UG Mechanical Superintendent at Barrick – North Mara Gold Mine Limited

UG Mechanical Superintendent
Tarime, Mara Region, Tanzania, United Republic of

UG Mechanical Superintendent at Barrick – North Mara Gold Mine Limited October 2024

Job Overview
Position: UG Mechanical Superintendent
Barrick Gold Corporation

Position Description
The Barrick Africa Middle East Team is seeking to recruit a UG Mechanical Superintendent to join and grow our team.
Join our exceptional team and embody Barrick’s core values as you work with us.
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

• Ensure that all Engineering Fixed Plant maintenance activities are planned and scheduled effectively.
• Control
  the Underground Maintenance Engineering Section cost performance,
  including monthly forecast and variance analysis reporting to
  Engineering Manager.
• Ensure deployment of key initiatives and communication of relevant messages to all relevant maintenance crews.
• Effectively
  promote, deploy, and comply with all Safety & Health and
  Environmental policies, standards, procedures and regulations across
  Underground Maintenance and Fixed Plant Maintenance.
• Spend significant time in the field – “visible felt leadership” – interacting with the workforce.
• Provide
  employees with a safe and healthy work environment by ensuring
  provision of safe systems of work; safe work procedures; adequate
  training and instruction; competent supervision; and safe plant and
  equipment.
• Develop systems and foster the required collaboration to ensure the department meets monthly targets.
• Classified Underground management and compliance to safety standards.
• Drive the safety performance of the UG Maintenance Engineering Section.
• Ensures that Zero-Based-Budgeting principles are applied in setting the annual departmental budget.
• Report all Engineering Maintenance downtime on a monthly and year-to-date basis.
• Ensure ongoing downtime analysis and related defect elimination and maintenance strategy adjustment activities.
• Effective
  and efficient application of maintenance resources as measured by
  schedule compliance, PM compliance, level of planned vs. unplanned work
  and the ongoing management of backlog.
• Ensure departmental
  performance is regularly reported to all crews through undertaking
  formal end-of-month performance presentations on Safety, Cost,
  Availability, and Utilization, including key messages.
• Review hazard identification and incident reports and provide follow-up as appropriate.
• Participate
  in incident investigations (injury, significant near-miss and equipment
  damage) as required ensure that corrective actions are effectively
  implemented and tracked.
• Ensure maintenance employees and
  contractors working within the Underground maintenance are prequalified
  and have the necessary pre-work commencement paperwork, competencies and
  qualifications to work safely and deliver quality maintenance services
  (has the authority to prohibit any work from being undertaken unless all
  requirements are met).
• Support the development and ongoing optimization of maintenance strategies for the critical plant assets.
• Processes and supporting systems – has the authority to reprioritize work if deemed necessary.
• Complete
  performance evaluation reviews for direct reports and manage their
  career development. (Quarterly informally in house and Midyear and Year
  end officially).

Roles and Responsibilities on EMS

• Taking accountability for the effectiveness of the environmental management system
• Ensuring
  that the environmental policy and environmental objectives are
  established and are compatible with the strategic direction and the
  context of the organization.
• Ensuring that the resources needed for the environmental management system are available.
• Communicating
  the importance of effective environmental management and of conforming
  to the environmental management system requirements.
• Ensuring that the environmental management system achieves its intended outcomes.
• Directing and supporting persons to contribute to the effectiveness of the environmental management system.
• Promoting continual improvements
• Supporting other relevant management roles to demonstrate their leadership as it applies to their area of responsibility.

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Qualification requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a qualified trade certificate (mechanical).
• Tertiary Engineering qualifications are essential.
• Analytical skills, able to think logically and clearly, Strong attention to detail.
• Complex problem-solving skills required.
• Clear
  and effective communication skills in written and spoken English.
  Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Analytical skills, able to think logically and clearly, Strong attention to detail.
• Perform safety inspections and identify safety hazards.
• Planning, scheduling and troubleshooting skills.
• Possession of Valid driving license
• Multitasking abilities
• High level of interpersonal skills
• Able to achieve tasks on time with minimal supervision.

Experience and Competencies needed.

• Minimum of 10 years’ progressive experience, with at least 5 years in a managerial role is considered essential.
• Good knowledge of safety regulations and best practice is essential.
• Previous experience in Africa or an isolated environment in similar circumstances is an advantage.
• Performing tasks under minimal supervision and monitoring
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Demonstrate high working ethics and conduct at all time.
• Committed and engaged employees who are enthusiastic and passionate about Barrick and carry the company DNA.
• Underground Fixed Plant experience will be an advantage.

Job Info:

• Job Identification
  231844

• Job Category
  Underground Maintenance

• Posting Date
  10/14/2024, 05:39 PM

• Apply Before
  10/28/2024, 03:00 AM

• Degree Level
  Bachelor’s Degree
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Tarime, Tarime, P.O. Box 422, TZ

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 industry colleagues.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization

We
are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe
and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host
communities.
Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About Us
Our mission is to be the world’s most valued gold
and copper mining business. We are committed to partnering with our host
countries and communities to transform their natural resources into
tangible benefits and mutual prosperity.

With operating mines
and projects in 18 countries, Barrick’s highly diversified workforce is
drawn almost entirely from our host nations and equipped with
world-class skills. We set the gold standard in sustainability by
embedding environmental, social and economic considerations into all of
our business decisions.

The company’s shares trade on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol ABX. Learn more at www.barrick.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

About the Team
The North Mara gold mine is located in north-west Tanzania in the Tarime
district of the Mara region. It is around 100 kilometres east of Lake
Victoria and 20 kilometres south of the Kenyan border.

North
Mara started commercial production in 2002. The mine is a combined open
pit and underground operation from two deposits, Gokona (underground)
and Nyabirama (open pit). The process plant has the capacity to process
an average of 8,000 tonnes of ore per day.