Air Quality Technician (x4)

Mopani Copper Mines PLC has operations in Mufulira and Kitwe on the Copperbelt Province in Zambia. The Company’s Success has been as a result of its Focused approach to improvement and the mutually beneficial relationships enjoyed with stakeholders-an important sector of which is its employees.

The Company Seeks the Services of an Air Quality Technician x4

Job Purpose

The Responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to the following:

• Ensuring that the SO2 monitoring system is operational and that the readings in the control room are reliable/acceptable. Escalate any malfunctioning equipment to the Advisor Environment.
• Continuous Control Room monitoring of the various SO2 readings from the monitoring equipment installed across the smelter/ refinery complex and the community (fence line detectors, stacks and ambient SO2 monitors).
• Performing data collection & recording in the required intervals across the SO2 measuring equipment.
• Triggering and following the processes as described in the TARP (Level 1, 2 and 3) and escalate any breach of thresholds accordingly.
• Advising and monitoring shutdown actions and impact on ambient SO2 levels.
• Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis for all Level 1 and 2 emission incidents.
• Providing accurate reporting/ trending of the detected emissions and update the Emission Shift Report.
• Adhering to statutory and domestic regulations, codes of practices in line with his/her appointment. Safety as a core value.

To be considered for this position, the candidate should meet the following minimum requirements:

• Grade 12 Certificate.
• Diploma in Metallurgy, Environmental, Chemical or any related program as the minimum.
• Member of Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).

The successful candidate must be result oriented and have the ability to work with own initiative, ability to understand scope of work, paying particular attention to Company policies and Corporate objectives.

Mopani is committed to establishing a winning team and a copper and cobalt business it can be proud of. The Company operates an employment policy of meritocracy, aiming to employ the right people with the right skill, irrespective of race, gender or creed.

Applicants who are interested, suitably qualified, and experienced should submit their application no later than 28 July 2024. The application should include contact phone numbers, a detailed curriculum vitae (limited to three pages or less) and contact information for three referees who can be contacted. Additionally, certified copies of all credentials should be provided.

Female applicants that meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply. Full confidentiality guaranteed. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be responded to.