- As a key member of the day shift operations team for housekeeping in the entire plant and reporting into the Process Superintendent Services operations.
- Day shift supervisor is accountable for the effective and efficient field mobile equipment operations to maintain the standard of the plant in terms of housekeeping, environment compliance.
- Ensure compliance to environmental and housekeeping, hence a strong commitment to the environment.
- Direct accountability for performance of all field mobile equipment operations.
- The role has a focus on minute-hourly during day shift to maintain the plant standard.
Specific Job Responsibility
- The role has field mobile equipment and operations personnel allocated accountability.
- The role will support the day shift mobile equipment and personnel assigned to the operation for housekeeping and environment compliance.
- Understand and execute accountabilities of legal appointment under Zambian Mining Regulations.
- Maintain safety of self, subordinates and others, always ensuring the “buddy” system is used when in the field.
- Ensure strict compliance to HSE standards.
- Ensure all incidents are reported promptly and conduct follow-up investigations.
- Maintain a very high standard of plant housekeeping.
- Ensure all routine tasks, including field check-sheets and equipment inspections are conducted in a timely and accurate manner.
- Execute the daily operating instructions of the Production Coordinator Services operations, and the senior shift supervisor in day shift
Job Specific Competencies
- the Day Shift Senior Supervisors.
- Performance KPI has, tasks performed, equipment status and focus items.
- Liaise with Services Control Room Operators, Shift Senior Supervisor and Day Supervisor Reagents to deliver section requirements in the context of the whole plant.
- Identify and immediately escalate to the day Shift Senior Supervisor and Shift Maintenance Supervisor the defect list and mobile equipment that requires correction, or attention.
- Escalation procedure to be follow in all cases.
- Support maintenance in the delivery of their tasks.
- Provide timely and accurate permitting and access to maintenance and projects.
- Immediately address substandard behaviours and performance of team members.
- Control and reduce operational costs for all equipment including contracts.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent Services operations.
- Assist Senior Supervisors in their duties and be able to cover those duties when required
Key Job Attributes
- Commitment to SHE performance.
- Strong drive to maximise safe production with good understanding of drivers.
- 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 of direct experience in operational roles of entire concentrator circuit.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience at a Supervisory level.
- Significant experience in a large, complex base metals processing plant(s).
- Copper concentrator experience highly regarded.
- Computer proficiency (MS Office).
Qualifications
- Grade 12 Certificate.
- Degree or diplomat level
- All Qualifications must be certified by ZAQA
- Eligibility to hold legal appointment as defined by the Mining Regulations of Zambia.





