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Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job description:
Overall Job Purpose:
As a key member of the Process team and reporting into the Manager Process Plant, the Superintendent Technical is accountable to define & implement the plant process strategy and measure & report on plant process performance, to maximise production and minimise costs while ensuring operational sustainability; The technical ‘process owner’; The role has a focus on daily-monthly optimisation.

Specific Job Responsibilities:
• Understand and execute accountabilities of legal appointment under Zambian Mining Regulations.
• The role has accountability for the metallurgical laboratories.
• The role has operations personnel accountability for Metallurgical Laboratory, Metallurgy, Met Accounting and Projects.
• Maintain HSE standards and ensure strict compliance within section;
• Ensure all Safety and Environmental incidents are addressed & reported promptly.
• Maintain a very high standard of Laboratory housekeeping.
• Define and implement the plant metallurgical process strategy.
• Consistently deliver and exceed the main KPI of (i)timely & accurate met-accounting, (ii) provide detailed technical direction for optimised plant control, (iii) identify, validate & develop process improvements, and (iv) provide timely and accurate plant laboratory outputs.
• Directly participate in the daily to monthly work activities of the processing plant, serving as technical support to operations personnel to enhance performance.
• Monitor, control and report on plant and process performance indicators;
• Ensure the diagnosis of process performance is conducted, focusing on identifying root cause, and implementation of both corrective and preventative measures.
• Constantly seek out innovative solutions for plant problems.
• Manage, track and report continuous improvement activities to deliver improved process performance.
• Introduce new real time instruments to improve the automation within the Process Plant, drive strong digitalization initiatives.
• Participate to metallurgical surveys in large scales and develop team in understanding the plant performance in details.
• From a Technical perspective, own, drive and support the commissioning, start-up and ramp-up efforts.
• Design and execute test-work to determine optimal operating conditions.
• Review plant design, scope and develop justification for capital upgrades.
• Manage the interaction between the Processing and Mining Technical Services (geologists etc.) on ore quality, blending plans and performance.
• Ensure short and long term equipment maintenance plans and schedules are in place for Laboratory to maintain availability and precision.
• Ensure strong integration of Technical section members into operating ‘team’ environments.
• Implement the structure, manning levels and resources to deliver Technical section component of operations plan.
• Lead the Technical team, composed of expatriates, nationals and external consultants, to consistently deliver and exceed expectations.
• Maintain staff development and training programs, particularly skills transfer and coaching to the national staff.
• Identify and actively manage succession planning for key roles.
• Contribute to the quarterly and annual operations production budget/forecasts.
• Prepare the annual Technical operations budget and provide quarterly forecasts.
• Control, report and reduce operational costs.
• Implement FQM Way culture across the Technical team – “Smarter, Bolder, Driven, Together;”.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Manager Processing Plant.

Job Specific Competencies:
• Proven experience in the mentoring and development of metallurgical teams as well as interpersonal skills to influence operational leaders.
• Excellent leadership, motivational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to assemble data and provide clear and accurate operational performance reports in both an upward and downward direction.
• Proven success and experience in mentoring and training
• Building successful teams.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Strong ability to create a high-performing team environment.
• Ability to build strategic work relationships.
• Quick decision making with clear communication to the area leaders.

Key Job Attributes:
• Commitment to SHEC performance.
• Good leadership and motivational skills, and get work done through others;
• Strong drive and personal sense of ownership and accountability.
• Strong ability to task assign, build working relations and coordinate different operating disciplines to create a “team” environment.
• Excellent cognitive and analytical skills for identifying process shortfalls, bottlenecks and implementing metallurgical testing.
• Affinity to supervise technical research, direct and train metallurgical engineers and technicians.
• Accustomed to carrying out advanced calculations and possess ability to analyse and understand highly complex and statistical metallurgical data;
• Excellent understanding of complex metallurgical information, process improvement and control strategies.
• Possess management discipline and perseverance to develop and implement medium to long range plans.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to assemble data and provide clear and accurate operational performance reports in both an upward and downward direction.
• Ability to maintain self-discipline within a stressful environment;
• Be diligent and thorough in approach.
• Be enthusiastic and pro-active in manner.
• Computer fluency is a must.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• English language fluency.

Experience required to perform in this job:
• A minimum of 12 years’ experience in metallurgical process operations in large, complex metallurgical process operations within a multinational mining company.
• Extensive experience in strong technical metallurgist / engineering roles with specific experience in base metal crushing/milling & flotation circuits.
• Exposure to flotation plant design and/or metallurgical optimization.

Qualifications:
• Minimum of Degree in Chemical Engineering, Extractive Metallurgy or Mineral Processing or related field.
• Strong experience in metallurgical and especially operational roles with specific experience in copper, crushing/milling & flotation circuits.
• Excellent cognitive and analytical skills with ability to carry out advanced calculations and analyse and understand highly complex and statistical metallurgical data.
• Strong computer skills.
• Eligibility for membership of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ), and to hold relevant legal appointment as defined by the Mining Regulations of Zambia.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 144

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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