- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Mining
- Reference: 86935
Vacancy Details
Employer: Ivanhoe Mines
KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for a Artisan, Mechanic
The Kamoa Copper Mine, is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%). It's a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, at approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.
Play your part in our team succeeding...
By having to maintain, service and repair vehicles to ensure their availability for surface and mining operations. You will need to lead a small group of assistants. The scope/portfolio of this role includes performing planned and preventative maintenance, undertaking backlogged repairs, and attending to breakdowns.
You will have the following:
Be a Qualified Artisan with being
Fluent in French and English having,
Experience in the mining environment is highly advantageous as well as at least
4+ years' relevant experience as an Artisan Mechanic working across a range of tools, techniques and equipment
Preferably you will be:
A Qualified Artisan Mechanic and
OEM (Caterpillar) courses completed and
Being fluent in Swahili is advantageous
You will have advanced skills and knowledge in:
- Yellow machine preventative maintenance and breakdown experience
- Underground experience
- Workshop experience
Technical Skills should include:
- OEM diagnostic tool, machine-specific knowledge and experience
- Diesel, Hydraulics, Auto-electrical skills and experience
Personal Competencies should include:
- Problem solving
- Investigation and inquisitiveness
- Teamwork
- Risk awareness and management
- Customer service orientation
- Technical orientation
- Safety awareness
- Ability to priorities
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
Process: Maintain and repair the Yellow Machine fleet- Undertake planned maintenance and unplanned repairs on the Yellow Machine fleet, ensuring maximum availability for surface and mining
The finer details:
When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers licence and qualifications.
Should you not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.
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About Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future.
Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa.
The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula
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