Metallurgical Clerk

VACANCY: METALLURGICAL CLERK

TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT: PERMANENT

GRADE: B-UPPER

DIVISION: SMELTER

CLOSING DATE: 31 AUGUST 2024

As a proudly South African company with a global footprint, Rand Refinery is one of the world’s leading Gold and Silver Refiner and operates one of the largest low-grade gold recovery Smelters on the African continent. With over a 100-year history, we have transformed and reshaped value not only in metals but people’s lives too. We’ve spent the last century using innovation to create real competitive advantage for our partners, our communities and our business.

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PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

Accurately reflect the metal flow through every Smelter production activity on the business management system (SAP) through data capturing.

SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- Data validation of materials produced.
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly stock verification.
- ITM sampling management.
- Validate physical stock equals SAP inventory.
- Ensure that material is correctly labelled.
- Verify and audit check-weighing of scales.
- Daily review of assays to manage out-of-tolerance outcomes in metal balance.
- Ensure that all consumed batches are accounted for in SAP.
- Ensure that all products in a process are accounted for before closing month-end reports.
- Ensure that SAP information for metal is transparent and auditable.
- Daily checks of process order balancing and smelter metal balance.
- Assists in the management and maintenance of the metal balances for the smelter, and provide prompt feedback for any variance and deviations that are encountered (assays / dry weights / weight discrepancies).
- Capturing of production log-sheet and allocation of batch numbers for items produced (ITMs).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- A completed Matric qualification.
- National Diploma in Metallurgy/Chemical Engineering will be an added advantage.
- Must have at least 1-2 years’ experience within a Smelter operations environment or similar.

SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES
- Computer software: Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel); SAP, Isometrix, QLIKVIEW.
- Communication - Ability to convey information.
- Honesty - An acute sense of honesty and moral conduct.
- Integrity - High personal standards of integrity in all situations and maintain confidentiality on sensitive data.
- People networking skills able to build meaningful relationships within the departments.
- Problem solving skill and able to identify and offer effective solutions to daily accounting and stock recording problems.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Technical and problem-solving skills.