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The Company focuses on developing and operating mining assets in Ghana while maintaining high standards of equipment reliability, productivity, and environmental responsibility.\n\n ✓ Supercharge Your Job Search Stand out to employers and get the most out of Jobs.com.gh. Complete these 4 quick steps: \n Register as a Candidate or sign in if you already have an account. \n Complete Your Profile Add your professional and contact details. \n Upload or Update Your CV Keep your latest CV ready for applications. \n Upgrade Your CV for Free Use our premium CV templates at no cost. \n Through effective maintenance management, strategic planning, and continuous improvement, Asante Gold Corporation strives to optimise operational performance and ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of its mining and processing facilities.\n\nWelcome to Our Team\nAt Asante Gold Corporation, we recognise that successful shutdowns are essential to maintaining equipment reliability, improving plant performance, and achieving production targets. We foster a collaborative and safety-focused work environment where employees contribute their expertise, take ownership of their responsibilities, and work together to deliver outstanding results.\n\nWe are seeking a proactive, organised, and results-driven Shutdown Coordinator to join our Engineering and Maintenance team in Bibiani, Ghana, on a contract basis.\n\nIn this role, you will coordinate shutdown activities across multiple departments, oversee schedule execution, manage interfaces between maintenance teams and contractors, and ensure that shutdown activities meet approved timelines, budgets, quality standards, and safety requirements.\n\nWe welcome a professional with strong leadership, communication, and coordination skills who can manage competing priorities, resolve operational challenges, and drive continuous improvement throughout the shutdown process.\n\nIf you have a passion for maintenance excellence, effective teamwork, and safe project execution, we encourage you to apply.\n\nJob Purpose\nThe Shutdown Coordinator coordinates and monitors planned shutdown activities to ensure that maintenance work progresses safely, efficiently, and according to approved schedules.\n\nThe role works closely with Shutdown Planners, Maintenance Supervisors, Operations, Engineering, contractors, and other stakeholders to coordinate resources, resolve execution challenges, monitor progress, and minimise schedule delays.\n\nThe successful candidate will also evaluate shutdown performance, identify opportunities for improvement, support incident investigations, and ensure that lessons learned inform future shutdown planning and execution.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nShutdown Planning and Preparation\n\nDevelop a comprehensive shutdown charter that defines the shutdown objectives, scope, timelines, responsibilities, resources, and performance expectations.\n\nCoordinate the development and review of shutdown schedules in collaboration with the Shutdown Planner and relevant departmental teams.\n\nLead scope challenge sessions to validate proposed work, eliminate unnecessary activities, identify critical tasks, and optimise shutdown duration and cost.\n\nConfirm that approved work scopes align with operational priorities, maintenance requirements, equipment criticality, and safety standards.\n\nCoordinate with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractors to confirm readiness before shutdown execution.\n\nEnsure that the responsible teams understand the approved schedule, work scope, resource requirements, and execution priorities.\n\nFacilitate the handover of the approved shutdown schedule to area maintenance teams, contractor supervisors, and other relevant stakeholders.\n\nIdentify potential schedule constraints, resource gaps, material shortages, and execution risks before the shutdown begins.\n\nSupport the development of contingency plans and recovery strategies to address potential delays and operational challenges.\n\nEnsure that shutdown preparation activities align with Company procedures and approved maintenance planning standards.\n\nShutdown Execution and Coordination\n\nCoordinate daily shutdown activities across maintenance, engineering, operations, and contractor teams.\n\nMonitor work progress against the approved shutdown schedule and ensure that teams complete activities within agreed timelines.\n\nLead daily shutdown progress review meetings to assess performance, identify delays, resolve constraints, and agree on corrective actions.\n\nCoordinate work interfaces between departments, contractors, and specialist service providers to minimise conflicts and improve execution efficiency.\n\nMaintain effective communication with supervisors and work teams to ensure that everyone understands daily priorities and schedule changes.\n\nWork closely with the Shutdown Planner to review progress, update schedules, and communicate changes to relevant stakeholders.\n\nIdentify critical-path activities and prioritise work that directly affects shutdown completion.\n\nEscalate schedule risks, resource constraints, technical issues, and other significant delays to the appropriate management personnel.\n\nRecommend and coordinate schedule recovery measures to minimise delays and protect production restart targets.\n\nMonitor contractor performance and ensure that contractors deliver assigned work according to approved scopes, schedules, and Company standards.\n\nEnsure that teams coordinate equipment isolation, work permits, access requirements, and other operational interfaces before executing work.\n\nPromote collaboration and accountability among all personnel involved in shutdown execution.\n\nSafety, Compliance, and Risk Management\n\nPromote a strong safety culture throughout shutdown preparation and execution.\n\nEnsure that shutdown activities comply with applicable legal requirements, Company policies, approved procedures, and site safety standards.\n\nMonitor work activities to identify unsafe conditions, procedural violations, and potential risks, and report concerns promptly to management.\n\nCoordinate with safety personnel and departmental supervisors to ensure that teams implement appropriate risk controls before starting work.\n\nVerify that relevant personnel understand their safety responsibilities, work permits, isolation requirements, and applicable risk assessments.\n\nSupport accident and incident investigations by providing relevant information and coordinating with the appropriate departments.\n\nTrack investigation findings and ensure that assigned corrective and preventive actions are completed by their agreed deadlines.\n\nEscalate significant safety concerns and operational risks through the appropriate reporting channels.\n\nEncourage personnel and contractors to report hazards, near misses, and unsafe practices.\n\nReinforce accountability for safe work execution and compliance with established standards.\n\nShutdown Performance Monitoring and Reporting\n\nTrack daily shutdown progress and compare actual performance against the approved schedule, work plan, budget, and key performance indicators (KPIs).\n\nMonitor schedule adherence, work completion rates, resource utilisation, contractor performance, and emerging execution risks.\n\nIdentify the causes of schedule delays, productivity losses, cost overruns, and other shutdown performance gaps.\n\nCoordinate with the Shutdown Planner and relevant supervisors to maintain accurate and timely progress reports.\n\nProvide management with clear updates on shutdown performance, outstanding work, critical constraints, and anticipated completion dates.\n\nRecommend corrective actions to address performance shortfalls and improve shutdown delivery.\n\nMonitor the implementation and effectiveness of agreed recovery actions.\n\nEnsure that shutdown work completion information and outstanding activities are properly documented.\n\nPrepare a comprehensive shutdown closeout report detailing completed work, schedule performance, cost performance, safety observations, challenges, and lessons learned.\n\nReview shutdown results against approved objectives and identify opportunities to improve future planning and execution.\n\nMaintain accurate records of shutdown activities, progress reviews, decisions, and performance reports.\n\nCost Control and Resource Coordination\n\nMonitor shutdown activities against approved budgets and work plans in collaboration with Maintenance, Planning, and Finance teams.\n\nIdentify activities that may create unnecessary expenditure, resource wastage, or avoidable schedule extensions.\n\nCoordinate the effective utilisation of personnel, equipment, tools, materials, and contractor resources.\n\nEscalate resource shortages and other constraints that could affect shutdown delivery.\n\nSupport the review of actual shutdown costs against budgeted costs and explain significant variances.\n\nRecommend practical measures to improve resource utilisation, reduce avoidable expenditure, and strengthen cost control.\n\nWork with relevant departments to resolve procurement, logistics, and material availability issues that may affect scheduled work.\n\nEncourage efficient execution without compromising safety, quality, or equipment integrity.\n\nLeadership, Communication, and Stakeholder Management\n\nEstablish clear communication channels among Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Planning, contractors, and other stakeholders.\n\nFacilitate coordination meetings to communicate priorities, resolve issues, and maintain alignment throughout the shutdown.\n\nProvide guidance and support to supervisors and work teams to help them execute assigned responsibilities effectively.\n\nEnsure that employees and contractors have the information, skills, knowledge, and tools required to perform their duties safely.\n\nIdentify training and capability gaps and coordinate appropriate support with relevant departmental leaders.\n\nPromote teamwork, accountability, professional conduct, and timely decision-making.\n\nAddress operational disagreements constructively and escalate unresolved issues when necessary.\n\nMaintain effective working relationships with personnel from different technical disciplines and cultural backgrounds.\n\nCommunicate schedule changes, emerging risks, and recovery actions promptly to affected stakeholders.\n\nEncourage a collaborative environment in which teams share lessons learned and contribute to better shutdown outcomes.\n\nContinuous Improvement and Shutdown Closeout\n\nLead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen shutdown planning, coordination, and execution.\n\nReview shutdown performance data to identify recurring delays, ineffective processes, and opportunities to improve productivity.\n\nCapture lessons learned from completed shutdowns and incorporate them into future planning and 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