Standards Officer
Job no: 502975
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Khoemacau Mine
We are MMG and we mine for progress
Khoemacau is a long-life copper silver mine located in one of the most prospective mining regions in Africa, the Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana.
In June 2021, Khoemacau completed construction of its low cost, c.60ktpa copper and c.1.6Mozpa silver metal in concentrate at full run rate. It completed ramp up of current operations to full production in Q4 2022. Khoemacau’s annual production is expected to be around 43,000 and 53,000 tonnes of copper in copper concentrate.
Ore at Khoemacau is mined from underground using the longhole stoping method and transported by truck on a 35km purpose-built bitumen haul road to the Boseto processing plant. The copper concentrate is then transported by road to port and shipped to customers globally.
Drilling of and studies on its expansion project forecast a potential increase production to over 130ktpa copper and 5Mozpa silver (average run rate at full production) to unlock the full potential of its prized position in the emerging Kalahari Copper Belt.
Khoemacau employs around 1800 people with 95% local employment from Botswana and has an estimated mine life of 20+ years.
Standards Officer
The Standards Officer will be responsible for coordinating and controlling the standards function by ensuring that materials and services procured for the company are of the appropriate quality, specification, and safety for their intended use, and are available to the operating sections of the firm in good condition when required.
Responsibilities include:
- Ensuring coding and classification of existing and new stock items within the AMCAT system.
- Ensuring that inventory database is regularly updated with current information when stock items are superseded.
- Ensuring that stock applications for new stock items are processed immediately when received.
- Checking all new stock and specified equipment before it is accepted for binning at receiving section, thus controlling the quality of stock being received.
- Rejecting items that do not conform to specifications.
- Investigating all quality complaints and physically verifies such and offering corrective and preventative action.
- Verifying the details of the request for testing material, approving, and submitting to the standards committee for final processing.
- Ensuring records for tested materials are maintained and made available all the time.
- Participating in the company supplier assessments.
- Investigating and identifying slow, non-moving materials/spares to recommend redundancies and obsolete items with the view to rationalize, standardize, write off and or sometimes dispose off as appropriate e.g., contact other users, sell back to suppliers, sell as scrap.
- Evaluating stock item returns and deciding their approval based on stock at hand quantities.
- Ensuring that all chemicals have material safety data sheets (16 points) before they could be procured to comply with Khoemacau Safety & Health and Environmental & Community policies.
- Maintaining the technical library of equipment used on the mine as well as other literature and supplier’s catalogue to ensure information availability and compliance by users to set standards.
About You
- CIPS Level 4/ NCC/Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical/Instrumentation
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role preferably in a mining/construction industry
- Quality Assurance and standards courses (SABS/BOBS/ISO)
- Experience with working in an ERP environment.
- First aid certificate – Desirable
- Ability to pass a Pre employment Medical
Only Botswana Citizens May Apply.
What we offer
- While developing the first fully mechanized underground mine in Botswana, we offer a dynamic and stimulating work environment, great culture, good benefits, a competitive salary and family friendly rosters.
- A safety-first culture
- A workplace that fosters diversity and inclusiveness, and supports our people with the systems, skills and behaviours required to live our values.
- Family friendly rosters
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that includes free confidential counselling, wellbeing services.
Who we are
MMG has a global presence, owning and developing copper, zinc and other base metals projects across Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peru and Botswana.
Our aim is to create a workplace that encourages diversity and inclusion and supports our people to grow.
We are guided by our values; think safety first, respect each other, work together, do what we say, and we want to be better.
Headquartered in Melbourne, we are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx 1208) with an international shareholder base.
As a company, MMG strives for the best in safety, environmental protection, production standards and overall operational excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer who values and respects diversity. We recognise the unique value your contribution makes to the progress of our company and the communities in which we operate.
To know more about MMG please visit our webpage https://www.mmg.com/
If you're ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding role that empowers you to shape your work environment, we invite you to apply and join us in our pursuit of efficient and sustainable mining operations.
We aim to provide meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities that are free from barriers, support and celebrate the diverse talents of our team members
MMG Limited reserves the right to appoint a candidate prior to the closing date.
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