Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 22, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Requisition Number: 507045
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Country: Zambia
Location: Kalumbila (140km west of Solwezi)
Site: Sentinel
Categories: Mining
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has grown from a small mineral operation in Zambia into a multinational mining business in less than two decades, with a global portfolio of copper and nickel assets in Europe, Africa, Australia and South America. This phenomenal growth is down to FQM people who have strived to be Bolder, Smarter and Driven in everything they do.
In March 2013, First Quantum Minerals acquired Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian-based mining company primarily producing copper and zinc from mines in Finland, Spain and Turkey, with also a major copper deposit under development in Panama, known as Cobre Panama. The combination of the First Quantum and Inmet assets has created one of the world’s leading copper producers with a geographically diversified portfolio of high-quality operations and development projects in eight countries across five continents.
With a strategic plan to produce more than 1 million tonnes per annum of copper within five years, the Company is poised to become the largest, widely-held pure-play copper producer and one of the top five copper producers in the world. .

Key Responsibilities:
• Support compliance with all statutory, FQM Sentinel standards and procedures, through development of equipment strategic operation.
• Ensure risks are identified and managed and a safe working environment is maintained.
• Ensure maintenance activities are conducted in accordance with all statutory obligations.
• Ensure all registered equipment operating in the mine is fully complaint with statutory regulations
• Ensure all operating plant is maintained in a safe condition.
• Ensure all statutory inspections are included in the area yearly plans and overseas and develop the maintenance information system to ensure that data collection and validation supports operating and report requirement.
• Ensure statutory inspections are completed according to schedule.
• Providing reliability and engineering support for RNO electrical department to improve electrical equipment availability in order to achieve the strategic plans and objectives of the business.
• Developing and coordinating plant condition monitoring and inspection programs, making full use of available advances in Risk Based Integrity management systems and standards.
• Providing Engineering support to electrical department.
• Initiate failure analysis and support to the electrical department
• Approve SWI’s and make sure it complies with Zambian Statutory regulations.
• To keep all electrical drawings updated.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications:
• Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent field experience in mine site maintenance and project management.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Experience & Skills:
• Experience in the use of a recognized CMMS
• Must be computer literate i.e Ms Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Must have good communication skills in English language with an emphasis on writing skills
• At least 5 years maintenance engineering experience in the mining /mineral processing industry
• Relevant field experience in mine site maintenance and project manangement
Experience & Skills:
• Able to set direction and a self- starter
• Able to work semi- autonomously
• Results driven and pays attention to detail
• Engages others and develops team to strive towards strategics goals
• Learns quickly from past experience and offers guidance to others
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with people at all levels of the organisation
• Good organizer and resource allocator

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