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Loader & Truck (LHD) Maintenance Foreman x3 |
Lubambe copper mine |
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Posted 2019-05-23 01:40:15
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 240 square kilometres. The mine
is a modern, world class facility with fully mechanized underground operations.
Lubambe Copper Mines is owned by EMR Capital
of Australia (80%) and ZCCM – Investments Holdings (20%).
The Mine is currently in a ramp up stage and
will ultimately produce 45, 000 tonnes of contained copper and will employ
approximately 1,500 people. The Plant infrastructure consists of a Concentrator
plant, a laboratory and underground infrastructure. The Concentrator
incorporates crushing, milling, flotation and filtration. The design capacity
is 2.5 MTPA of ore at an average mill grade of 2.3% copper, yielding 45,000
tonnes of contained copper in concentrate to be sold to smelter in Zambia.
To support this vision, Lubambe Copper Mine
seeks to employ experienced and qualified individuals in the following
positions:
LOADER & TRUCK (LHD)
MAINTENANCE FOREMAN (X3)
This position reports
to the General Engineering Supervisor
Purpose of this position
To oversee the maintenance of allocated mobile
equipment in a safe, proactive and cost-effective manner by utilising all
resources for the intended purposes.
Key Performance Areas /
Indicators (KPA/Is):
- Required to adhere to all policies, procedures and
statutory regulations pertaining to health, safety, environment and
quality, as well as human resources and any other regulations as required
by the company and relevant to the level of the roles and responsibilities
of the position
- Supervise implementation of routine and periodical
maintenance plans according to the approved schedules.
- Lead maintenance team in work identification, job
planning and scheduling in order to optimise resource utilisation with
minimal disruptions to operations.
- Lead team in carrying out component failure
investigations and general root cause analysis.
- Carryout all breakdown repairs and actively take part
in investigating any damage related failure
- Promote a culture of quality service or repairs and
continuous improvement in the teams.
- Control expenditure by utilising only absolutely
required parts for maintenance through replacing only scheduled or failed
parts
- Ensuring that all relevant safety, maintenance and
operational data is captured on the maintenance record cards and in the
Maintenance Management System
- Ensure that all required tools, equipment and
maintenance support infrastructure is provided and maintained in good
order.
- Attend all prescribed meeting
- Review subordinator performance and propose required
training and development for them to improve.
Academic Qualifications and
Experience
- Craft certificate or better in Heavy Equipment Repair
(HER), Automotive Mechanics/Electrical or Power Electrical or any
other equivalent field of engineering from a recognised Institution
- At least twelve (12) years post qualification
experience in maintenance of underground mining drill rigs, loaders or
dump trucks. Five of these years should be at supervisor level preferably
in a busy underground mining environment and in charge of a crew of at
least ten people.
- Knowledge and experience in maintenance and diagnosing
of faults on any or all of the following underground mining equipment and
their installed subsystems.
- Sandvik Equipment: LH410, LH514 & LH517 Loaders;
TH540 Dump Trucks; DL321 & DL411 long hole drill rigs.
- Epiroc Machines: Scooptram ST14 & ST18 Loaders and
Mine Trucks MT436B & MT42
- Knowledge and experience in maintenance, testing or
operation of HBC Radiomatic or RCT remote control system on underground
loaders is preferred
- Knowledge and experience in both electrical and
mechanical engineering fields will be added advantage.
- Experience in operation/driving and testing of
equipment including manual transmission Landcruisers will be added
advantage.
- Experience in use of maintenance management system such
as SAP, Pronto etcetera and proficiency in Microsoft (Excel, word, project
etc.) is preferred
- Membership of the Engineering Institution of Zambia
(EIZ)
- Registered with Engineering Registration Board (Eng.RB)
- Demonstrates ability to priorities tasks and understand
impact of decisions
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to mentor and train personnel
- Demonstrates analytical approach to fault analysis
- Demonstrates commitment to safety and quality
workmanship
- Ability to supervise Workshop general services
assistants
Applicants who meet the above requirements are invited to send
their Curriculum Vitae in MS word format to recruitment@lubambe.com. The closing date for receipt of
applications is Wednesday 29th May 2019. Please
do not send scanned copies of your educational qualifications at this stage and
clearly indicate the job applied for in the subject line.