The Barrick Africa Middle East Team is seeking to  recruit a Mechanical Trainer – CAT Maintenance to join and grow our team.

Join our exceptional team and embody Barrick’s core values as you work with us. We are in search of individuals who can champion Barrick’s DNA by:

• Communicating Honestly, Transparently, and Acting with Integrity.
• Exhibiting a Results-Driven approach.
• Delivering solutions that are Fit for Purpose.
• Dedicating themselves to Building a Sustainable Legacy.
• Taking Responsibility and being Accountable.
• Committing to Zero Harm.
• Cultivating strong and meaningful Partnerships.

If you’re ready to contribute to our world-class team while embracing these values, we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of our diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Comply with Barrick’s established health and safety policies, procedures, practices and Occupational Health and Safety Acts.
• Visibly practice safety leadership through leading by example.
• Actively ensure a safe environment for yourself, your peers and local communities through regular communication and due diligence.
• Promptly report and correct unsafe acts and conditions.
• Actively ensure that fatal risks are understood and critical controls are maintained.
• Perform inspections in accordance with mine standards and OEM specifications.
• Assign and prioritize daily, weekly, and major repairs, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and timely completion of work.
• Manage maintenance personnel in the execution of the weekly work plan.
• Lead maintenance practices that will focus on reaching operational excellence, and enhance maintenance capabilities to deliver improved equipment reliability, decreasing repair and maintenance costs.
• Well organized and capable of setting a daily/weekly/monthly plan
• Comply with company safety and environmental regulations
• Management and direct supervision of team performance ensuring safety, advance work preparation and quality for the execution for various types of maintenance interventions
• Take necessary measurements to ensure quality results and avoid reworks.
• Implement a development program for junior and senior local staff which shall include direct training and coaching of the team in order to transfer best methodologies of work preparation and execution
• Attend shift and toolbox meetings daily with the teams to stay completely grounded and aligned with the current social climates around the work place
• Lead or participate in incident investigations (RCFA) related to electrical equipment failures or safety incidents, implementing effective corrective actions.
• Collaborate with the Planning and Reliability Superintendent, other Foremen, and Operations to plan, schedule, and prioritize maintenance activities.
• Visibly practice safety leadership through leading by example.
• Actively ensure a safe environment for yourself, your peers and local communities through regular communication and due diligence.
• Actively ensure that fatal risks are understood and critical controls are maintained.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for maintenance, including Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), equipment availability, and maintenance backlog.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of all maintenance activities, repairs, inspections, and testing within the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Collaborate with Engineering and OEMs to implement modifications, upgrades, and best practices.
• Provide feedback to OEMs to support continuous improvement of equipment performance and operation.
• Perform any additional duties and tasks as required by your supervisor.

Qualification requirements

• Technical/ Vocational School, Apprenticeship training, on-the-job training (FTC, VETA, IMTT Trade Test or its Equivalent).
• Computer literacy is essential- Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, ERP and MRPII packages (SAP, Ellipse, Pronto, Oracle etc.)

Experience and competencies needed.

• Minimum of 7–10 years’ experience as a Mechanical Fitter/Trainer, with a substantial portion dedicated to heavy mobile equipment in a mining or heavy industrial environment Experience of open cast mobile mining equipment & operations.
• Must have a tertiary qualification and the ability to read engineering drawings related to Open cast mobile equipment.
• Must have Sandvik Machine experience
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Maintenance Management Systems
• Good working knowledge of mechanical fitting and mobile equipment maintenance  planning/scheduling
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a mechanical fitting and mobile equipment maintenance.
• Experience with selection, Maintenance and operation of Mechanical equipment.
• Good working knowledge of auto electrical maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Good understanding of the open cast mining operation and maintenance activities
• Ability to consistently manage such a diversified portfolio in a high-pressure environment
• Experienced in skills transfer and team development, in a cross-cultural environment.
• Experience in open cast is essential.

What We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
• The ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless.
• Access to a variety of  career opportunities across the organization.

• Comply with Barrick’s established health and safety policies, procedures, practices and Occupational Health and Safety Acts.
• Visibly practice safety leadership through leading by example.
• Actively ensure a safe environment for yourself, your peers and local communities through regular communication and due diligence.
• Promptly report and correct unsafe acts and conditions.
• Actively ensure that fatal risks are understood and critical controls are maintained.
• Perform inspections in accordance with mine standards and OEM specifications.
• Assign and prioritize daily, weekly, and major repairs, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and timely completion of work.
• Manage maintenance personnel in the execution of the weekly work plan.
• Lead maintenance practices that will focus on reaching operational excellence, and enhance maintenance capabilities to deliver improved equipment reliability, decreasing repair and maintenance costs.
• Well organized and capable of setting a daily/weekly/monthly plan
• Comply with company safety and environmental regulations
• Management and direct supervision of team performance ensuring safety, advance work preparation and quality for the execution for various types of maintenance interventions
• Take necessary measurements to ensure quality results and avoid reworks.
• Implement a development program for junior and senior local staff which shall include direct training and coaching of the team in order to transfer best methodologies of work preparation and execution
• Attend shift and toolbox meetings daily with the teams to stay completely grounded and aligned with the current social climates around the work place
• Lead or participate in incident investigations (RCFA) related to electrical equipment failures or safety incidents, implementing effective corrective actions.
• Collaborate with the Planning and Reliability Superintendent, other Foremen, and Operations to plan, schedule, and prioritize maintenance activities.
• Visibly practice safety leadership through leading by example.
• Actively ensure a safe environment for yourself, your peers and local communities through regular communication and due diligence.
• Actively ensure that fatal risks are understood and critical controls are maintained.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for maintenance, including Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), equipment availability, and maintenance backlog.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of all maintenance activities, repairs, inspections, and testing within the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Collaborate with Engineering and OEMs to implement modifications, upgrades, and best practices.
• Provide feedback to OEMs to support continuous improvement of equipment performance and operation.
• Perform any additional duties and tasks as required by your supervisor.

• Computer literacy (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, ERP and MRPII packages like SAP, Ellipse, Pronto, Oracle etc.)
• Ability to read engineering drawings
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Maintenance Management Systems
• Good working knowledge of mechanical fitting and mobile equipment maintenance planning/scheduling
• Good working knowledge of auto electrical maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Ability to consistently manage such a diversified portfolio in a high-pressure environment
• Experienced in skills transfer and team development, in a cross-cultural environment.

• Technical/ Vocational School, Apprenticeship training, on-the-job training (FTC, VETA, IMTT Trade Test or its Equivalent).
• Tertiary qualification