- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Mining
- Reference: 170071
Vacancy Details
Employer: Ivanhoe Mines
KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for Superintendent I, Control and Instrumentation
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 manage and maintain all Control and Instrumentation equipment within the relevant smelter plant. The incumbent supervises specialists, and the scope/portfolio of this role includes all maintenance, efficiency and improvement of all control and instrumentation equipment for the plant
You will have the following:
- Must have a Degree in Control &Instrumentation, automation engineering or equivalent
- Must have at least 8-years' relevant smelter C&I experience.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory position
- Fluency in business English required. French, Mandarin or Swahili advantageous
You will have advanced skills and knowledge in:
- Entire Smelter operations, equipment, machines, C&I and infrastructure
- Troubleshooting to determine causes of operating errors and establish remedial actions
- Understanding C&I and automation equipment
- Programming and configuration of instrumentation
- Production and Smelter Standard Operating Procedures and process
- Ability to deal with emergencies in the plant
Technical Skills should include:
- C&I knowledge
- Electrical safety
- Programming and configuring equipment
- Production knowledge
- CAD, CAXA (Schematics) and PCS7 (Data control system)
Personal Competencies should include:
- Problem solving
- Analytical and systematic
- integrity and objectivity
- Risk awareness and management
- Commercial orientation
- Coordination skills
- Drive and results orientation
- Good judgment
- Customer Service orientation
- Communication and presentation
- Flexibility and adaptability - think on feet
- Managerial and leadership skills
- Team building capability and teamwork
- Cultural sensitivity
- Innovative
- Stress Management
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to
- Manage and maintain all control and instrumentation equipment to ensure safe and efficient operations of the smelter.
- Consult on, supervise and implement Control and Instrumentation (C&I) equipment design, construction & commissioning
- Inspect, Manage and Maintain C&I equipment
- Drive effective problem-solving and continuous improvement
- Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
- Coordinate, monitor and supervise the performance of direct reports
- Monitor costs or expenses within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste
- Integrate HSEQ into all work processes
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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