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Position Description:
Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you! Nevada Gold Mines is looking for a Process Maintenance Technician to join our Turquoise Ridge operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing preventative maintenance and repairs of Ball and SAG mills, gear boxes and agitators, centrifugal pumps, vibrating screens, process crushing and conveying maintenance. At Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world's most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Process Maintenance Supervisor, the Process Maintenance Technician is responsible for the following:
- Responsible for performing preventative maintenance and repairs of Ball and SAG mills, gear boxes and agitators, centrifugal pumps, vibrating screens, process crushing and conveying maintenance
- Perform crushing and conveying maintenance on equipment including, but not limited to: cone, gyratory, and jaw crushers and several types and configurations of conveyor belting structures, both fixed and mobile
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications: - Excellent safety and attendance record required
- Millwright, or similar, with welding and/or mechanical experience required
- Housekeeping standards are maintained to a high level required
- Willing to work in a team-based maintenance organization required
- Demonstrated ability to be self-directed and work with minimum supervision required
- Ability to work in adverse weather conditions required
- Basic knowledge of mechanics, hydraulics, and pneumatics required
- Skilled in mild steel cutting and position welding required
- Ability to lift at least fifty (50) pounds required
- Excellent verbal, written, and radio communication skills required
- Ability to perform the essential functions of this position required
- Experience with conveyors, chutes, crushers, rollers, pulleys, and bearings preferred
- Experience with preventative maintenance and repairs of Ball and SAG mills, gear boxes and agitators, centrifugal pumps, vibrating screens preferred
- Understanding of basic oil analysis, thermography and vibration analysis preferred
- Understanding of precision alignment techniques preferred
- The ability to work a rotating schedule of nights and days is an essential function of this role.
About UsOur mission is to be the world's most valued gold and copper mining business. We are committed to partnering with our host countries and communities to transform their natural resources into tangible benefits and mutual prosperity.
With operating mines and projects in 18 countries, Barrick's highly diversified workforce is drawn almost entirely from our host nations and equipped with world-class skills. We set the gold standard in sustainability by embedding environmental, social and economic considerations into all of our business decisions.
The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX. Learn more at www.barrick.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About the TeamNevada Gold Mines (NGM) is a joint venture between Barrick (61.5%) and Newmont (38.5%) that combined our significant assets across Nevada in 2019 to create the single largest gold-producing complex in the world. NGM produces approximately 3.5 million ounces of gold a year. The massive mining operation comprises eight mines along with their associated infrastructure and processing facilities and hosts three of Barrick's Tier One assets: Carlin, Cortez, and Turquoise Ridge. At NGM, our mission is to be the world's most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and owning the best assets, with the best people, to deliver sustainable returns for our owners and partners.