible for first line calls (standby duties) on all mechanical failures related to specific fixed plant equipment.
• Maintenance of all rigging and lifting facilities and equipment.
• Operation and maintenance of Clamp Lifting Device (CLD).
• Maintenance of shaft conveyances, attachments, elevators, and overhead cranes.
• Removal and installation of head, tail and guide ropes on shafts and winders.
• Ensuring that Cranes, Elevators and Winders are in good working condition and comply with legal requirements.
• Making up slings and other lifting facilities and equipment.
• Fault finding and problem solving.
• Attend to Stand-by duties.
• Willing to work shifts underground when required.
• Controlling maintenance spares and consumables
• Navigation of Win CC systems (i.e. Winders SCADA and Underground).
• Managing stock levels of spares in his area, Plan and manage own work.
• Assisting Supervisor in compliance with planned maintenance system and legal compliance.
• Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards.

Intrinsic Qualities:

• Must have good verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to safe work practices.
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently.
• Good understanding and knowledge of planned maintenance principle.
• Knowledge of full lock coil and half lock coil wire winding ropes.
• Knowledge of shaft barrel maintenance.
• Replacement, maintenance, and repairs of winder ropes.
• Must be willing to work at heights in a shaft.
• Must be a self-starter requiring minimal supervision.
• Good working knowledge of the core process.
• Must be adaptable to change.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified Rigger Ropes-person (Proof of Trade certificate and statement of results to be attached).
• Minimum of three years’ rigging ropes-person experience.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working on shafts and winders.
• Extensive knowledge on friction winches and winches in general.
• Extensive knowledge on shafts and winders especially on Koepe / Friction Winders.
• Knowledge of legal requirements with shafts and winders.