he Kamoa Copper Mine is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%). It's a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, at approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.
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The Senior Superintendent I – Mine Survey is responsible for leading and optimizing underground mine survey activities that support safe, accurate, and efficient mining operations at KCSA. The role ensures the integrity and timely delivery of spatial data required for mine development, production, reconciliation, and operational decision-making in a technically complex underground mining environment. The incumbent provides survey governance and operational support through survey control management, production pickups, cavity monitoring, laser scanning, spatial reconciliation, and compliance reporting to ensure alignment between mining activities, approved mine designs, geological interpretations, and operational plans.
You will have the following:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mine Surveying, Geomatics, Mining Engineering, or related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualification in mine surveying or spatial systems is advantageous
- Minimum 10–15 years’ underground mine surveying experience.
- Extensive experience in mechanized underground mining, survey control, spatial reconciliation, laser scanning, cavity monitoring, and excavation compliance monitoring.
- Experience in wet underground mines, challenging geotechnical conditions, structurally complex orebodies, and dynamic operational environments.
- Previous leadership experience managing underground survey teams and contractors.
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French and Swahili will be considered highly advantageous.
Technical Skills should include:
- Underground mine surveying expertise.
- Mine design and underground mining methods.
- Laser scanning and spatial analysis.
- Reconciliation and volumetric analysis capability.
- Underground survey control systems.
- Data management and spatial governance knowledge.
- Operational problem-solving capability.
- Ground movement and deformation monitoring systems.
- Software Proficiency
- Deswik, Vulcan, Datamine, Surpac, AutoCAD, Leica / Trimble survey systems, Laser scanning software, GIS platforms, Mine spatial databases, Microsoft Office Suite
Role Specific Knowledge:
- Mine surveying, Cadastral Surveying and Engineering Surveying
- Data analysis, collation and reporting
- Applicable Mine legislation for the relevant country
- Legal knowledge re Contracts and Contracts management
- Environmental legislation
- Vendor and SLA management
- Large-scale mechanized underground mining operations
- Underground survey control systems
- Spatial reconciliation
- Laser scanning and cavity monitoring
- Overbreak/underbreak analysis
- Production compliance monitoring
- Wet underground mines
- Challenging geotechnical environments
- Structurally complex orebodies
- Dynamic operational planning environments
Personal Competencies should include:
- Ability to Influence, persuade and negotiate
- Programme / project management
- Operational leadership
- Technical problem solving
- Decision-making under pressure
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Stakeholder communication
- Planning and coordination
- Risk management
- Cultural sensitivity
- Assertiveness
- Communication
- Strategy formulation
- Ability to lead and motivate others
- Conflict Management
- Drive and results orientation
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Detail and quality orientation
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Operational responsiveness
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Establish, coordinate and manage a world class Surveying function
- Lead Survey Operations & Underground Spatial Suppo
- Manage Underground Survey Control Systems
- Support Short-Term Planning Integration & Coordination
- Lead Spatial Reconciliation & Mining Compliance Monitoring
- Manage Laser Scanning & Void Monitoring Programs
- Support Orebody Alignment & Operational Survey Requirements
- Coordinate Survey Support for Wet & Challenging Ground Conditions
- Manage Survey Data, Spatial Systems & Reporting Integrity
- Lead Weekly & Month-End Survey Measurement, Reconciliation & Reporting
- Drive Survey Technology, Automation & Innovation Initiatives
- Manage Survey Contractors, Infrastructure & Equipment.
- Provide Risk Management & Emergency Support
- Stakeholder management: Drive relationships with stakeholders to enable optimisation of the business value chain
- People: Manage a division that builds people, values difference and creates an inclusive work environment.
- Finance: Forecast, secure and manage the budget as per Delegation of AuthorityMatrix
- Drive transformation in terms of people, automation/ digitisation and sustainability and provide timely and robust change management to underpin initiatives
- HSEQ:Embed and drive a work ethos that is committed to safeguarding employee safety, health and wellbeing
- Manage Reporting and Governance for area of responsibility
- Deploy an integrated risk management, governance and compliance framework throughout area of responsibility
The Finer Detail
When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers' license and qualifications.
Should you not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful
