Senior Shift Supervisor

Senior Shift Supervisor

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Construction , Category: Science & Engineering ]

Jobs at:

First Quantum Minerals

Deadline of this Job:

Thursday, March 14 2024

Duty Station:

Within Zambia , Lusaka, South – Central Africa

JOB DETAILS:

Job description:

Overall Job Purpose

• Reporting to the Superintendent Continuous Operations, accountable for the minute-to-minute optimisation (maximisation) of plant copper production over his shift;
• The role is the single point of accountability for optimisation of plant performance 24/7 365 days per year with some direction from multi-discipline expertise;
• Production delivered with compliance to defined safety and environmental procedures.

Specific Job Responsibilities

• Understand and execute accountabilities of legal appointment under Zambian Mining Regulations;
• Demonstrate high commitment to safety, and ensure strong compliance to Safety and Environmental Management systems by shift teams;
• Ensure Safety and Environmental incidents are immediately reported, immediately controlled and appropriately escalated to relevant Superintendents & Managers;
• Drive the site equipment, people and processes to maximise production;
• Monitor and control all plant parameters to exceed the main plant KPI’s of throughput, recovery and product quality;
• Coordinate real-time plant feed rate and ore quality with Mine Captain (or via dispatch). Understand and pre-empt ore attribute impacts on plant performance to optimise plant control responses;
• Ensure equipment is operated within defined operating strategies and procedures;
• Ensure high utilisation of the plant ‘expert’ control system and other critical control loops;
• Maintain high utilisation of critical in-line instrumentation & measurement (ie PSI & OSA) for real-time performance optimisation;
• Set and maintain high standards of plant control (ie alarm management, operating by trends, PLC bypass management, downtime reason integrity etc);
• Execute daily operating instructions issued by day leaders (operations, metallurgists, and maintenance) and escalate when they cannot be achieved;
• Ensure all appropriate performance deviations are promptly escalated by shift supervisors (operations and maintenance) to relevant Supts and Managers;
• Assist in oversight of major plant shutdowns, maintenance activities and start-ups;
• Direct the Shift Maintenance Supervisor(s) on maintenance priority;
• Coach shift personnel, particularly Shift Supervisors and Control Room Operators in the drive for operational excellence;
• Provide performance feedback to Superintendents on Supervisors, Control Room Operators and shift teams;
• Understand impacts of decisions (production, quality, cost & risk) to constantly deliver optimum business solutions;
• Always be contactable and be able to report detailed plant performance status;
• Maintain high level of field presence;
• Chair relevant meetings;
• Conduct detailed handovers;
• Provide detailed shift plant performance reports;
• Comply with the ‘FQM Way’ culture – “Smarter, Bolder & Driven”;
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent Control Room.

Job Specific Competencies

• Strong leadership and motivational skills;
• Superior sense of personal ownership, accountability and urgency;
• Strong ability to maintain high standards without direct supervision;
• Ability to efficiently coordinate and assign work to different operating disciplines to exceed targets;
• Ability to strongly influence people and teams without direct authority over them;
• Excellent analytical skills for identifying process shortfalls and equipment bottlenecks / limitations, and implementing corrective actions;
• Possess excellent cognitive skills to conduct detailed problem-solving on specific issues within the context of macro plant issues and performance, to prioritise and execute corrective actions to optimise business value;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to facilitate accurate transfer of plant performance information in both an upward and downward direction;
• Ability to maintain self-discipline within a very stressful environment;
• Be relentless, diligent and thorough in approach;
• Be enthusiastic and pro-active in manner;
• Computer fluency is a must;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• English language fluency.

Key Job Attributes

• Commitment to SHE performance;
• Strong drive to maximise safe production with good understanding of drivers within the milling circuits;
• Personal sense of equipment ownership and accountability;
• Ability to and passion for leading and supervising people;
• Ability to task assign, follow up and manage;
• Ability to build working relations and coordinate different operating disciplines;
• Ability to work and manage problems/actions across the timeframe of one shift;
• Possess ability to analyse and understand metallurgical & equipment information;
• Good verbal and written communication skills;
• Persistent, diligent and thorough in approach;
• Be enthusiastic and pro-active in manner
• Firm and fair in managing team members.

Experience required to perform in this job

• A minimum of 5 years technical and operational leadership experience in large, complex metallurgical process operations within a multinational mining company;
• Minimum of 3 years’ supervisory experience;
• Direct Copper concentrator experience very highly regarded;
• Specific and in depth operational experience in base metal crushing/grinding and flotation circuits required.

Qualifications required for the role

• Degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing or Chemical Engineering (or equivalent in related field) is highly regarded;
• Eligibility for membership of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ), and to hold legal appointment as defined by the Mining regulations of Zambia.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Interested candidates should send their CV