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Cost Control Officer |
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Posted 2019-04-08 01:26:57
Lumwana Mining Company Limited
(LMC), a copper mining company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in
the North Western region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt
and 95 km south west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit,
multi staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum
and producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of
copper metal per year over a twenty (20) year mine life, making Lumwana the
largest single open cut copper mine in Africa. The Company is now looking for
an experienced and qualified individual to be considered for the position
of Cost Control Officer.
Role
Summary
Reporting to the Business
Systems Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating and
monitoring cost controls and liaising with the Maintenance Superintendents
regarding their respective expenditure. Your duties will include but not
limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing
a tracking method to track all expenditure for Maintenance.
- Create a detailed budget
that accounts for estimated expenditure.
- Responsible for variance
analysis and feed back to Business Systems Supervisor immediately.
- Keep a record of all
expenditure and enforce the agreed budget and does not approve excess
expenditure.
- The cost controller must
track current spending in relation to agreed budget.
- Conduct purchase order and
work order auditing.
- Responsible for archiving
all relevant documents.
- Assist in preparing
maintenance budget.
- Assist Superintendent in
cost control.
- Assist the Management – in
a support role with regards the management of planned maintenance and
scheduling of services.
- Work with the coordinator
and supervisor to achieve production and cost targets in conjunction with
the daily, weekly and monthly mining plans that correspond with the annual
production target
- Review and improve systems
based on the monitoring, reporting and improvement ideas of direct reports
and teams.
- Review capital
requirements prepared by direct reports and submit for approval.
- Review functional
expenditure on a monthly basis and ensure all variances to budget are
investigated and explained.
- Identify specific areas
for cost improvement and ensure the development and implementation of
action plans to achieve these gains.
- Coordinate compilation of
the annual functional budget.
- Review and monitor all
safety, service level and financial performance indicators for the
function and initiate corrective action where necessary.
- Deliver reports to the
Department Manager on agreed performance indicators and to agreed
standards and schedule.
Experience
& Qualifications
- Degree / Diploma in
Commerce, Finance or Accounting.
- Minimum experience (2
years) in mining environment preferably with mobile and fixed plant.
- Able to clearly
demonstrate the aptitude to drive a light vehicle and hold a current
Zambian driver’s license or be able to obtain one.
- Be physically fit and be
able to pass a pre-employment medical examination.
Nationals who meet
requirements for this position and are resident in Zambia are strongly
encouraged to apply
Applicants may be subjected to any of the following: A Security
and / or Police Clearance Check; a Competence Assessment, Qualifications,
Credit and Reference Checks.
To apply please visit jobs.barrick.com.