Mill Operator, Tech III

• Maintaining good housekeeping standards

Description:

Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses
• Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work
• Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable
• Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable
• Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations
• Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner
• Using and maintaining PPE
• Providing suggestions for improving work processes
• Assisting Management by supporting change to achieve desired targets
• Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits
• Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job
• Participating in risk assessment methodology
• Participating in safety initiatives
• Receiving training and instruction as required
• Maintaining good housekeeping standards

• Performs pre-shift inspections and operates the following equipment consistent with company and regulatory agency safety standards:
• Apron feeders, conveyors, SAG mills, ball mills, tower mills
• Gravity separation equipment, flotation equipment, thickeners and pressure filters
• Loaders, bulldozers, hydraulic rock breakers, bobcats, forklifts and overhead cranes
• Reagent handling including mixing and transferring of flotation reagents, flocculants, and other water treatment chemicals.
• PLC-based control systems and PC-based supervisory control systems
• Troubleshoots the above equipment to assist maintenance personnel and identify problems in early stages.
• Maintain a clean, hazard free work area
• Conforms with HSEQ standards and practices relating to job assignments; prepares appropriate paperwork and reports relating to production activity, machinery and work area inspections; other duties as assigned by management

Employees must comply with attendance, safety, environmental and HR policies. Successful candidate must demonstrate the following behavioral skills: productive communication, cooperation, productivity, initiative, creativity, dependability

High school graduation or equivalent

Prefer one or more years in a milling environment utilizing grinding and float circuits

While performing the duties of this job, employees may be frequently required to stand, walk or sit for extended periods of time; use hand and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; regularly required to talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Specific vision requirements for this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Able to judge distances and spatial relationships to avoid accidents while working in the mill
• Have clarity of vision while operating machinery, reading gauges, and taking samples
• Have clarity of vision for distances while navigating stairs and access ramps efficiently and safely
• Able to adjust varying points of reference while operating tools and machinery safely
• Able to identify vehicles, machinery, and people in peripheral vision

• Able to clearly communicate with co-workers and supervisors on the radio and in person

• Must wear hearing protection while working in the mill

Employees may be frequently exposed to underground work environments; outside weather…