Mine Overseer | Mining Career at Kamoa Copper SA, Ivanhoe Mines, DRC

Requisition Number: 241/KAMA/VG/Mine Overseer/Congo, Republic Of The/160920  | Country: DRC | Contract Type: Permanent | Location: Congo,DRC | Categories: Mining

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Introduction…

KAMOA Copper is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Mine Overseer to join our dynamic team.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Under the direction of the Mine Manager, is responsible to ensure that all construction/mining work under his/her control is performed in a safe and efficient manner, he/she is also responsible for the safe operation and control of the underground working of the mine.

Minimum Requirements…

Qualifications Required:

• BS in science, engineering, mining or related technical discipline and/or equivalent combination of education and experience,
• And/or Mine Overseer’s certificate.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fluency in English
• Post-graduate qualification in mining related course

Skills / Competencies:

• Safety training
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 10 years HS experience in the mining industry or related field, to include surface and/or underground mining operations.

Personal Competencies and Characteristics:

• Emotional intelligence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Passion of Health and Safety
• Fluency in English
• Problem solver with creativity, persistence, and initiative; self-motivated.
• Honesty, trustworthiness and a sense of urgency and responsibility
• Shows respect of all persons regardless of status, gender, national identity or tribal affiliation.
• Ability to work in a team environment, and willingness to train and provide supervision as needed.

Job Specification…

Work Description

• The Mine overseer is responsible to ensure that all construction/mining work under his/her control is performed in a safe and efficient manner. He/she is also responsible for the safe operation and control of the underground working of the mine. This is achieved through leadership and supervision of a team of subordinates under his/her control, proper planning and implementation of systems to control the work output and work quality of his/her subordinates. This must be done according best practices, regulations, company standards and procedures and all legal requirements relevant to the tasks

Technical Work Responsibilities

• Thorough knowledge of equipment under his control as well as construction procedures

Core Work Outputs

• Safety of all personnel working on the mine
• Shaft repair/upgrade construction, underground civil and mining construction KPI`s are achieved as per schedule.
• Good employee relations
• Effective administration of systems

Assist Management in developing a construction and mining schedule and direct and control subordinates to achieve the schedule

• Assist Management in developing a construction plan as required and to strive to achieve objectives.
• Plan up to 6 months ahead so that material can arrive on site timeously
• Liaise with the Management team regarding daily, weekly and monthly progress to plan
• Oversee that all work practices are executed in compliance with legal requirements and best practices/company policy and procedures
• Regularly communicate progress against plan to piers and subordinates
• Oversee the quality of workmanship and conduct regular inspections around his/her area of responsibility
• Apply discipline as per company policies and procedures.

Mine construction/refurbishment

• Plan and coordinate daily, weekly and monthly work requirements and priorities with subordinates (planned work, new installations and shut downs)
• Allocate labour resources and equipment to schedule and priority activities so as to maintain and ensure high levels of labour, and construction standards
• Chairing start of shift meetings discussing the task for the shift and safety requirements
• Attending General Safety meeting and giving feedback to team
• Stop and repair area/equipment as soon as possible after problem is identification
• Investigation of incidents/accidents in his/her area of responsibility (find root causes and sort out timeously)
• Ensure procedures are followed – doing planned task observations on a regular basis
• Liaise with the other Supervisors to ensure that any problems that could overlap with other sections/shifts are pro-actively identified and resolved
• Oversee the development of a healthy spirit of cooperation between all departments
• Monitor progress in all areas of his/her responsibility to identify any possible problems or risk areas to the schedule
• Accompany superiors as required on inspections and audits within his/her area of responsibility.
• Take charge in your area of responsibility
• Conduct regular inspections on all works (over inspections on planned jobs and repairs to set standards/legal requirements) to ensure safety and maintenance of technical standards
• Control costs to achieve maximum availability at lowest expense by
• Stop unnecessary overtime
• Purchasing of good quality equipment
• Have tools necessary for the job available
• Update work instructions

Administration of necessary systems

• Compile accurate reports
• Ensure that required job instructions are available to employees
• Implement and maintain applicable Safety, Regulations, The Act, Codes of practices, procedures and standards
• Complete safety, injury, hazard, risk and incident reports
• Conduct required meetings including safety.
• Establish procedures for abnormal work requirements which fall outside of standard procedures
• Ensure that accurate labour records including overtime worked are maintained
• Ensure that all the data captured on the operational and technical management information and control systems are accurate and timeous
• Prepare ad-hoc reports for management or other information customers
• Apply and comply to KCSA’s safety program
• Assist and participate in Risk Management Processes
• Completion of audit administration
• Ensure that engineering administration requirements are complied with
• Regularly review operational and technical data to extract trends, identify problems and compile management reports

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Deadline: 30 September 2020

Should you do not hear from us after 20 working days please consider your application unsuccessful