KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for a Senior Superintendent I, Operational Risk Control
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.
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To ensure operational resilience and prevent high-consequence events that could halt production, endanger lives, or create existential business risk. The incumbent is accountable for shifting the culture from reactive to predictive risk management and drives the organization's early warning system and crisis prevention function.
You will have the following:
- Must hold an Engineering degree (Mining, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering preferred)
- Must hold a recognised in risk management certification (e.g., CMIIA, CRMA, or similar international credential
- A post graduate qualification in Risk Management, Safety Management, or MBA with risk specialization, is preferred
- Must have at least of 15- 20 years’ experience working in a mining environment
- Must have at least 10 years operational background experience.
- Must have with at least 5- 8 years Risk/Assurance Leadership with demonstrated experience building risk frameworks in mining or heavy industry
- Must have at least 8 years Substantial African mining experience and proven ability to operate in challenging regulatory and infrastructure environments
- Must have experience navigating complex stakeholder landscapes - government relations, community engagement, security considerations
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French and Swahili will be considered a strong advantage.
Role Specific Knowledge
- DRC legislation
- Influencing senior leadership on risk matters
- Able to command respect from technical teams
- Investigating significant incident and implementing systemic controls that prevent recurrence
- Establish early warning system
- Building risk frameworks
Technical Skill
- Expertise with hands-on mining (mine manager, production manager, or senior engineering roles)
- Underground or open-pit operations, ground control, and geotechnical engineering
- Enterprise risk management systems and crisis management
- Technical standards, mine planning, logistics
Personal Competencies should include
- Analytical and systematic
- Integrity and objectivity
- Risk awareness and management
- Tough and assertive
- Organisational skills
- Technical Credibility and Confidence
- Moral Courage
- Flexibility and adaptability – think on feet
- Negotiation skills
- Doing the right thing against all odds
- Systems Intelligence
- Influencing Without Authority
- DRC Operating Context Awareness
- Cultural intelligence
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Process: Drive Operational Risk Management
- Establish and implement an effective and measurable Operational Risk function
- Integrated Risk Intelligence & Early Warning
- Operational Assurance & Critical Controls
- Crisis Preparedness & Business Continuity
- Risk Culture & Leadership Influence
- Explicitly define the types of warning signs that demand immediate attention:
- Exercise Decision-making mandates
- Stakeholder Management -Manage relationships with stakeholders to enable optimization of the business value chain
- People - Manage a division that builds people, values difference and creates an inclusive work environment
- Finance - Forecast and manage the approved budget as per Delegation of Authority Matrix
- Transformation - Support the Transformation agenda
- HSEQ - Implement a work ethos that is committed to safeguarding employee safety, health and wellbeing.
- Manage Reporting and Governance and Quality assurance for area of responsibility
- Establish reporting best practice for area of responsibility
- Deploy an integrated risk management, quality assurance, governance, and compliance framework throughout area of responsibility.
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.
