Power Management Control Systems Engineer

Power Management Control Systems Engineer

The Kamoa Copper Mine is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%). It’s a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, at approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.

Play your part in our team succeeding……

Maintain Power management system to always be fully functional and operational

You will have the following:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Process Control qualification
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in n C- and Java-type programming languages
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in electrical networks, substations, protection relays, switchgear, power factor correction, control systems, communication networks, PLCs and SCADA systems.
• Must have at least 3years’ experience in Power management system software including Siemens TIA portal, WinCC Professional and WinCC OA.
• Must have at least 3 years extensive experience in MOXA AND Siemens network switches.

Technical Skills should include:

• Fiber network ring design and maintain.
• IT infrastructure design and deployment
• Development of power management software and control log

Role Specific Knowledge:

• Power management system software including Siemens TIA portal, WinCC Professional and WinCC OA
• Extensive experience on Moxa and Siemens network switches.
• Extensive experience on communication protocols including Modbus TCP and Siemens Industrial Ethernet.
• Experience with ComAP software suite
• 5 years’ experience in C- and Java-type programming languages.

Personal Competencies should include:

• Provide clear instructions
• Set standards
• Problem-solving
• Facilitation and training
• Cultural sensitivity
• Drive and results orientation
• Rule orientation
• Initiative
• Detail and quality orientation
• Supervisory abilities

 Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:

• Supervise teams of specialists to ensure optimal operational conditions
• Ensure the area of operations is in optimal condition to allow mining to operate according to plan and timelines
• Supply of power to operations
• Stakeholder Management – Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
• People – Contribute to building a high-performing team
• Finance – Monitor costs or expenses within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste
• Transformation, Change and Culture – Support Transformation in terms of people, automation/ digitization and sustainability
• SHEQ – Integrate HSEQ into all work processes
• Contribute to Reporting, Governance and Quality Assurance for area of responsibility

The Finer Detail

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