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Automotive Electrician x2 |
Lubambe copper mine |
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Posted 2019-05-23 01:37:25
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
position:
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICIAN (X2)
This position reports
to the Foreman Mobile Equipment Maintenance
Purpose of this position
To ensure mobile mining equipment is
maintained in a safe, proactive and cost effective manner by utilising all
resources for intended purposes within the allocated period.
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
- Carry out all maintenance works on
electro-hydraulic/Mechanical drill rigs, Dump Trucks, loaders or general
services machines including rebuilds
- Carryout any electrical components and cable repairs as
required
- Troubleshoot all electrical systems faults and repair
- Carry out electrical condition monitoring functions as
required on the assigned machines
- Root cause analysis of any failures on equipment and
repair or recommend solutions
- Promote good working relations between operations and
maintenance
Academic qualifications and
Experience :
- Craft certificate or better in Automotive
Electrical/Power Electrical or any other equivalent field under electrical
engineering from a recognised Institution
- At least three (03) years post qualification experience
in maintenance of underground mining drill rigs, loaders and dump trucks
- Knowledge and experience in maintenance and diagnosing
of faults on electrical control systems on all or any of the following
underground mining equipment or the 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 and testing of
HBC Radiomatic or RCT remote control system on underground loaders is
preferred
- Knowledge and experience in Heavy equipment repair or
automotive mechanics will be added advantage.
- Experience in operation and testing of equipment
including manual transmission LDVs will be added advantage
- Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) membership a
must
- Strong interpersonal communication skills (verbal and
written)
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Good timekeeper
- Ability to prioritise tasks and understand impacts of
decisions
- Ability to mitigate personnel issues and problems
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment faults and read
electrical circuits/drawings
- Conceptual ability
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.