Location: Unki Mines Shurugwi
Job Description
This role is responsible for overseeing the efficient operation of the designated tapping area during a shift, ensuring the safe and effective tapping of matte and slag from the furnace. The incumbent provides leadership and coordination of the granulation process, ensuring compliance with operational, safety, and quality standards while maximizing productivity and process efficiency.
Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Follow work instructions and work orders
Ensure proper understanding of the required actions
Apply recognized work and safety standards and procedures
Ensure that tasks are completed to required quality standards
Conducts daily inspections on Tapping section related equipment to ensure functionality
Ensure that the areas around Tapping are clean and well
Effective operation of the Tapping section to agreed business plan and process parameters (quantity and quality).
Assists the Tapping Supervisor with the overall operation of the Tapping section.
Basic Plant Operation Process
Identify to the Shift Foreperson any unexpected problems
Support efforts to overcome operational problems
Identify risks and threats to the process proactively
Identify actions that could prevent or improve safety and work performance within standards
Qualifications
5 ‘O’ Levels.
10 years experience in PGM or Base Metal matte smelting and tapping
NEC Plant Operator Certificate is an added advantage
Passed Tapping Procedures
Physical requirements: Fitness Certificate