Electrical and Instrumentation Supervisor at Newmont

About This Role

•    To supervise and provide technical assistance and support to the Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technicians, to improve system productivity, reliability, safety and stability through the design, construction and maintenance of electrical instruments and entire instrumentation systems.

In This Role You Will:

Contractor Management

• Supervise and manage Electrical & Instrumentation contractors, including work orders, service orders, and tracking purchases to ensure that preferred suppliers of labor and materials are used.

Electrical and Instrumentation Execution

• Conduct ongoing troubleshooting of E&I issues through leading technicians in finding and executing solutions to Electrical & Instrumentation problems on site.
• Plan, schedule and supervise all Electrical & Instrumentation works, including:
  • Breakdown tasks and resources.
  • Planned tasks and resources.
  • Shutdown tasks and resources.
• Determine shutdown critical path activities and plan resources to complete activities timeously and achieve expected quality outcomes.
• Sign-off on requisitions and make relevant purchases of part items at the warehouse.
• Verify the parts, and estimated time of arrival of items to determine the most appropriate prioritization of jobs.
• Collaborate with Operations Supervisors on the best approach to get tasks done without affecting production.
• Liaise with planning on backlog, scheduling, equipment shutdown planning and resourcing.
• Review the objectives of the E&I personnel and refer any disagreements to the General Foreman – Electrical & Instrumentation.
• Conduct calibration of instrumentation.
• Coordinate with other departments to agree on the resourcing of capital projects using maintenance personnel for Electrical & Instrumentation works.
• Access required information within Electrical & Instrumentation systems and make minor adjustments to the control system by:
  • Understanding the control system architecture and software to identify and      modify elements.
  • Communicating with the Process Control Engineer to validate and document changes.

Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance Supervision

• Oversee Electrical & Instrumentation maintenance work in all process areas (i.e. Crushing, Grinding, Carbon In Leach (CIL), Elution, Counter current Decantation (CCD), Water Storage Facility (WSF), Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), Powerhouse and Workshop).
• Provide hands-on assistance during operations activities and ensure that safe work practices are followed.
• Conduct shift handover meetings.
• Provide technical support when major electrical and instrumentation work is to be carried out on any of the plant equipment.
• Set up workshops for rebuilding equipment by providing hands-on assistance during maintenance activities to ensure safe work practices are followed.
• Manage and coordinate daily corrective actions.

Additional Responsibilities:

Health and Safety Management

• Maintain own and teams’ compliance with Plant procedures, including Management Operating Systems.
• Accept personal responsibility for the health and safety of every employee under or assigned to his/her supervision.
• Conduct periodic safety meetings and inspections.
• Attend monthly safety inspection and meetings.
• Lead crew in conducting toolbox meetings
• Sign off on risk assessments conducted by crew for critical job execution.

Management Operating Systems (MOS) Section Oversight

• Take accountability for achieving and maintaining level 3 maturity for MOS elements identified as ‘Accountable” in MOS RACI chart.
• Take ownership of the following MOS elements:
  • Identify New Work (MN10).
  • Assign Work (MN11, M2).
  • Execute Work (MN12). o Supervise Work (MN13).
  • Daily Analysis and Review (MN14, M3).
  • Job Analysis & Finalization (MN17).
  • Capture Job Feedback (MN9).
  • Shift Handover & Line out Planning (MN34, M1).
  • Short Interval Control (GEN01).
• Assume responsibility for the following:
  • Completing all tasks identified in the Ahafo MOS to the specified quality and timeliness, as assigned to this role.
  • Resolving MOS Element non-conformances by direct intervention/coaching, wherever possible.
  • Referring non-conformances to the General Foreman for resolution if immediate efforts are not successful.
  • Acting on identified improvement opportunities to the MOS Element.
  • Verifying that all MOS Element documentation is current and approved changes to the MOS Element are communicated to all involved stakeholders.
  • Inducting new team members in their respective MOS elements.

Reporting

• Produce reports indicating jobs completed for the day and submit the report to the General Foreman.

Staff Supervision

• Supervise allocated staff member(s) by:
  • prioritizing and allocating tasks / responsibilities.
  • checking and controlling the quality of work outputs.
  • providing on-the-job training, mentoring, and coaching.
  • performing the first level of performance appraisal.
  • recommending further / relevant training courses and development actions.
  • enhancing communication with staff through regular feedback, contact, meetings, and briefings.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• High National Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) or related field.
• Inspecting Engineering Certification of competency.

Additional Knowledge:

• Advance knowledge of maintenance principles and industry standards.
• Advance knowledge of electrical instrumentation.
• Advance knowledge of the work management process.
• Advance knowledge of planning and scheduling.
• Advance knowledge of the operation of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) SAP.
• General knowledge of defect elimination methodologies and their interpretation.
• Working knowledge of all applicable electrical industry standards and recommended practices.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 – 6 years’ experience in an E&I field within a gold processing plant or similar environment.
• Minimum of 2 – 3 years’ experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience in Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) techniques, such as vibration analysis, thermography and oil analysis.
• Experience in reliability centered maintenance programs.
• Experience in high voltage switching programs.
• Experience in maintenance practices for large brush motors.
• Experience in overhead power line maintenance and architecture (Up to 34.5kV).
• Experience in power transformer and accessories maintenance and oil analysis result interpretation.
• Power cable splicing (up to 34.5kV).
• Experience in power generation, transmission, and distribution.
• Experience in analytical instruments, flow, and level control/monitoring instruments as well as pressure control and monitoring instruments.
• Working experience in radiation sources safety and maintenance.

Technical Skills:

• Advance communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Advance computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Advance troubleshooting skills (RCFA and FMEA).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong information monitoring and management skills.
• Strong planning, organizing and prioritizing skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Conflict management and influencing skills.
• Ability to use the following technical instruments:
  • RTD/Thermocouple and current simulators for trouble shooting of temperature sensors and transmitters.
  • HART communicator for programming and trouble shooting.
  • Dead weight test for calibration of transmitters and gauges.
  • Modiewak for checking dead circuits for residual voltage (low or high).
  • Meggar’s and Multimeter for testing voltage, resistance checks and resistance current.
  • Three phase and single-phase appliance testers.
  • Residual Current Devices testers.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Assertive.
• Customer focused.
• Decisive.
• Directive.
• Diversity management.
• Goal oriented.
• Influential.
• Takes initiatives.
• Proactive.
• Quality oriented.
• Results driven.
• Safety conscious.
• Team player.

Working Conditions

• Position is located at the Ahafo South mine.
• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the 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, climb stairs, walk and stand for periods of time.
  • Work Environment: occasional exposure to noise, fumes, high temperatures, sharp edges, dust, pinch-points, vibration, slippery surfaces etc.