SHEQ & Community Officer

MBEZE RESOURCES LTD (MBEZE) is an IVANHOE MINES company operating in the Zambian mining sector, with offices in Lusaka (Lusaka Province), and exploration licenses in North-Western Province Zambia near the town of Zambezi. MBEZE is inviting qualified candidates, both male and female, who are interested in this position. The place of work will be located in Lusaka, and extensive field work would be required.

Play your part in our team succeeding...

Assist all contractors and employees to comply and adhere to safety and environmental standards, procedures and processes. Interact with local communities and provide administrative support for community relations projects.

Disclaimer - this role is not open to any third-party providers and any application received from a third-party will be considered as a direct application.

You will have the following:

• Certificate in any of the SHEQ disciplines or equivalent
• Knowledge and experience in SHEQ management
• Zambian Driver’s License
• Fluency in English
• 2 - 5 years relevant experience within a mining/exploration/construction/engineering safety environment.
• Fluency in some or all of Kaonde, Lunda and Luvale is highly advantageous
• 2 - 5 years Stakeholder engagement with both Traditional and Regulatory Leaders
• 2 - 5 years Environmental management experience

You will have advanced skills and knowledge in:

• In-depth working knowledge of all relevant Safety legislation
• A basic understanding of mining, construction, engineering and process operations
• Knowledge of work-related hazards and associated risk
• Understanding of human behavior and the impact of cultural differences on human behavior
• Practical risk management
• Accident and incident investigations
• Understanding the communities and their culture
• Chairing / conducting meetings
• Interpret survey results

Technical Skills should include:

• Computer literacy for role - MS Office
• Usage of Safety computer systems
• Good communications skills

Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:

Process: safety and environmental management

Enforce safety adherence and environmental protection in all areas where employees and contractors operate and audit compliance

• Observe and ensure everyone is working and behaving safely
• Initiate and participate in safety meetings at workplaces
• Identify workplaces and conditions and work activities performed
• Stop work and conduct safety training (Coaching) if any unsafe behavior is detected
• Ensure all required permits and legal documents are in place and valid
• Document and capture findings on the system and action accordingly
• Visit exploration sites to access damage and do inspection of the terrain and area and ensure that area is clean.
• Conduct drill site inspection before, during and after drilling, ensure environment is respected and remove all rubbish left behind, report on all oil spills, treat all oil spills
• Do all environment and water testing, submit for analysis and report on results
• Work with Environmental team to establish a rigid system for testing water and reporting results
• Keep accurate record of quantity of rain over rainy season – do daily readings
• Keep records of all testing
• Notify and communicate risks identified
• Follow-up to ensure that all remedial actions were closed-out
• Document incidents and corrective actions on the risk management system as per the legal requirement
• Provide guidance, awareness, training and solutions to ensure safe and secure work environment
• Scan and file all documents accurately on the Compensation Database (Shared Drive)

Process: Community relations Interact harmoniously with local community to preserve license to operate

• Regular visits to communities to build good relationships
• Regular updates to community leadership on work progress
• Attend community meetings to understand the community concerns and update management on issues
• Investigate all complaints from community members and establish the correctness of the claims and close out all complaints
• Ensure timeous resolution of queries and complaints and take ownership of issues
• Advise and support management on all community
• Scan and file all documents accurately on the Compensation Database (Shared Drive)

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, driver's license and qualifications.

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

Disclaimer - Position is for a Zambian national.