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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The Senior Superintendent I – Hydrogeology Mine is responsible for the operational leadership, coordination, technical management, and optimization of all hydrogeological activities associated with the KCSA underground mining operation.
The role supports a technically complex underground mine environment characterized by:
- Extremely high underground water inflows
- High-pressure aquifer systems
- Challenging and variable ground conditions
- Structurally complex and highly undulating orebody geometry
- Rapidly changing mining conditions
- Continuous mine plan adjustments
The incumbent is accountable for ensuring the effective identification, monitoring, prediction, depressurization, control, and management of underground water risks to support safe, continuous, and optimized mining operations.
The position plays a critical role in integrating hydrogeological considerations into short-term and operational mine planning processes, ensuring that mine plans remain aligned with groundwater conditions, aquifer behavior, dewatering capabilities, and evolving geological conditions.
The role is also responsible for managing hydro cover drilling programs, aquifer depressurization systems, dewatering infrastructure planning, groundwater monitoring systems, and water risk mitigation strategies to minimize operational disruptions and ensure safe underground mining
You will have the following:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Hydrogeology, Geology, Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, or related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualification in Hydrogeology or Groundwater Engineering
- Minimum 10–15 years’ experience in underground mine hydrogeology, managing hydrogeology teams and contractors in large-scale, complex mechanized underground mining operations
- Experience integrating hydrogeology into long-term mine planning.
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French and Swahili will be considered highly advantageous.
Technical Skills should include:
- Advanced hydrogeological interpretation skills.
- Strong understanding of groundwater flow and aquifer systems.
- Expertise in underground mine dewatering systems.
- Knowledge of hydrogeological drilling and testing methods.
- Strong groundwater monitoring and data analysis capabilities.
- Understanding of geological structures influencing groundwater behavior.
- Strong operational risk management capability.
- Mine water management expertise.
- Groundwater modelling knowledge.
- Experience with:
- Leapfrog Hydro or equivalent
- MODFLOW or groundwater modelling software
- GIS platforms
- Deswik / Datamine / Vulcan / Surpac
- Hydrogeological monitoring systems
- Microsoft Office Suite
Role skills
- Financial Management
- Contractor management and Contracts Management
- Technical report writing and review
Extensive experience in:
- High water inflow underground mines
- Aquifer depressurization
- Dewatering systems
- Hydrogeological drilling
- Groundwater monitoring
- Underground water risk management
- Experience in large-scale mechanized underground mining operations.
- Experience working in structurally complex underground environments.
- Strong operational experience integrating hydrogeology into active mine planning processes
Personal Competencies should include:
- Operational leadership
- Technical problem solving
- Decision-making under pressure
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Stakeholder communication
- Risk management
- Planning and coordination
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Emergency response coordination
- Communication and presentation
- Flexibility and adaptability – think on feet
- Ability to work under pressure
- Results driven
- Analytical and systematic
- Integrity and objectivity
- Risk awareness and management
- Project Management
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Enable the Hydrogeology department to achieve departmental objectives
- Provide Hydrogeology Leadership & Operational Support
- Manage Underground Water Inflow & Hydrogeological Risks
- Coordinate Dewatering Planning & Infrastructure Management
- Lead Hydro Cover Hole Drilling & Aquifer Depressurization activities
- Manage Hydrogeological Monitoring & Data Management systems
- Support Integration with Mine Planning
- Conduct Geological Structure & Water Risk Investigations
- Lead Groundwater Modelling & Forecasting
- Manage Hydrogeological Risk & Emergency Response Activities
- 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
- Manage Reporting & Technical Governance
The Finer Detail
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
