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• Company: Lubambe Copper Mine
• Location: Zambia
• State: Copperbelt
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Engineering Jobs in Zambia

Lubambe Copper Mine is located within the Greater Konkola Area of the Zambian Copperbelt and consists of a large – scale mining license covering an area of approximately 228 square kilometers.

Completed and commissioned in 2012, Lubambe is an underground operation supported by a shaft and decline access with a 2.5 million tonne per annum capacity ore concentrator. The mine’s current depth is 450meters producing a high-grade copper concentrate which is then treated at Zambian smelters.

The mine currently employs 1, 125 direct employees, a further 800 contractors. It places the highest priority on safety with a world-class safety system.

Supporting local communities and suppliers is a key business focus of the mine.

EMR Capital owns an 80% controlling interest in Lubambe while ZCCM-IH owns 20%.

The Mine seeks to employ experienced and qualified individuals in the following position:

GEOLOGY SUPERINTENDENT (X1)

This position reports to the Technical Services Manager.

Core Purpose of the Position

Acquire, validate, provide all geological drilling information and conduct QA/AC activities on all pre-evaluation input data. Manage and control all drilling costs and activities.

Key Performance Areas/Indicators (KPA/Is):

• Plan and formulate all geological resource delineation holes and issue layouts.
• Generate geological drilling schedules and communicate the schedules to mine planning on a weekly and or monthly basis.
• Monitoring all geological delineation, hanging wall and cover drilling activities.
• Supervise all geological drilling activities and effectively communicate with all drillers (Lubambe and contractors).
• Conduct rig checks for safety, adherence to safe working standards.
• Monitor all geological drilling costs.
• Effective communication and planning with Survey department on collar surveys, camera surveys and collar stake out.
• Geological logging, sampling and despatch to the analytical lab of all diamond drilled core and face samples.
• Implement and conduct QA/QC on all resulting geological samples.
• Attend weekly production meeting to address issues delaying diamond drilling and highlight risks to business plan.
• Calculate, tabulate and document the drilling accuracy and compliance report.
• Manage yearly updates to the JORC Resource.
• Create and maintain local geological grade models.

Academic Qualifications and Experience

• A University Degree in Geology obtained from a recognised institution
• Member of the EIZ & GSZ or any other recognized geological professional body
• Minimum 10 years’ experience – underground mining geology- A must
• A knowledge of 3D geological/mine planning software preferably Datamine, Deswik and Surpac.
• A good knowledge of Microsoft word packages like word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Working with minimum supervision.
• Should be of a sober character

 

Method of Application

Applicants who meet the above requirements are invited to send their Curriculum Vitae in MS word format to [email protected]. The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 22^nd December 2020

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.