Mechanical Supervisor – Processing Plant

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Supervisor to lead the mechanical team at our Processing Plant, ensuring high equipment efficiency, plant availability and safe operations during the refurbishment and transition phases at the Obuasi Gold Mine.

Key responsibilities

• Apply total quality management principles and maintain zero‑defect and safety objectives.
• Adhere to the site Environmental Management Plan.
• Gather performance data for the Mechanical Superintendent and generate SAP work requests for maintenance planning.
• Maintain and improve all fixed‑plant mechanical installations to maximise equipment efficiency and plant availability.
• Lead a team of mechanical fitters, fabricators and boilermakers, issuing daily work orders and handling breakdowns.
• Develop and execute condition‑monitoring routes, checks and preventive/corrective actions for rotating equipment.
• Collect and analyse vibration and other condition‑monitoring data using portable data collectors.
• Participate in maintenance review programmes and root‑cause failure analysis.
• Identify cost‑reduction opportunities, propose savings projects and coordinate refurbishment contractors.

Required profile

• Experienced and self‑motivated professional with a background in mechanical maintenance of processing plants.
• Proven ability to supervise mechanical tradespeople and manage day‑to‑day work orders.
• Strong understanding of safety, environmental and quality standards in a mining environment.
• Capability to support project‑to‑operations transition and drive continuous improvement.

Required skills

• SAP work‑order creation and management
• Condition monitoring of rotating equipment
• Vibration analysis and data interpretation
• Root‑cause failure analysis
• Mechanical refurbishment and preventive/corrective maintenance