Diesel Mechanic Jobs – Namakera Mining Company Limited
Job Title: Diesel Mechanic
Organisation: Namakera Mining Company Limited
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Namakera Mining Company Limited is a mining company located in Eastern Uganda near the towns of Mbale and Tororo, approx. 190 km from the Uganda capital, Kampala and close to the border with Kenya. The Namekara Vermiculite deposit is hosted in the Bukusu Complex, one of a number of Carbonatites in the Uganda/Kenya border area and the only one known to host commercially viable vermiculite. Namekara is the registered holder of Mining License ML 4651, upon which it operates the Namakera Vermiculite Mine and conducts exploration activities on the Busumbu Phosphate Project. Namekara is also the registered holder of Exploration License EL 1534 that covers the majority of the Bukusu Complex and which is also considered prospective for vermiculite, phosphate, copper, iron, zircon and rare earths mineralisation.
Job Summary: The Diesel Mechanic will support the mine located in Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The incumbent will be required among other things, to achieve the following;
- Maintain Plant Mobile Equipment.
- All effective repairs and maintenance of company fleet vehicles / trucks and equipment reporting to the workshop supervisor.
- Identifying and solving mechanical problems (fault finding) maintaining high work standards at all times.
- Repairing, and servicing dump and road trucks, wheel loaders, bulldozers, excavators and truck mounted concrete mixers, etc.
- Attending to breakdowns and major overhauls at various sites
- Maintain a safe work environment
- Maintain housekeeping and safety on machines
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate for the Diesel Mechanic should have the following attributes and qualifications;
- Trade tested Diesel Mechanic qualification.
- Five years of experience in hydraulic systems
- Previous experience working in a similar environment preferred.
- Basic knowledge of electrical and pneumatics.
- Bi lingual of which English is one language spoken and written.
- Person must be physically fit to perform physically demanding work.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications together with copies of relevant certificates and CVs to;
The Human Resource Superintendent,
Namekara Site
Manafwa
Email to: vacancies@namekara.com
NB: Any active canvassing will automatically disqualify candidates.
Deadline: 16th March 2018
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