KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for a Foreman, 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 kilometers west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometers west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.
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To ensure the processing plant instrumentation is well maintained, gives accurate and true readings, and enables the plant to run at optimal levels for the purposes of business continuity. The incumbent leads a small group of artisans, and the scope / portfolio of this role includes maintaining and replacing instrumentation systems, ensuring their operation, and monitoring the processes that the instruments track.
You will have the following:
- Must have a Diploma in Instrumentation or equivalent
- Must be a trade tested Instrument Technician
- Must have at least 8 years relevant experience installing and monitoring instrumentation equipment, working with relevant software
- Must have at least 8 years’ experience working with SCADA and PLC systems, including associated fault-finding and troubleshooting
- Must have at least 3 years supervisory experience
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French and Swahili will be considered highly advantageous.
Role Profile Knowledge
- Understanding of processes, how machines work
- Ability to mix field work with office/computer work
- Ability to deal with people
Technical Skills
- Experience and understanding of SCADA, PLC, associated fault-finding
- Ability to perform required calculations, some programming
Personal Competencies should include:
- Analytical and systematic
- Risk awareness and management
- Ability to prioritise
- Ability to provide instruction, direction
- People skills
- Ability to motivate
- Resilience and calm under pressure
- Detail and quality orientation
- Ability to plan
- Technical orientation
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Ensure instrumentation equipment is operating for the benefit of processing
- Ensure instrumentation equipment is performing as required
- Drive effective problem solving and function as an Instrumentation subject matter expert
- Stakeholder management- Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
- People - Coordinate, monitor and supervise the performance of direct reports
- Finance - Monitor costs or expenses within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste
- Transformation - Support the Transformation agenda
- HSEQ- Integrate HSEQ into all work processes
- Reporting and Governance and Quality
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
