DMS Plant Operator (Coal Washing)

Plant work suits people who watch the numbers and react fast. The chrome recovery plant near Welkom needs you. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

The work is in Welkom, Free State, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Clear blocked chutes safely under isolation
• Clean spillage and keep walkways free of hazards
• Log plant readings and downtime on the shift log
• Watch mill loads, cell levels and densities on the SCADA screens
• Call maintenance for bearing noise, belt damage or leaks

• Willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts, weekends and public holidays
• At least 1 year operating a processing plant
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station
• Comfortable around noise, dust and heights while wearing full PPE

• Forklift or overhead crane licence
• Laboratory or sampling experience

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

• If you have worked in a control room, say which system and how many hours a shift you ran it.
• Say which plant sections you have run: crushing, milling, flotation or DMS. Recruiters match you to the open section.