Kinross Gold Corporation Jobs 2016

Kinross Gold Corporation is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Russia, Ghana and Mauritania. It is one of the largest gold companies.^[1] Kinross began from the amalgamation of three companies in 1993, initially owning a mine in British Columbia and royalties on a mine in Nevada. Following a series of takeovers and mergers, Kinross now owns ten active gold mines on four continents.

Job Description

Job Title: Instrumentation Technician

Job Purpose

• Actively promote Safety culture and Hazard awareness and maintain production goals and objectives as a team.
• Ensure relevant Safety, Mining and other statutory Codes and Regulations remain in full compliance, ensure safety at each work place.
• Actively participate in CGML Continuous Improvement programme.
• Investigate and provide technical reports for any incident and participate in Root Cause Analysis of failures when required.
• Conduct instrumentation evaluation and troubleshooting for electrical, pneumatic, electronic as well as programmable logic control (PLC) systems.
• Ensure conformance with environmental and safety requirements commensurate with executing required instrument maintenance or replacement activities.
• Other duties as reasonably assigned.

Education and Experience

• Journey level electrician license with at least 2 years experience in a multi- national company
• Proven ability to read and interpret technical drawings, parts books and service manuals (including specifications) for Company Equipment and plan jobs in coordination with colleagues.
• Good Command of the English Language.
• Must possess a valid Ghanaian Driver’s License with good and defensive driving skills.

Skills

• Ability to work for long hours and without supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure and safely in a mining environment