Senior Officer, Salvage

The Kipushi Project S.A. is looking for a Senior Officer, Salvage

The Kipushi Project, in the DRC's province of Haut-Katanga and southeast of the company's Kamoa discovery, is adjacent to the town of Kipushi and approximately 30 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi. Ivanhoe Mines acquired its 68% interest in the Kipushi Project in November 2011; the balance of 32% is held by the DRC's state-owned mining company, Gécamines.

The Kipushi Project is based on the high-grade, underground zinc-copper mine in the Central African Copperbelt, which mined approximately 60 million tonnes grading 11% zinc and 7% copper between 1924 and 1993. In addition to producing copper and zinc, the mine produced 12,673 tonnes of lead and approximately 278 tonnes of germanium between 1956 and 1978.

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Job Summary

The Senior Officer, Salvage is responsible for the strategic control, recovery, refurbishment coordination and lifecycle management of all rotable and salvageable components within the mining operation.

The role focuses on maximizing asset recovery, reducing operational downtime, minimizing unnecessary capital expenditure, and ensuring all repairable and reusable components are accurately identified, tracked, catalogued, repaired, and returned to service through effective warehouse and ERP management practices.

The incumbent will oversee salvage yard operations, rotable component workflows, repair cycles, vendor coordination, stock code governance, and inventory integrity while ensuring compliance with company standards, maintenance requirements, and financial controls.

Requirements

You will have the following:

• Qualification: National Diploma or Certificate in the field of Supply Chain and Logistics

• 5+ years experience in a logistics and supply chain environment with 3 years of supervisory experience.

• Proficiency in English, French preferred and Swahili advantageous

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You will have advanced skills and knowledge in:

• Operations management

• Supply-chain and Logistics

• Warehouse and inventory management

• IT and ERP

• General office administration and filing

• Customs processes and requirements

• Managing a team

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• Safety and safe operations of man and machine

Technical Skills should include:

• Computer literate - MS Office

• Logistics software JDE

Personal Competencies should include:

• Problem-solving

• Intrapersonal maturity

• Exceptional interpersonal skills

• Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate

• Report writing

• Verbal and written communication skills

• Cultural sensitivity

• Customer Service orientation

• Conflict Management

• Drive and results orientation

• Detail and quality orientation

• Ability to work under pressure

Key Responsibilities

Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:

• Organise and coordinate rotable operations and processing

• Salvage Yard & Recovery Operations

• Build and maintain a capable, high performing team

• Establish and drive reporting best practices for the area of responsibility

• Deploy integrated risk management, governance and compliance framework throughout the area of responsibility

• Manage a division that builds people, values difference and creates an inclusive work environment

• Monitor costs or expenses to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste

• Support the organisational Skills Transfer agenda

• Establish and drive reporting best practices for the area of responsibility

• Deploy integrated risk management, governance and compliance framework throughout the area of responsibility

• Integrate HSEQ into all work processes

Remuneration & Benefits

The finer details:

When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers licence and qualifications.

Should you not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.