Process Controller (Gold Plant)

Plant work suits people who watch the numbers and react fast. The platinum concentrator near Hammarsdale needs you. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is Hammarsdale-based, with most of your time spent at a platinum concentrator.

• Take samples at set times and bring them to the lab
• Clear blocked chutes safely under isolation
• Clean spillage and keep walkways free of hazards
• Check pumps, cyclones and thickeners on the plant walk
• Call maintenance for bearing noise, belt damage or leaks
• Adjust reagent dosing and air flow to hit recovery targets
• Start up, run and shut down crushers, screens and conveyors in sequence

• Basic computer skills for SCADA screens and logs
• At least 1 year operating a processing plant
• Grade 12 with mathematics and physical science
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station
• Comfortable around noise, dust and heights while wearing full PPE
• Willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts, weekends and public holidays

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

• Learnership opportunities toward a metallurgy qualification
• Shift allowances and overtime
• 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.
• Put your maths and science marks on your CV if you are early in your career. Plants use them as a screen.