Lumwana Mine, Solwezi, Zambia.
Reporting to: Senior Mine Surveyor
Lumwana Mining Company Limited (LMC), a copper mining
company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in the North Western
region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt and 95 km south
west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit, multi
staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum and
producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of copper
metal per year over a twenty (20) year mine life, making Lumwana the largest single
open cut copper mine in Africa. The Company is now looking for an experienced
and qualified individual to be considered for the position of Mine Surveyor
Role Summary
Reporting to the Senior Mine Surveyor, you will be
responsible the coordination and execution of daily survey tasks and
related activities and ensuring that the survey quality plan is implemented and
appropriate survey control and integrity of data maintained.
Your duties will include but not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Ensure
the provision of accurate and timely survey service.
- Establish
and monitor primary and secondary controls within the mining lease, this
includes levelling of controls with an automatic or digital level as well
as the documentation of the control and closure accuracies and
adjustments.
- Daily
survey pickups for presentation of a daily dig plan for use by operations
in a timely manner.
- Carry
out survey data analysis on survey data and maintain the integrity of the
survey computer directories and records of all files in the survey
database.
- Set
out of all mine design and geological requirements, this includes
preparation of set out plans for all designated staff to utilise.
- Carry
out stockpile surveys on a regular basis to enable accurate stockpile
volumes to be calculated at the end of each month for reconciliation and
ore stock calculations.
- Carry
out pit surveys on a regular basis to enable accurate bench and total
volumes to be calculated at the end of each month for payment purposes to
the mining contractor (in the case of contract mining) and for the use in grade
control reconciliation and mill throughput figure comparison. In addition
blasted areas to be surveyed for blasted stocks and for any contractor
payments.
- Participate
in the preparation of yearly mining plans to be submitted to the Zambian
Mines department.
- Monitoring
of wall instability in pit, dumps, dams and all structural deformations
with accurate reporting on required basis to provide information for
analysis for failure prediction.
- Maintenance
of surveying equipment to required standards
- Other tasks
as assigned by the Supervisor
Experience & Qualifications
- Degree
/ Diploma in Geomatics, Land or Engineering Surveying.
- Registered
with the Engineering Institution of Zambia.
- Minimum
2 years survey experience in the Mining industry.
- Experience
in large multi pit operations utilising GPS equipment, 3D scanners, survey
drones, Total stations, data recorders and associated surveying software
like Vulcan, Arc view, Data mine or Surpac.
- Current
Zambian drivers licence.
- Be
physically fit and able to pass a pre-employment medical examination
Zambian Nationals who meet requirements for this position
and are resident in Zambia are strongly encouraged to apply
Applicants may be subjected to any of the following: a
Security and / or Police Clearance Check; a Competence Assessment,
Qualifications, Credit and Reference Checks.
