Mine Maintenance Service Person by Newmont Corporation

• To provide semi-skilled assistance including daily provision of lubes, fuel, grease, and inspection of heavy mining and auxiliary equipment to maintain high standard equipment health to effectively maintain mining / auxiliary equipment.

• Perform daily servicing of heavy mining and auxiliary equipment using a service truck (740ADT, MAN Truck, Toyota 4×4 Truck).
• Assist and perform oil checks and oil changes on equipment.
• Use Forklifts, Telehandlers and other lifting devices to convey oils and lubes safely.
• Responsible for changing transmission oil and other fluids to maintain equipment or vehicle standard conditions.
• Maintain daily / shift service, fuel and lubes records, and provide information and recommendations about the equipment to Dispatchers and Supervisors.
• Perform routine checks, daily inspections, pressure / temperature checks and fluid levels maintenance service of all equipment including greasing of all available required greasing points, bearings and joints, and examine components joints.
• Provide daily distribution fuel to mining equipment as scheduled.
• Collaborate and follow daily schedule as directed by the Maintenance Dispatchers or Shift Supervisors.
• Perform daily inspection and report all defects on the service trucks for repairs and correction.
• Ensure service or lube trucks and its nozzles / Wiggins are always clean and in good condition to meet contamination control standards.
• Raise reservations for lubricants in SAP.

• Comply with all Newmont and regulatory agency Health, Safety, Loss Prevention, and Environmental procedures, requirements, and standards.
• Operate in a safe manner and take steps to prevent minimal wear and tear and / or damage to equipment.
• Work without risk or harm to others.
• Maintain a strong focus on safety throughout all activities.
• Attend daily morning safety meetings, Process Safety Management (PSMs).
• Observe and adhere to all Fatality Risk Management (FRM) critical controls.
• Observe all exclusion zones in the pits as required by Geotechnical Team.
• Describe the safety precautions to be applied when working on hydraulic systems.

• Completion of WASSCE or equivalent certificate or Mechanical Technician.

• General understanding of maintenance engineering.
• Have a Ghanaian License E and ability to operate Newmont CAT740 Lube truck, telehandler and forklift.
• Holder of valid Ghanaian driver's license C is an added advantage.

• Minimum of 1 year mechanical and / or electrical maintenance experience, preferably in a mining or industrial environment.

• Basic communication (English written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to read and understand documentation.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with Peers and Supervisor.

• Manual dexterity.
• Safety conscious.
• Self-motivated.
• Team player.
• Technically inclined.
• Tenacity.

• The position is located at the Akyem mine site.
• 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.
• Work Environment: The employee is required to operate in a safety-critical environment with hazardous materials and potentially harmful / dangerous machinery and equipment. The employee is frequently exposed to noise more than 85 decibels, and to fumes, high temperature hazardous materials, sharp edges, dust, pinch-points, vibration, slippery surfaces etc. The incumbent will regularly lift heavy materials and / or operate heavy machinery.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Work requires mandatory PPE such as helmet, goggles, high visible clothing, safety harness, ear plugs and dust mask according to working conditions.
• Incumbent occasionally has to work overtime.

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