Mine Maintenance Service Person

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Ahafo South is Ghana’s largest gold mine and Newmont’s flagship operation in Africa. Commercial production began in 2006, and the site has produced more than 10 million ounces of gold. Located in Ghana’s Ahafo Region, Ahafo South operates both open-pit and underground mines and continues to grow, with new projects planned to extend production well beyond 2050. The mine plays an important role in the region as a major employer and a long-standing partner to its host communities. With a large and diverse workforce, many of whom come from neighbouring communities, Ahafo South has built a strong Always Safe culture supported by continuous learning, development and operational excellence. Joining Ahafo South offers the opportunity to build a rewarding long-term career at the forefront of Ghana’s mining industry while contributing to an operation that creates lasting value for host communities and showcases Newmont’s commitment to responsible mining on a global stage.

##### Your Impact

- To provide semi-skilled assistance including daily provision of lubes, fuel, grease, and inspection of heavy mining and auxiliary equipment to maintain high standard equipment health to effective maintenance engineering of mining/auxiliary equipment.

##### As Part of Our Team, You Will:

Perform Maintenance Duties

- Perform daily servicing of heavy mining and auxiliary equipment.
- Assist and perform oil checks and oil changes on equipment.
- Be responsible for changing transmission oil and other fluids to maintaining equipment or vehicle standards conditions.
- Maintain daily/shift service, fuel and lubes records, and provide information and recommendations about the equipment to Dispatchers and Supervisors.
- Perform routine checks, daily inspections, pressure/temperature checks and fluid levels maintenance service of all equipment.
- Grease all available required greasing points, bearings and joints, examine components joints.
- Provide daily distribution fuel to mining equipment as schedule.
- Collaborate and follow daily schedule as directed by the maintenance Dispatchers or Shift Supervisors
- Perform daily inspection and report all defects on the service trucks for repairs and correction.
- Ensure service or lube trucks and its nozzles / wigins are always clean and in good condition.

Health and Safety Management

- Comply with all Newmont and regulatory agency Health, Safety, Loss Prevention and Environmental procedures, requirements and standards.
- Operate in a safe manner and take steps to prevent minimal wear and tear and/or damage to equipment.
- Work without risk or harm to others.
- Maintain a strong focus of safety throughout all activities.
- Attend daily morning safety meetings.
- Observe and adherence to all fatality risk management (FRM) critical controls.
- Observe all exclusion zones in the pits as required by geotechnical team.

##### Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

- Senior High School Certificate or Mechanical Technician Certificate.

Additional Knowledge:

- General understanding of maintenance engineering.

Experience:

- Minimum of 1 year mechanical and / or electrical maintenance experience, preferably in a mining or industrial environment.

Technical Skills:

- Basic communication (English written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to read and understand documentation.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with peers and supervisors.

Behavioral Attributes:

- Manual dexterity.
- Safety conscious.
- Self-motivated.
- Team player.
- Technically inclined.
- Tenacity.

##### Your Work Environment

- This position is located at the Newmont Ahafo South mine.
- 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 work in confined spaces and will be exposed to extreme vibration.
- Work Environment: The employee is required to operate in a safety-critical environment.
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Work requires mandatory PPE such as helmet, goggles, high visible clothing, safety harness, ear plugs and dust mask according to working conditions.

- Incumbent occasionally has to work overtime.

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