Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overall Job Purpose
• Reporting into the Superintendent Aggregate crusher, the Coordinator Mechanical is accountable to direct and coordinate all equipment activities to provide reliable and capable production equipment to deliver and exceed targets;
• The ‘equipment owner’ - the role covers crushing (primary, secondary, screens and conveyors),
• The role is accountable to implement the operating procedures, guidelines, systems and processes for all crushing/conveying equipment to maximise production and minimise costs, while ensuring operational sustainability;
• The role has a focus on daily, weekly and monthly maintenance schedules
Specific Job Responsibility
• Understand and execute accountabilities of legal appointment under Zambian Mining Regulations;
• The role has direct equipment accountability from the Aggregate crusher plant maintenance.
• Comply with site HSE standards and procedures;
• Investigate all appropriate equipment related Safety and Environmental incidents and implement actions;
• Identify and prioritise plant housekeeping efforts and ensure tasks are actioned;
• Consistently deliver and exceed the main KPI’s of crusher availability
• Oversee day-to-day maintenance of the crusher/conveying circuits to ensure optimised plant utilization and compliance to operating procedures, strategies & instructions;
• Monitor, control and report on plant equipment status, performance indicators, plant activities, operational shortfalls and corrective actions;
• Issue Daily Mechanical Instructions to shift teams on key equipment and operational parameters, tasks and considerations;

Job Specific Competencies
• Attend morning shift supervisor handover meetings, clarify plant status, and challenge Shift Supervisor on performance against operating systems compliance and delivery of instructions;
• Support the teams and Supervisor Maintenance in the immediate performance of the equipment, but maintain focus on the daily to weekly optimisation horizon;
• Implement operational check- and log-sheets for shift teams to monitor equipment status and take prompt and appropriate corrective action;
• Maintain high level of field presence;
• Personally conduct routine daily field checks of equipment;
• Execute improvement activities;
• Diagnose plant defects, focusing on identifying root cause, and implement both corrective and preventative measures;
• Approve work requests and develop weekly maintenance plan in conjunction with maintenance planners and supervisors;
• Assist in development of short term and long term equipment maintenance plans and schedules to deliver equipment capability;
• Work closely with the maintenance and engineering teams to implement long term fixes to deliver equipment reliability;
• Support maintenance in the delivery of their tasks and coordinate access;
• Manage and define work plans for cleaning contractors and/or mobile equipment (both hired and FQM owned);
• Identify, prioritise and justify capital improvement projects;
• Coach, mentor and assist in the training of the Supervisor Maintenance and field personnel to build and maintain high standards of operating;
• Control and reduce maintenance costs;
• Uphold the FQM Way culture of “Smarter, Bolder, Driven;”
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent.

Key Job Attributes
• Commitment to SHEC performance;
• Very strong drive and personal sense of equipment ownership and accountability;
• Excellent ability to task assign, build working relations and coordinate different operating disciplines to execute work in efficient manner;
• Possesses skills for identifying equipment bottlenecks and implementing corrective and preventative actions;
• Ability to work and manage problems/actions across short + long term timeframes;
• Possess ability to analyse and understand metallurgical & equipment information;
• Strong understanding of production and maintenance strategies for large-scale, continuous operating mineral processing plants;
• Good verbal and written communication skills, and able to assemble data and provide clear and accurate performance reports & to issue instructions;
• Be persistent, diligent and thorough in approach;
• Be enthusiastic and pro-active in manner;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• English language fluency.

Experience required to perform in this job
• A minimum of 7 years of direct experience in operational roles of crushing Maintenance
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience at a Supervisory level;
• Significant experience in a large, complex base metals processing plant(s);
• Preferably experienced in maintenance of Jaw crusher, cone crushers and screens

Qualifications
• A Diploma or degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Eligibility for membership of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ), and to hold legal appointment as defined by the Mining regulations of Zambia



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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