Job Description

VACANCY: OPERATOR (X6)TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT: FIXED TERM CONTRACT (6 MONTHS)GRADE: B-LOWERDIVISION: SMELTERCLOSING DATE: 4 April 2024Rand Refinery transforms and adds value to metals and peoples lives. We do this by adding value to the African economy by refining raw materials into valuable products, by evaluating and recovering precious metals received. Rand Refinery is situated in Germiston, Johannesburg.Build your career with us.PURPOSE OF THE POSITIONThe purpose of this role is to contribute towards activities performed within the FBI and CRP day-to-day activities, as an Operator reporting to the Shift Supervisor.SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO

• CRP and FBI must be 95% available and have no breakdowns in order to meet targets.
• Ensure that there is full compliance with the SHEQ procedures for people, equipment and products.
• Report incidents & near misses timeously.
• Implement methods & suggestions from the process leader (i.e. waste reduction, productivity, and cost management).
• Check the copper content in leach residue before transferring to the Arc Furnace range between 2% to 5% of copper.
• Check the physical contents of products before transferring to other departments to avoid production delays. This includes checking the weight and batch numbers before transferring to another department.
• Ensure that the correct sample sizes are given to slag for sampling 30 mm.
• Carbon content in ash product should be less than 0.3%.
• Ensure that product blended is homogenous and carbon content is more than 30%.
• Operation of mercury retort in safe manner. Ensure all the FBI and CRP equipment are operated in a safe manner and all the process parameters are monitored timeously. Always wear PPE correctly and advise team members accordingly.
• Leaching leach of 2 ton of atomized copper per day.
• Incinerate 3,6 tons of carbon per day.
• Electro-winning 2 tons of copper per week.
• Drives timeous and accurate reporting through production logs & performance feedback on shift basis.
• Ensure that daily production targets are achieved & feedback is provided to the Supervisor.

• A completed Matric qualification.

• Computer literate - MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Communication skills - able to communicate process related information to others.
• Risk identification skills - able to identify risks.

• Production knowledge - understand the production within leaching, electrowinning and fluidized bed incineration processes.
• Equipment knowledge - fault detection abilities.
• SHEQ and radiation knowledge - able to adhere to specified standards.
• Equipment knowledge - able to diagnose faults.