Mining Health & Safety Manager

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.

Job Description

Under the direct supervision of the General Manager Health, Safety & Environment, the incumbent is responsible for leading a team that creates value by enabling health and safety in the Mining Department by:

• Creating foresight about the changing levels of risk and facilitating action before people are harmed.

• Supporting line management to implement and improve health and safety processes and practices that meet organizational safety objectives.

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

1. Supporting COO and line management to implement and improve health and safety processes and practices that deliver organizational objectives

• Support the development and implementation of the Health and Safety strategy.
• Identify opportunities and make recommendations to build capacity that enables operations to:

• • work in accordance with the Health and Safety management standards
  • monitor and address drift from the Health and Safety management standards
  • sustainably reduce material risk and proactively monitor effectiveness of the controls 
  • improve work processes that impact the safety of work (physical and psychosocial)

• Facilitate the development and execution of business wide safety improvement initiatives in support of the business plan
• Lead and improve the safety leadership improvement program within Mining
• Support embedding of Safety culture.
• Lead the development and improvement of Health and Safety Standards, Systems and Processes
• Facilitate the development of safety training and communication material in support of objectives
• Provide safety leadership support and evidence-based advice to operations teams
• Proactively improve contractor safety management and engagement in Mining.

2. Creating foresight about the changing levels of risk and facilitating action before harm occurs

• Establish systems to monitor and improve compliance to standards and recommend actions to improve
• Anticipate future scenarios and facilitate management of the related health and safety risks
• Provide high quality, data driven safety performance reports and insights
• Facilitate major incident investigations and other learning processes.
• Provide quality assurance, control and improvement of incident investigations and other learning processes
• Facilitate systems to improve the quality and rapid execution of actions from audits, incident investigations and other safety improvement processes.

3. Single point accountability for the overall output and performance of the health and safety team reporting to the role

• Select, build, develop, coach and lead a team of Health and safety advisors and superintendents 
• Establish and improve team processes related to planning work, assigning tasks, monitoring progress and managing performance
• Coach and develop local Health and safety talent to senior leaders within the business.

4. Budget and resource management

• Manage expenditure in accordance with approved budget
• Manage contracts in line with KCC contract and commercial requirements
• Oversee the implementation of Health and safety improvement projects and initiatives.

5. Manage key internal and external stakeholder relationships relevant to the role

• Liaise with government, community and industry stakeholders as required, in line with KCC standards and Glencore compliance requirements
• Establish and maintain strong and productive working relationships with internal customers and stakeholders.

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• A tertiary qualification in Safety, Health, Risk, Engineering or related discipline
• At least 10 years in Health and Safety with at least 5 years being spent on large projects in the mining or processing industry.
• Expatriate experience working in Africa would be a strong advantage
• Lead Auditing Training
• Incident Investigation Training – either ICAM, TapRoot, Essential Factors, Blueline
• Basic French.

Technical Skills

• Strong critical, analytical and creative thinking skills
• Ability to translate technical ideas into practical solutions
• A solid, but expanding knowledge of contemporary safety science and professional safety practice
• Ability to constructively critique own, and others, work and arguments
• Risk facilitation
• Major incident investigation
• Critical risk and critical control management
• Auditing
• Accurate, insightful and influential safety reporting and measurement skills

Attitude / Behavior

• Interpersonal attributes and skills:

• • Articulating arguments clearly
  • Justifying a position by the use of evidence and argument
  • Communicating complex issues simply and influentially to a variety of audiences
  • Conducting and completing projects in collaborative teams
  • Develops and participates in relationship networks that facilitate safety improvements   
  • Highly curious about work and safety

• Planning and execution:

• • Manages priorities well and able to switch and refocus on demand.
  • Drives work to completion, holds self and others accountable and influences colleagues to value this
  • Shows good judgement and good leadership qualities
  • Defers to expertise
  • Fosters teamwork and team play

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 SA or its employees do not receive any remuneration or benefits of any kind at any stage of the recruitment process. Violators are subject to legal action.

Any act or attempt of bribery related to this job application must be reported via the Glencore Group Raising Concerns Programme channels. Please scan the QR code to access the channels.

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.