Mechanical Supervisor – Processing Plant

About the role

The Mechanical Supervisor – Processing Plant will oversee the refurbishment and maintenance of mechanical structures, plate work and pipe works at the Obuasi processing plant. You will ensure high plant availability, safety and cost‑effectiveness while supporting the transition from project to operations.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and control output of structural, mechanical and pipe‑work refurbishment to meet standards.
• Lead a team of mechanical fitters, fabricators and boilermakers, issuing daily work orders and handling breakdowns.
• Generate and schedule work requests in SAP for maintenance and refurbishment activities.
• Implement condition‑monitoring routes, collect vibration and other data, and perform preventive and corrective actions.
• Participate in root‑cause failure analysis and continuous‑improvement programmes.
• Identify and propose cost‑reduction initiatives and oversee contractor coordination.

Required profile

• Proven experience in mechanical supervision within a processing or mining environment.
• Strong knowledge of plant mechanical installations, refurbishment and maintenance practices.
• Ability to lead and coordinate a multi‑skill trades team.
• Familiarity with SAP for work request creation and tracking.

Required skills

• SAP (work request creation and scheduling)
• Condition monitoring of rotating equipment
• Vibration analysis and data collection using advanced portable data collectors
• Root cause failure analysis
• Mechanical refurbishment techniques
• Maintenance planning and scheduling
• Monitoring of rotating equipment performance