Instrumentation Mechanician

Company Description
- Join us as an Instrument Mechanician where you will be responsible for providing dedicated technical and operational systems support to the process division.

**Be part of the team. The team that makes it happen.**

Anglo American has a portfolio of world-class mining operations. We mine, process, move and market the essential ingredients that enable a cleaner, more connected world and that meet fast growing consumer-driven demands for products from smartphones to electric cars. Our basic materials build homes, offices, railways and airports, and our diamonds fulfil people's dreams.

**Anglo Platinum**

Our Platinum business mines, processes, and refines the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium.

**Job Description**:

- As the Instrument Mechanician you will further be required to be competent in instrumentation used in highly automated plants and be responsible for all systems, maintenance.

Your responsibilities include and not limited:

- Perform daily inspections in accordance with mine and safety act regulations
- Report all defects and breakdowns on machinery to the supervisor
- Continuously monitor equipment failure and efficiency to improve trade specific equipment and systems
- Interpret P&IDs (Process and Instrumentation Drawings) to assist with fault finding
- Support on existing instrumentation
- Calibration and maintenance of all equipment within the control solution

**This role is in the Engineering department at a C2 level reporting to the Senior Instrumentation Mechanician.**
- Qualifications
- Grade 12 (Maths and Science) or N3 equivalent
- Certified In Instrumentation Mechanician Trade Certificate **(Section 13 or 26D)**

**Experience**
- 2 years’ experience in Instrument Mechanician within mining
- Must have smelting, refinery, concentrator experience
- Experience with furnaces (advantageous)
- Valid driving license code 08
- Basic Computer Skills (advantageous)

**Additional Information
- What we offer**

When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, but more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re still growing all the time.

**Who we are**

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

**How we are committed to your safety**

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies - from drones to data analytics - that are helping to make mining safer.

**Inclusion and Diversity**

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

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**How to apply**

Closing date: 02 June 2023