- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Mining
- Reference: 114206
Vacancy Details
Employer: Ivanhoe Mines
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.
Play your part in our team succeeding....
To organize and coordinate to ensure a safe and effective smelter production process according to production targets. The incumbent supervises senior operators to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Smelter
You will have the following:
• Must have a completed degree with relevant metallurgical engineering majors
• Must have at least 6 years copper smelting experience
• Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French, Swahili, and Mandarin will be considered highly advantageous.
Role specific knowledge
• Smelter production and purification processes
• Troubleshooting (to determine causes of operating errors and establish remedial actions)
• Understanding cross-functional Smelting methodologies specific to the smelter plant
• Production and Smelter Standard Operating Procedures
• Ability to deal with emergencies in the plant
• Coordinate all the HME and LDV machinery
Technical Skills should include:
• Metallurgy knowledge
• Engineering knowledge
• Production knowledge
• Big-scale sulfuric acid production
• Must be able to understand what each plant needs & has worked in each area previously
Personal Competencies should include:
• Problem-solving
• Analytical and systematic
• Integrity and objectivity
• Risk awareness and management
• Coordination & organizing skills
• Drive and results orientation
• Good judgement
Customer Service orientation
• Communication and presentation
• Flexibility and adaptability – think on feet
• Managerial and leadership skills
• Team building capability and Teamwork
• Cultural sensitivity
• Innovative
• Stress Management
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Organize and coordinate the smelter production process to meet monthly and annual production targets
- Support implementation of Dispatch center equipment & commissioning
- Organise and coordinate the smelter production process to meet monthly and annual production targets
- Stakeholder Management - Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
- People Management - Coordinate, monitor and supervise the performance of direct reports
- Finance: Reduce costs and waste
- Transformation: Support the Transformation agenda
- HSEQ: Integrate HSEQ into all work processes
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
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About Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future.
Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa.
The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula
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