Contracts Officer | Mining Career at FQM, Kansanshi,Solwezi, Zambia

August 29, 2020September 4, 2020 Janet

Overall Job Purpose

The Contracts Officer will perform day to day processing of service orders and contract requests. The Contracts officer will assist the Contracts Superintendent with any tasks as and when required.

Specific Job Responsibility

The Contracts Officer will:

Process all labour/ equipment and construction requests
Co-ordinate shut down labour and plant hire with planners
Work with planners on a daily basis in obtaining competitive pricing from suppliers
Work with technical personnel to prepare tenders
Check and confirm all plant and labour time sheets/ machine hours
Respond to supplier and end user enquiries regarding plant and labour hire
Float tenders and perform tender adjudication
Maintain physical and electronic contract archives
Run cost reduction exercises on contracted plant and labour
Ensure contractors are compliant with statutory requirements
Perform any other task as directed by the Contracts Superintendent or Commercial Manager

Job Specific Competencies

Must be able to work under pressure dealing with multiple tasks at once
Must have a good working knowledge of procurement and supply chain management
Technical experience with metal fabrication, construction and equipment maintenance is advantageous.
Must be able to keep up to date with statutory compliance requirements; a good knowledge of relevant legislation is key.
Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Must have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to navigate an accounting package or enterprise resource planning software.
Must have a good understanding of Microsoft Excel.

Key Job Attributes

The Contracts Officer will need to be a hard worker and quick thinker who can find a solution to all challenges faced by the department. The contracts officer must have the highest level of integrity to ensure all dealings with contractors are done in a fair and transparent manner. Attributes:

Interpersonal skills / Communication
Team player
Action Oriented
Work with minimal supervision
Honesty / Integrity
Problem Solving
Creative thinker

Experience required to perform in this job

Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a similar industry / environment, covering the areas of:

Mining
Procurement
Contracts
Planning
Some experience in construction, metal fabrication or equipment repair
Accounting

Qualifications

Bachelors in a business related course or technical related field with 4 years’ experience
or a diploma in a business related field or technical field with 5 years working experience.
Zambian Institute of Purchasing and Supply Member, advantageous.

Deadline: 31 August 2020 | Apply Now

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