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.
Play your part in our team succeeding……
Responsible for leading and integrating all short-term mine planning and technical services functions to support safe, efficient, and optimized underground mining operations. The role ensures mine plans remain aligned with LOM / Medium term plans as well as changing orebody conditions, operational constraints, geotechnical requirements, ventilation demands, and water management challenges. The incumbent drives operational performance through continuous plan optimization, technical governance, reconciliation, and real-time decision-making to maximize production efficiency, minimize dilution and risk, and support sustainable underground mine execution.
You will have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or related discipline.
- Professional registration with a recognized engineering body preferred.
- Master’s degree in mining engineering or Technical Services-related field
- Minimum 12–15 years underground mining managing multidisciplinary technical teams in high-production underground mining environments. Extensive experience in Short-term mine planning, underground technical services, survey management, Geotechnical engineering, Ventilation engineering, Mine reconciliation and Operational optimization.
- The ideal candidate will have strong experience in highly variable orebody environments, Wet underground mines with significant water inflow, Challenging geotechnical conditions and Mechanized underground mining operations
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French and Swahili will be considered highly advantageous.
Technical Skills should include:
- Deswik, Datamine, Vulcan, Surpac, MineRP, Ventilation software (Ventsim or equivalent), CAD platforms, GIS systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Data analytics and reporting platforms
- Underground mine planning expertise.
- Geotechnical engineering principles.
- Ventilation engineering knowledge.
- Mine survey and spatial analysis capabilities.
- Mine reconciliation and performance analysis.
- Understanding of hydrogeological impacts on underground mining.
- Mine production systems and constraints.
Role Specific Knowledge:
- Exposure to the total value chain of mining
- Mining across the mineral spectrum
- Strategy interpretation and translation
- Integration of the long-term planning with strategic direction
- Technical report writing
- Short-term mine planning
- Underground technical services
- Survey management
- Geotechnical engineering
- Ventilation engineering
- Mine reconciliation
- Operational optimization
- Highly variable orebody environments
- Wet underground mines with significant water inflow
- Challenging geotechnical conditions
- Mechanized underground mining operations
- Multidisciplinary technical team management.
Personal Competencies should include:
- Problem solving
- Operational leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Decision-making under pressure
- Technical problem solving
- Team development and coaching
- Stakeholder engagement
- Change management
- Conflict resolution
- Performance management
- Goal orientated [drive for results]
- Cultural sensitivity
- Influencing and persuasion skills
- Analytical
- Rational and objective
- Decision-making skills [balance data and information with timely decisions]
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Project Management skills
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Lead and integrate all short-term mine planning and technical services functions
- Lead Technical Services Integration & Operational Coordination
- Manage Short-Term Mine Planning & Scheduling
- Drive Orebody Alignment & Dynamic Plan Optimization
- Oversee Underground Survey Management
- Lead Geotechnical Engineering & Ground Stability Management
- Manage Ventilation Engineering & Optimization
- Coordinate Water Inflow & Wet Mine Condition Management Support
- Drive Operational Performance Analysis & KPI Management
- Drive Continuous Improvement & Operational Optimizatio
- Stakeholder management: Drive relationships with stakeholders to enable optimisation of the business value chain
- People - Manage a division that values differences and creates an inclusive work environment.
- Finance: Forecast, secure and manage the budget as per Delegation of Authority Matrix
- Drive transformation in terms of people, automation/digitization and sustainability and provide timely and robust change management to underpin initiatives
- HSEQ: Embed and drive a work ethos that is committed to safeguarding employee safety, health and wellbeing
- Manage Reporting, Governance and Quality Assurance for area of responsibility
- Deploy an integrated risk management, governance and compliance framework throughout area of responsibility
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
