- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Mining
- Reference: 167376
Vacancy Details
Employer: Ivanhoe Mines
KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for a Senior Superintendent I, LOM Capex / Opex Planning Engineer
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....
To create and optimize Life of Mine medium- and short-term CAPEX and OPEX requirements, prioritise projects/capital expenditure and develop strategic extraction options to achieve KCSA strategic objectives.
You will have the following:
- Must have a degree in Mining Engineering
- A Post Graduate degree in Mine Planning and Optimisation is an added advantage
- Must have at least 8 years’ experience in LOM (Long Term Planning) and Mid-term mine planning
- Must have at least 6 years’ experience in building and implementing the OPEX/CAPEX modelling
- Must have at least 8 years underground mining experience
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Working knowledge of French will be considered highly advantageous
Role Specific Knowledge
- DRC legislation
- Kamoa strategic imperatives
- Program and project management
- Management skills
- Mine Planning
- Building opex and capex models
- Building equipment and manning models
- Building financial models
- Strategic Planning
Technical Skill
- Short term Mine planning skills and experience
- Medium term Mine planning skills and experience
- Long term Mine planning skills and experience
- Advanced level experience of mine planning software’s such as Deswik and 5DPlanner for mine design, production scheduling and schedule optimizations
- Survey background
- Basic understanding of Survey, Rock Engineering, Hydrology and Ventilation
- Geology and sampling knowledge
- Competent in mine financial systems and related legislation
- Advanced Computer literacy for role - MS Office Software
- Policy development
- Financial modeling and evaluation
- Mining opex and capex models
- Mine Planning and Optimisation
Personal Competencies should include
- Problem solving
- Intrapersonal maturity
- Ability to Influence, persuade and negotiate
- Analytical and systematic
- Integrity and objectivity
- Risk awareness and management
- Strategic Planning
- Financial modelling and Financial Management
- Customer Service orientation
- Communication and presentation
- Drive and results orientation
- Flexibility and adaptability – think on feet
- Integrity and objectivity
- Risk awareness and management
- Business Acumen
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- To create and optimize LOM, medium- and short-term CAPEX and OPEX requirements
- Implement the Mine Planning Strategy and effective and efficient Mine Planning structures, policies, plans and governance structures
- Manage and oversee Contractors and service providers
- Drive effective problem solving and continuous improvement
- Function as a Mine Planning subject matter expert
- Stakeholder Management - Manage relationships with stakeholders to enable optimisation of the business value chain
- People - Manage self and show up as a good team player
- Finance - Forecast, secure and manage the budget as per Delegation of Authority Matrix
- Transformation - Manage transformation in terms of people, automation / digitisation and sustainability and provide timely and robust change management to underpin initiatives
- HSEQ - Implement a work ethos that is committed to safeguarding employee safety, health and wellbeing
- Manage Reporting and Governance and Quality assurance for area of responsibility
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' license 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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