JDS Foreign Enterprises Pty (JDS) is the Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contractor for the construction of Lucara Botswana’s (Pty) Ltd. Underground Expansion of their Karowe Diamond Mine.
JDS is seeking to recruit persons experienced in and possessing leadership and management qualities commensurate with the requirements of leading and advising the Project Owner on an EPCM basis. All positions are project-based and are tenable in Letlhakane.
The general key competencies to be assessed will include but are not limited to the following:
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- Project management experience specific to mining EPCM
- Experience & leadership of underground mine development or similar projects
- Relevant training & qualifications demonstrated by verifiable certificates.
- Experience specific to underground mining development & operations.
- Competency or speciality in mining software.
- Possession of skills and or qualifications specific to underground mining
- Technical & communication skills
Construction Superintendent-Tenable in Letlhakane (36-month Fixed Term Contract)
Job Summary
Reporting to the Construction Manager, the Construction Superintendent is responsible for coordinating (on a day-to-day basis, and as directed by the Construction Manager) the construction activities within the Superintendents specific discipline, including management of equipment, operator, and trade resource requirements. This position will ensure that Construction Subcontractors are compliant with site safety procedures and the Contractor’s Health and Safety Plan. The Construction Superintendent will ensure that construction activities are completed as per the quality and function requirements described within contract documents, and as required by the Quality Assurance / Quality Control standards.
Effectiveness Areas
- Operational Effectiveness
- Project Delivery Effectiveness
- Maintenance Effectiveness
- Financial Effectiveness
- Business Optimization
- Contractor Management
- Project Schedule Management
- Safety, Health and Environmental Compliance
Personal Attributes
- Leadership
- Planning and Organizing
- Accountability
- Strategic Thinking
- Conflict Management
- Change Management
- Innovation and Creation
- Communication and Change Management
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Civil or Construction Engineering or related field – preferred
- Minimum five (5) years post qualification experience in engineering construction and design industry or in mining environment with at least two (2) years in a similar position
Construction Planner
Job Summary
Reporting to Construction Manager, this role is responsible to plan and implement optimal field construction and coordination between contractors, JDS, and the owner’s team.
Effectiveness Areas
- Project delivery effectiveness
- Client relationships
- Contractor management
- Construction quality management
- Project schedule performance management
- Safety, health, and environmental compliance
Personal Attributes
- Persuasive influencing
- Accountability
- Strategic thinking
- Planning & organizing skills
- Project management
- Innovation & creation
- Communication & change management
Qualifications and Experience
- Accredited 4 yr. B.Sc. degree or global equivalent
- 3+ yrs. post qualifications experiences in the mine study, construction, and operation industry
- Demonstrated competency in application of mine planning and modeling software:
o Geotechnical model o Mining financial model o Maptek Vulcan o AutoCAD
- Experience with oversight and coordinating all stages of the construction delivery process
- Have assembled scope technical documents and prepare requests for quotations for review/approval by Construction Manager and Contract Manager
- Have performed quantity take-off from drawings, survey checks from data and provide progress confirmation claims from the contractors
- Knowledge of construction and health & safety standard and regulations
- Experience in a mining environment
Project Controls Manager
Job Summary
Reporting to Project Manager, the role is to establish initial baseline performance metrics, report on current state, and estimate future position of the Project, identifying and reporting variance to enable area managers to implement mitigation actions through the project cycle.
Effectiveness Areas
- Project delivery effectiveness
- Financial effectiveness
- Project cost reporting and performance management
- Client relationships
- Management of project reports, data, information and document controls
- Safety, health and environmental compliance Personal Attributes
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Strategic Thinking
- Communication & change management
- Planning & organizing skills
Qualifications and Experience
- At least 15 years’ experience in construction with at least 5 years in a managerial position
- Establish Project processes, standards, and procedures for project controls, measure, monitor and reporting on KPIs and issue to Project Manager to implement improvement
- Establish and manage project cost planning based on WBS and PBS for all capital, operating and de-commissioning phases
- Assists in the preparation of estimates of on-going costs throughout the project life cycle in conjunction with the Project Lead
- Prepares detailed project cost control reports for each project, provides status updates monthly, and participates in monthly forecast meetings
- Knowledge of construction and health & safety standard and regulations
- Experience in a mining environment
Junior Project Controls Coordinator
Job Summary
Reporting to the Project Controls Coordinator, the Junior Project Controls Coordinator is responsible for coordinating (on a day-to-day basis, and as directed by the Project Controls Coordinator) the project cost controls activities within the project controls department, supporting of invoice payment project reporting and change management. The Junior Project Coordinator will provide help to ensure that invoice payment and change management activities to meet company’s procedure and requirements.
Effectiveness Areas
- Invoicing and confirming supporting documentations
- Knowledge of project change management processes, assist with review, development issuance, and evaluation of subcontract change orders
- Knowledge of capital project budget, commitment, and incurred cost
- Supporting project monthly report development
- Knowledge of project progress tracking Personal Attributes
- Planning & organizing skills
- Teamwork
- Communication Qualifications and Experience
- Preferably Engineering or finance background
- Competency using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- 2 years’ experience within the construction project
- Must possess exemplary communication skills – both oral and written
Administration Coordinator
Job Summary
The successful applicant will be involved in a large underground mine construction project. Daily tasks include:
- Perform record keeping tasks.
- Work directly with contactors to ensure compliance with procedural formalities and proper document submittals.
- Organize and track travel schedules ensuring all accommodation and transport is confirmed
- Relay to external party’s facility management and maintenance issues. Obtaining contractor quotes to support facilities.
- Communicate directly with external parties to ensure efficient processing of documents and requests. Accountable for ensuring external responses correctly address the issue being raised.
- Events coordination, arranging venues, recording minutes, ensuring all services during the event are properly organized.
- Manges, controls and forecasts administrative budget.
- Responsible to develop processes and procedures for routine requests that outline expectations for communication and information transfer.
Personal Attributes
- Highly organized and an active communicator
- Ability to design fit for purpose solutions
- Comfortable voicing opinions to manager
- Capable of creating and developing work plans – self-starter and motivated by performance
- Experience working in high paced constantly changing environments (adaptable)
Qualifications and Experience
- Administration experience assisting a construction project team with coordination, scheduling, minor procurement, and document processing. Minimum of 8 yrs experience
- Experienced Administrative Coordinator that can work with a group of managers to ensure coordination of work schedules and maintain effective workflow in the office environment
- Advanced computer and technical writing skills, and intermediate user of MS Office
Mine Planning Engineer
Job Summary
The Assistant Mine Engineer will be responsible for coordinating underground mining activities and in providing section managers with underground operational mine plans to achieve compliance with short term budget and mining operating strategy and ensuring that these are aligned to Lucara Botswana’s operational objectives. The position will include supporting various engineering activities for surface and underground construction efforts, underground development, operations, and closure. The successful applicant will be involved in the design and construction of an underground mine.
Effectiveness Areas
- Develop, author, and manage the design of underground excavations, infrastructure, production stopes, and blast patterns
- Develop, author, and manage development, construction, and production schedules in both short and long term with regular updates to incorporate as-built information.
- Develop, author, and manage technical decision records, trade-off studies, feasibility reports, and key design documentation including design criteria, basis of design, and basis of schedule
- Use Deswik 3D Mine Planning and/or Autocad compatible software to develop, update, and maintain construction drawings on Client title block
- Use Microsoft Project to receive, inspect, and export construction schedules
- Generate work and tender packages for mine construction contracts
Personal Attributes
- Planning and organizing
- Innovation and critical thinking
- Accountability
- Project management
- Technical competency
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree or Diploma in Mining Engineering or a related field
- Minimum five (5) years operational and technical experience in underground mining engineering
- Membership of a recognized Professional Body
- Fully conversant with mine systems and processes including long hole drill and blast
- Experienced with technical report writing and economic evaluations
- Botswana Underground Blasting License Holder
- Mining Software user – Deswik, Vulcan, Autocad, and Ventsim
- Microsoft Office user – Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Safety, Health and Environmental Systems
Mining Projects Engineering Superintendent
Job Summary
The Mining Projects Engineering Superintendent will be responsible for managing various surface and underground mining projects and ensuring that these are aligned to Lucara Botswana’s operational objectives. The position will include managing and supporting various engineering and construction activities for surface and underground construction, underground development, operations, and closure.
Effectiveness Areas
- Communicate and collaborate with consultants and contractors to develop and execute on fit-for-purpose solutions
- Support and/or manage the engineering, procurement and construction activities for various surface and underground mining construction projects
- Support, develop and/or manage technical decision records, tradeoff studies, optimization activities, technical reports, and key design documentation
- Perform and maintain mine optimization, design, and scheduling tasks to support underground development and operations
- Develop, review, and/or align construction schedules with the Underground Project Schedule
- Ensure construction projects are performed in compliance to plan and in alignment with the project execution schedule and Lucara Botswana’s operational objectives
- Monitor and review all project delivery components including administration, document control, project controls, engineering, procurement, risk review, construction, and pre-commissioning
- Perform and/or manage discrete multklisciplinary projects as the need requires
Personal Attributes
- Versatility
- Highly organized and an active communicator
- Innovate and critical thinking
- Project Management skills
- Integrity and Accountability
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree or Diploma in Mining Engineering or a related field
- Membership of a recognized Professional Body
- Minimum eight (8) years surface and underground mining engineering experience in operational and technical roles
- Experience in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management, and Mining Operations, on projects in the Mining Industry
- Demonstrated experience in upholding Safety, Health and Environmental standards
- Experience working with consultants, contractors, and teams; directly and remotely
- Experience with mine cost modelling, capital cost estimation, economic evaluation, and technical report writing
- Mining Software user – Deswik, Vulcan, AutoCad, or equivalent
- Microsoft Office user – Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Junior Occupational Safety Health & Environmental Coordinator
Job Summary
The Occupational Safety Health & Environmental Coordinator reports directly to the JDS Underground Projects Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) Manager. The Junior Occupational Safety Health & Environmental Coordinator is responsible for coordination and implementation of the Safety, Occupational Hygiene and Environmental programs and standards in the mine with a view of ensuring compliance to the mine’s standards and statutory regulations.
Effectiveness Areas
- Implements and maintains HSE standards, perform Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) tasks
- Ensures optimal adherence to the legal requirements provided by the Mines, Quarries, Works & Machinery Act, and relevant legislation
- Advises, guides, and supports Management and staff on all matters pertaining to HSE.
- Assist in the coordination and documentation of health, disability and safety activities and training
- Completes reports, investigates and analyses incidents, accidents or near misses and formulates proposals for corrective/ and or preventive measures.
- Conduct and review the results of HSE audits, incidents, nonconformance, corrective and preventative action reports, and other communications as appropriate
- Establish good lines of communication and provide advice, information and guidance to the Management Team and SHE Representatives.
- Promote health and safety by assisting with the preparation of information packages, presentations, newsletter articles etc.
Personal Attributes
- Planning and organizing
- Team leadership
- Accountability
- Communication
Qualifications and Experience
- Grade 12 or equivalent. Completion of a recognized postsecondary certificate, degree or diploma related in Health and/ Safety an asset
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills in English and local dialect
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge in implementing requirements of OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001
- Risk assessment & training courses
- ICAM incident investigation awareness course
- Safety, health and environmental systems
- Experience in Underground mining and/or industrial construction will be an added advantage
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JOB APPLICATION DETAILS
APPLICATION DETAILS
Candidate’s motivation for the position of choice shall be no more than 2 A4 size pages and must address the competency areas above.
Only candidates who meet the stated requirements need apply, enclosing detailed curriculum vitae and certified copies of certificates only, clearly indicating the position applied for on the email subject line to [email protected]
Closing date for applications is January 28.2022. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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