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New Job Opportuinities at First Quantum Minerals Ltd Zambia: Electrical Technical Advisors

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  • Company: First Quantum Minerals Ltd
  • Location: Northwestern Province, Zambia
  • State: Kalumbila
  • Job type: Full-Time
  • Job category: Engineering Jobs in Zambia

Requisition Number: 502376
Contract Type: On-going
Country: Zambia
Location: Kalumbila (140km west of Solwezi)
Site: Sentinel
Categories: Mining

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.

Key responsibilities:

  • Adhere to safe working procedures for all work areas and keep a good safety culture.
  • Provide leadership and mentoring for your subordinates, including on-going training and development, performance management.
  • Ensure your team’s work is of the highest quality with minimal to no re- work, all work areas are free from hazards and maintained to a high standard.
  • Ensure maximum equipment availabilities.
  • Diagnostic fault finding on mechanical, electrical and instrumentation systems.
  • Carry out routine maintenance and repairs to the shovels, while training subordinate employees.
  • Repairing equipment, identifying and scheduling future planned repairs.
  • Work closely with Planners and contribute to preventative maintenance and continuous improvement going forward.
  • Ability to use Root- cause analysis tools in investigating breakdowns and sub-standard performance of equipment.
  • Perform inspections on completed jobs.
  • Maintain a high standard of housekeeping.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in a maintenance role.

  • At least 5 years in a senior supervisory role.
  • Experience in mining or other heavy duty industry.

Experience & Skills:

  • Electrical/ Electronic Trade Qualification (diploma/ degree).
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in heavy mechanical equipment.
  • Solid experience across a broad range of large mining equipment: Liebherr excavators, caterpillar Rope Shovels, Komatsu shovels/ excavators, Caterpillar Drills, Furukawa Drills.
  • Experience on Electric Drives AC/DC, Control and automatization, IT Software and hardware and Networking.
  • Strong focus on continuous improvement.
  • Strong leadership and good skills with ability to delegate and share tasks.
  • Good understanding of production and maintenance strategies for large-scale continuous operating mineral mining equipment.
  • Experience with work permit systems and safe work procedures to control maintenance activities and manage hazards associated with mining industry.
  • Follow the FQML way- bolder, smarter, driven.

Behavioural Traits:

Bolder, smarter, driven.

  • Ability to mentor subordinates.
  • Very good problem-solving skills.

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