Artisan Electrician Job: First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Requisition Number: 506922
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Country: Zambia
Location: Solwezi
Site: Kansanshi
Categories: Engineering, Power Plant
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has grown from a small mineral operation in Zambia into a multinational mining business in less than two decades, with a global portfolio of copper and nickel assets in Europe, Africa, Australia, and South America. This phenomenal growth is down to FQM people who have strived to be Bolder, Smarter and Driven in everything they do.
In March 2013, First Quantum Minerals acquired Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian-based mining company primarily producing copper and zinc from mines in Finland, Spain, and Turkey, with also a major copper deposit under development in Panama, known as Cobre Panama. The combination of the First Quantum and Inmet assets has created one of the world’s leading copper producers with a geographically diversified portfolio of high-quality operations and development projects in eight countries across five continents.
With a strategic plan to produce more than 1 million tonnes per annum of copper within five years, the Company is poised to become the largest, widely-held pure-play copper producer and one of the top five copper producers in the world.
The holder of this position will be required to adhere to all relevant requirements, policies, procedures and legal regulations pertaining to health, safety, environment and quality, as well as finance, human resources, and any other regulations as required by the company and relevant to the level of the role and responsibilities of the function.
- Assemble, install and test-run the installed or repaired equipment to ensure it is in sound operating condition before surrendering it to the users.
- Carry out a diagnosis of defective items in order to determine the nature, extent, and cause of faults.
- Dismantle, modify, rehabilitate, recondition or replace defective components so as to restore equipment back to its original status.
- Observe safety regulations during operations to avoid accidents.
- Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
- Minimum Grade 12 Certificate
- Craft Certificate in Electrical
Experience
- Three (3) years experience
Behavioural Traits
- High physical skills to install, repair and assemble equipment.
- Bold initiative
- Thinking safely
- Upholding quality
- Technical skill
- Driving quantity
- Driving attendance
Applications close: 25 Jul 2019 FLE Daylight Time