Engineer, Electrical at First Quantum Minerals
First Quantum Minerals - Location: Zambia, North-Western
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Description
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has grown from a small mineral operation in Zambia into a multinational mining business in less than two decades, with a global portfolio of copper and nickel assets in Europe, Africa, Australia and South America. This phenomenal growth is down to FQM people who have strived to be Bolder, Smarter and Driven in everything they do.
In March 2013, First Quantum Minerals acquired Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian-based mining company primarily producing copper and zinc from mines in Finland, Spain and Turkey, with also a major copper deposit under development in Panama, known as Cobre Panama. The combination of the First Quantum and Inmet assets has created one of the world’s leading copper producers with a geographically diversified portfolio of high-quality operations and development projects in eight countries across five continents.
With a strategic plan to produce more than 1 million tonnes per annum of copper within five years, the Company is poised to become the largest, widely-held pure-play copper producer and one of the top five copper producers in the world.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support compliance with all statutory, FQM sentinel standards and procedures, through development of equipment strategic operation.
- Ensure risks are identified and managed and a safe working environment is maintained.
- Ensure maintenance activities are conducted in accordance with all statutory obligations.
- Ensure all registered equipment operating in the mine is fully complaint with statutory regulations.
- Ensure all statutory inspections are included in the area yearly plans and oversee and develop the maintenance information system to ensure that data collection and validation supports operating and reporting requirements.
- Ensure statutory inspections are completed according to schedule.
- Providing reliability and engineering support for RNO electrical departments to improve electrical equipment availability in order to achieve the strategic plans and objectives of the business.
- Developing and coordinating plant condition monitoring and inspection programs, making full use of available advances in Risk Based Integrity management system and standards.
- Provide engineering support to electrical departments
- Initiate failure analysis and support to the electrical department
- Approve SWI’s and make sure it complies with Zambian statutory regulations.
- To keep all electrical drawing updated/ review
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent field experience in mine site maintenance and project managemnet
Experience & Skills:
- Experience in the use of a recognised CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management Systems)
- Must be computer literate i.e Ms Word, Excel, Outlook
- Must have good communication skills in English language with an emphasis on writing skills
- At least 5 years maintenance engineering experience in the mining/mineral processing industry
- Relevant field experience in mine site maintenance and project management.
Behavioral Traits:
- Able to set direct and a self starter.
- Able to work semi-autonomously
- Engages others and develops team to strive towards strategic goals
- Learns quickly from past experiences and offers guidance to others.
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with people at all levels of the organisation
- Good arganiser and resource allocator
Other Requirements:
- Must do standby as required
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