Senior Surveyor - Operations Support - UG

Kamoto Copper Company Société Anonyme, KCC SA in acronym, is a Congolese company operating in Kolwezi, capital of the province of Lualaba, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

KCC SA exploits copper and cobalt ores on a large scale. It includes an underground mine, open-pit mines and integrated metallurgical facilities. The operation has one of the largest copper reserves in the world, with a current life of over 25 years.

As an industrial mining company, we provide safe workplaces and support the sustainable development of the local economy. We maintain a constructive and open dialogue with the communities that host us, as well as with the provincial and national government.

An experienced Senior Surveyor is needed to provide operational support in mine surveying, ensuring accurate and efficient underground survey operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading survey teams, managing survey data, and providing technical expertise to support underground mining operations.

He/She will have, among other things, the following responsibilities (non-exhaustive list):

• Safety
  • Promote and implement the company’s safety management system within all survey activities.
  • Promote survey standard operating procedures in alignment with KCC safety regulations.
  • Support the safe handling, care and usage of survey equipment in line with regulatory and company policies.
  • Participate actively in safety inspections, incident investigations, and improvement initiatives.

• Key Responsibilities
  • Identify, record and report unsafe and substandard conditions.
  • Gathering and Processing of Survey data
  • Analysing, Interpret and Process Survey data
  • Communicating Survey Information
  • Performing underground excavation measurements

• Installing survey pegs in Capital development to the required accuracy.
• Installing direction lines and grades in Capital excavations.
• Measuring complex excavations underground.
• Mark up for underground development, stopes, vertical holes, stripping, DDH holes and other miscellaneous work as required.
• Survey of long holes (up/down holes) with the SlimGyro or Boretrak for drill and blast QA/QC
• Reporting, Prepare and Present survey reports, maps, analyses, and recommendations to management.

• • Perform Check Surveys

• Maintain the underground control network including the survey baseline. Check surveys on every underground breakthrough. Maintaining the survey control database.

• • Supervising Capital Survey activities.
  • Produce electronic and physical layouts/instructions and notifications as required.
  • Produce electronic and physical holing instructions.
  • Maintaining the mine plan, survey book and accident plans in accordance with the code of practice
  • Assisting with the work outputs of junior teams.
  • Supervising, coaching and training survey team members.

• Supervisory Responsibility
  • May supervise survey supervisors and technicians for operation support activities.
  • Coordinates survey activities according to survey procedures
  • Making sure QA/QC is performed on surveyors’ works.
  • Support in the development, coaching and training of junior staff where applicable.
  • Develop excellent relationships with peers, leaders and subordinates.

Job Requirements

KCC SA does not accept applications submitted by people under the age of eighteen (18). In accordance with article 1 of the Labor Code of the Democratic Republic of Congo, KCC SA receives all applications without distinction or discrimination. However, as part of its Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program, applications from women are strongly encouraged.

In accordance with our Compliance Policy and Code of Conduct, KCC, its representatives and its workers do not receive any compensation or benefits of any kind at any stage of the recruitment process (application submission, application processing, tests and interviews for employment, medical examinations for employment, or induction, etc.).

Any act or attempted act of corruption must be reported through our web portal : https://glencore.raisingconcerns.org/ or by phone at: +243 970 174 000 and will be severely punished.

Furthermore, KCC SA pursues the objective of a transparent, fair and equitable recruitment process and, therefore, does not tolerate any interference or intervention in any way whatsoever in its recruitment process. Any failure on this point will result in the immediate disqualification of the candidate concerned.