- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Mining
- Reference: 177628
Vacancy Details
Employer: Ivanhoe Mines
- Bachelor’s Degree (Metallurgy or Chemical Engineering)
- Must have at least 6 years’ experience in in smelting with preference for anode operation
- Must have at least 2 years supervisory experience
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French and Swahili will be considered highly advantageous.
- Kamoa production goals
- Program and project management
- Anode Furnace Management & Processes
- OEM manuals for all relevant equipment
- Operating Safety Protocol
- Software and office
- Sensor, Instrumentation and Data Control System
- Problem solving
- Analytical and systematic
- Risk awareness and management
- Ability to multitask in a complex, dynamic environment
- Customer Service orientation
- Communication and presentation
- Drive and results orientation
- Flexibility and adaptability – think on feet
- Ability to prioritise
- Ability to organise, coordinate
- Detail and quality orientation
- Supervise a world class Smelter function
- Deliver on the Construction & Trial Operation plan
- Collect and Analyse AF Data
- Ensure stock availability to support maintenance and repair plan and possible emergency maintenance needs
- Drive effective problem solving and continuous improvement
- Function as a Processing Technology subject matter expert
- Stakeholder management- Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
- People- Manage self and show up as a good team player
- Finance -Monitor costs or expenses to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste
- Support the Transformation agenda
- HSEQ- Integrate HSEQ into all work processes
- Adhere to and improve reporting processes for the area of responsibility
KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for a Superintendent II, Anode Furnace (AF) Technical
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 kilometers west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometers west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.
Play your part in our team succeeding.....
To provide professional Anode Furnace (AF) technical services and advice, analysis, support and improvement suggestions and solutions in support of anode copper and refining slag production. The incumbent ensures systems are operational and accurate data is collected, and the scope / portfolio of the role includes fault-finding, remedying situations and optimising processes.
You will have the following:
Role Profile Knowledge
Technical Skills
Personal Competencies should include:
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
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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