Newmont Ghana Gold Limited Recruits Process Maintenance Senior Foreman (Planner)

Newmont Ghana Gold Limited has experience engineering opportunities/jobs in Ghana to hire Process Maintenance Senior Foreman (Planner). We are one of five core operating regions of Newmont Mining Corporation (www.newmont.com), one of the largest gold companies in the world. Newmont operates the Ahafo Mine in the Brong-Ahafo Region and the Akyem Project in the Eastern Region.  The company has approximately 46,000 employees and contractors worldwide, and employs over 6,500 employees and contractors in Ghana.  JOB SUMMARY Company: Newmont Ghana Gold Industry: Mining Category: Engineering Location: Akyem Job Status: Full-time Salary: GH¢  Education: BSc Experience: 6 years Job Expires: 04 Jan, 2013 Job Description PURPOSE:Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling for the process plant. To ensure planning and scheduling of preventive maintenance and repair work orders into the CMMS (SAP). To prevent equipment breakdowns. To reduce unplanned equipment maintenance. To provide support to the Maintenance work groups. To increase reliability and availability of plant equipment. To plan and utilize available resources. To ensure that maintenance works are carried out under safe conditions. Interact with purchasing department to ensure that parts, supplies and resources are available to accomplish work assignment within maintenance department in a timely manner. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Become familiar with and strictly adhere to Newmont's Health, Safety and Environmental standards. Act as a role model in complying with and supporting these standards and practices. Provide direction and assistance to the maintenance planners and data engineers. Manage minor and major shutdowns. Establish and maintain the long term maintenance schedule. Ensure the schedule is reviewed with key stakeholders at least twice each year. Ensure weekly planning and scheduling meetings are conducted for all work groups. Monitor and audit the performance of the Maintenance Planners, including the review of performance indicators and a sampling of planned work orders for compliance to the requirements of fully planned work. Ensure New Work Requests are reviewed, approved and processed appropriately. Ensure Work Orders are Fully Planned and resourced prior to being scheduled. Ensure planned work is Scheduled based on priority and availability of plant. Ensure the Maintenance Schedule and Work Packs are issued to each work group. Ensure the timely completion of Work Orders in the CMMS, including booking of trade hours, issuing of materials and completion of coding. Ensure that improvement actions suggested on completed work orders are reviewed and actioned. Ensure Component Tracing changes are being updated in the CMMS. Plan and Schedule Shutdown work as required, including Ensure all shutdowns are fully planned and resourced, with a MS Project Gantt Chart developed for all activities. Review work orders and MSTs for inclusion in shutdowns and change work groups as required. Export shutdown work orders to MS Project, as required. Determine shutdown critical path activities, update shutdown schedule as required. Update CMMS based on changes made to the shutdown schedule. Finalize and commit shutdown scope, budget and schedule. Ensure all shutdowns have critical path jobs identified and these have been reviewed to minimize the shutdown duration. Attend, participate and lead regular planning, scheduling and shutdown meetings as required. Contractor management including work orders, service orders, tracking purchases to ensure that preferred suppliers of labor and materials are used and rates adhered. Manage invoices and payment approvals. Assist Maintenance Supervisors to plan and resource P1 & P2 work orders, as required. Manage coding of work orders to suit the requirements of the budgeting tool (AMT). Monitor and Support the Condition Monitoring effort at Process Maintenance, including Regular discussions with the Maintenance Planner, CBM to review results, trends and recommendations resulting from condition monitoring. Accountable for ownership of the Process Maintenance MOS elements MN1, MN5, MN6, MN7, MN20 and meetings M6, M7, M8, M12, M13A and M13B, which entails: Resolving MOS Element non-conformances by direct intervention/coaching wherever possible or referring non- conformances to direct supervisor for resolution if initial efforts are not successful. Responsibility for taking action on identified improvement opportunities to the MOS Element. Ensuring that all MOS Element documentation is current and approved changes to the MOS Element is communicated to all involved stakeholders. Inducting new team members in their respective MOS elements. The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.   WORKING CONDITIONS: Position is located in a very remote location. 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. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is required to sit at a desk for extended periods, climb stairs, walk and stand. Work Environment: The noise level in the office work environment is minimal.  Occasional exposure to noise, fumes, high temperature hazardous materials, sharp edges, dust, pinch-points, vibration, slippery surfaces etc. Required Skills or Experience ESSENTIALS SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or HND Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with minimum 6 years working experience in the process plant. Be strong team player. Commitment to company values. Thorough knowledge of maintenance principles and industry standards. Thorough knowledge of the work management process. Thorough knowledge of planning and scheduling. Thorough knowledge of condition monitoring principles and its application, especially oil sampling and vibration analysis. General knowledge of performance measures and their interpretation. General knowledge of defect elimination methodologies and their interpretation. Thorough knowledge of the operation of the CMMS (SAP). Ability to effectively prioritize jobs in order of importance Strong knowledge in MS Office Suite and MS Project. Ability to interpret mechanical and electrical engineering drawings  DESIREABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Knowledge and experience with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Top 10 Analysis of Breakdowns. Ability to use SKF vibration pens. Ability to use vibration Analyzer. How To Apply Interested applicants should please create a profile and apply at the Newmont's website at  www.Newmont.com/Join-Our-Team   This is the preferred mode of application. However, if you do not have access to an Internet resource, please send your CV and cover letter to the site HR office before or on the closing date. The HR Manager Newmont Ghana Gold Limited PMB Airport Post Office Accra, Ghana   Search for Other Jobs Here