Plant Attendant (Tailings & Thickeners)

Keep throughput up and the plant stable at the coal washing plant near Middelburg (MP). It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Middelburg (MP), Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Adjust reagent dosing and air flow to hit recovery targets
• Watch mill loads, cell levels and densities on the SCADA screens
• Log plant readings and downtime on the shift log
• Check pumps, cyclones and thickeners on the plant walk
• Clear blocked chutes safely under isolation
• Start up, run and shut down crushers, screens and conveyors in sequence
• Hand over the plant to the next shift with a clear status report

• Comfortable around noise, dust and heights while wearing full PPE
• Basic computer skills for SCADA screens and logs
• MQA minerals processing certificate at NQF 2 or higher
• Grade 12 with mathematics and physical science
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station
• At least 1 year operating a processing plant

• Forklift or overhead crane licence
• Control room experience

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

• Say which plant sections you have run: crushing, milling, flotation or DMS. Recruiters match you to the open section.
• Put your maths and science marks on your CV if you are early in your career. Plants use them as a screen.