Ajira Mpya Za Migodi Acacia Mining Instrumentation Technician

Job description

INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN (2 VACANCIES)

Acacia Mining seeks to employ two (2) Instrumentation Technicians based at North Mara Mine. These roles report to the Electrical & Instrumentation First Line Leader and the role holders will be accountable to install, maintain and repair instrumentation and control systems at the Gold Plant, Water Treatment Plant and Power Generation Facility.

This is a permanent role, with the work roster being six weeks on and three weeks off.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

Ensure safe work practices by attending compulsory safety courses and meetings, use of required PPE, incident/ accident/ hazard reporting and ensuring total adherence to all Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Policies, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines.
Conduct weekly Planned Task Observations (PTO’s) and Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) interactions.
Assist with accident/ incident investigations as required and ensure that Marsh Audit issues raised are closed out.
Conduct repair and preventative maintenance on instrumentation and process control systems to achieve production and cost targets.
Increase Plant availability by ensuring a reduction in Plant downtime due to Electrical & Instrumentation faults.
Ensure that 95% or higher Planned Maintenance (PM) compliance is maintained.
Ensure cost management in day-to-day activities for the Electrical & Instrumentation section.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Qualification Requirements:

Recognised Trade Certificate in Industrial Instrumentation
Degree/ Diploma Light Current Electrical Engineering will be advantageous
Certified PLC Programmer (Allen Bradley) and or SCADA Programmer/ Configurator (Citect) will be ideal

Experience Requirements:

Minimum 5 years post trade test experience

Skills / Knowledge Requirements:

Industrial Field Instrumentation selection & configuration, maintenance & faultfinding
Maintenance Systems (Pronto, FlowCentric etc.)
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, process optimization, and problem solving skills
PID Loop Tuning
Written & Verbal communication skills
Working with hand tools
Computer literacy