Plant Operator (Concentrator)

Keep throughput up and the plant stable at the iron ore beneficiation plant near Lephalale. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll report in Lephalale. Relocation is not covered for this one. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Take samples at set times and bring them to the lab
• Start up, run and shut down crushers, screens and conveyors in sequence
• Adjust reagent dosing and air flow to hit recovery targets
• Check pumps, cyclones and thickeners on the plant walk
• Clear blocked chutes safely under isolation

• Basic computer skills for SCADA screens and logs
• MQA minerals processing certificate at NQF 2 or higher
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station
• Willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts, weekends and public holidays

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

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

• 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.