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

Applicants are invited to submit their CV’s/Resume’s (indicating the role title in the subject) via e-mail to:

jobs@acaciamining.com