Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor at Newmont Goldcorp Corporation

To supervise and provide technical assistance and support to Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technicians to improve system productivity, reliability, safety and stability through the design, construction and maintenance of electrical instruments and entire instrumentation systems.

Essential Duties

• Supervise and manage E&I contractors, including work orders, service orders, and tracking purchases to ensure that preferred suppliers of labor and materials are used.
• Conduct ongoing troubleshooting of E&I issues through leading technicians in finding and executing solutions to E&I problems on-site.
• Determine shutdown critical path activities and plan resources to complete activities timeously and achieve expected quality outcomes.
• Verify the parts, and estimated time of arrival of items to determine the most appropriate prioritisation of jobs.
• Liaise with planning on backlog, scheduling, equipment shutdown planning and resourcing.
• Oversee E&I maintenance work in all process areas (i.e. Crushing, Grinding, CIL, Elution, CCD, WSF, TSF, Powerhouse and Workshop).
• Provide hands-on assistance during operations activities and ensure that safe work practices are followed.
• Take accountability for achieving and maintaining level 3 maturity for MOS elements identified as ‘Accountable” in MOS RACI chart.
• Set up workshops for rebuilding equipment by providing hands-on assistance during maintenance activities to ensure safe work practices are followed.
• Take ownership of the following MOS elements:
• Identify New Work (MN10).
• Assign Work (MN11, M2).

Training & Experience

• High National Diploma in Engineering (Electrical).
• Inspecting Engineering Certification of competency.
• Minimum of 4 – 6 years’ experience in an E&I field within a gold processing plant or similar environment.
• Minimum of 2 – 3 years’ experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience in Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) techniques, such as Vibration Analysis, Thermography and Oil Analysis.
• Experience in Reliability Centered Maintenance programs.
• Experience in High Voltage switching programs.
• Experienced in Overhead PowerLine maintenance and architecture (Up to 34.5kV).
• Experienced in Power transformer and accessories maintenance and oil analysis result interpretation.
• Working experience in radiation sources safety and  maintenance.

Working Conditions

• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is required to sit at a desk for extended periods, climb stairs, walk, stand and occasionally operating heavy lifting equipment.
• There is occasional noise exposure to the field work environment.  Occasional exposure to noise, fumes, high temperature hazardous materials, sharp edges, dust, pinch-points, vibration, slippery surfaces can also be expected.