DMS Plant Operator (Coal Washing)

You'll run the crushers, mills and cells that turn ore into product at the gold processing plant near Kathu. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Kathu, Northern Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Clear blocked chutes safely under isolation
• Adjust reagent dosing and air flow to hit recovery targets
• Watch mill loads, cell levels and densities on the SCADA screens
• Hand over the plant to the next shift with a clear status report
• Check pumps, cyclones and thickeners on the plant walk

• Comfortable around noise, dust and heights while wearing full PPE
• MQA minerals processing certificate at NQF 2 or higher
• At least 1 year operating a processing plant
• Grade 12 with mathematics and physical science
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station
• Willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts, weekends and public holidays

• Control room experience
• N4 to N6 or a diploma in Extraction Metallurgy

• Transport from surrounding towns
• Learnership opportunities toward a metallurgy qualification
• Medical aid and pension fund
• Shift allowances and overtime

• Put your maths and science marks on your CV if you are early in your career. Plants use them as a screen.
• If you have worked in a control room, say which system and how many hours a shift you ran it.