Job Title: Rigger- Mining Maintenance
Company: Palabora Mining Company (PMC)
Department: other
Minimum experience: Associate
Company primary industry: Mining and Metals
Job functional area: Mining
Location: Phalaborwa, Limpopo
Closing Date: 06 November 2024
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Carrying out maintenance work, fault finding on the Shafts, Winder ropes, external parts and all legal requirements.
- Housekeeping in area of responsible section.
- Responsible for personal safety, fellow workers and for reporting any safety incidents or accidents.
- Training and coaching new Artisans and Apprentices.
- Effectively completing administration duties e.g., work orders, spares requests, RCA (root cause analysis), etc.
- Seeking out (i.e., proactive) improvement work to benefit the business.
- Educating and familiarising oneself with the related drawings and functional and operational philosophies.
- Doing proper daily routines and ensuring that the equipment and systems are operating to the highest level.
- Responsible for first line calls (standby duties) on all mechanical failures related to specific fixed plant equipment.
- Maintenance of all rigging and lifting facilities and equipment.
- Operation and maintenance of Clamp Lifting Device (CLD).
- Maintenance of shaft conveyances, attachments, elevators, and overhead cranes.
- Removal and installation of head, tail and guide ropes on shafts and winders.
- Ensuring that Cranes, Elevators and Winders are in good working condition and comply with legal requirements.
- Making up slings and other lifting facilities and equipment.
- Fault finding and problem solving.
- Controlling maintenance spares and consumables
- Navigation of Win CC systems (i.e. Winders SCADA and Underground).
- Managing stock levels of spares in his area, Plan and manage own work.
- Assisting Supervisor in compliance with planned maintenance system and legal compliance.
- Ensuring adherence to SHEQ standards.
Minimum Requirements
- Qualified Rigger Ropes-person (Proof of Trade certificate and statement of results to be attached).
- Minimum of five years’ rigging ropes-person experience
- Minimum of five years’ experience working on shafts and winders
- Extensive knowledge on friction winches and winches in general
- Extensive knowledge on shafts and winders especially on Koepe / Friction Winders
- Knowledge of legal requirements with shafts and winders
How to Apply
Rigger – Mining Maintenance
