Safety Superintendent – Underground at Lubambe Copper Mine

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 Mine 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 smelters in Zambia.

Lubambe Copper Mine seeks to employ experienced and qualified individuals in the following position:

SAFETY SUPERINTENDENT – UNDERGROUND

This Position reports to the SHE Manager.

CORE PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

Accountable for implementing health and safety plan to meet regulatory requirements and drive the organization towards an interdependent safety culture, in consultation with Operations.

Key Performance Areas/Indicators (KPA/Is):

• Managing the company’s health and safety programs in the underground operations.
• Providing advice and support to Operations to ensure compliance with statutory obligations.
• Facilitating incident investigations.
• Conducting periodic audits to determine compliance with OSH statutory requirements and complete reporting, as required.
• Coordinating and continually improving the organization’s emergency response capabilities.
• Managing the company’s occupational health requirements.
• Injury management, workers compensation and industrial health programs.
• Completing and recording safety observations and inspections.

Academic Qualifications and Experience

• Recognized Tertiary Qualifications in Occupational Health & Safety
• Technical Qualification in a Mining related discipline
• Grade 12 full certificate
• 5 years minimum work experience gained in mining industry i.e. having Underground work experience and experience in implementation of Health and Safety Management Systems.
• Experience in writing reports and policies for health and safety.
• A self-starter
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and understand impacts of decisions.
• Ability to mitigate personnel issues and problems
• Good problem-solving techniques
• Knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices.
• Familiarity with conducting data analysis and reporting statistics.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Diligent with great attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present and explain health and safety topics.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written)
• Leadership skills

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