Organization Background

Kascco Ltd specializes in Contract Mining, Civil construction, Drilling, Crushing and Screening, and Plant hire. For over 15 years, Kascco Ltd has been offering its clients potential solutions adapted to their sites and coping with stringent constraints. Our team includes some of the most highly skilled and experienced professionals in the industry. Kascco prides themselves on their ability to execute high quality construction and mining projects.

Kascco limited, is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all safety related programs are in place and complied to as required by the client and Kascco.
• Implement and enforce health, safety, and environmental protocols to ensure the safety of all personnel on site.
• Conduct safety training, and audits to maintain a safe work environment.
• Respond to and investigate any incidents, accidents, or safety violations, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure that all work complies with Zambian Mining Regulations, as well as any specific industry standards.
• Ensuring OEM’s are providing quality workmanship, reporting, and full life cycle maintenance for the new equipment.
• Ensuring relocated equipment (and new equipment once the initial period is over) is properly maintained to ensure full life is obtained.
• Ensuring availability is maintained above contractual targets to avoid contractual penalties for poor availabilities.
• Ensure that all work performed meets the quality standards to best industry practice and where required develop and implement quality control measures to monitor and maintain high-quality maintenance standards.
• Monitor maintenance costs and expenses to ensure they remain within the allocated budget.
• Prepare and submit invoices, cost reports, and financial documentation as required.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.
• Management and Leadership of both OEM’s and Kascco employees.
• Leadership of the team comprised of contractors, and Kascco employees made up of expatriates, artisans, and various skill level personnel.
• Coaching and mentoring employees.
• Foster a safe, positive, and productive working environment to motivate and guide team members.
• Working with other Managers, the client, and Senior Kascco personnel to ensure alignment of expectations and requirements between the teams.
• Provide regular progress updates, reports, and documentation to the Kascco management team and internal stakeholders promptly and responsibility.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

• A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or the equivalent is essential.
• To be accepted as a member with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).
• To obtain a Zambian Visa, if required.
• At least 5 years at a similar level role.
• Experience with Liebherr excavators, and Caterpillar 789 trucks.
• Ability to “think on your feet”, to create solutions for problems encountered, and to work within a tight budget.
• Driver’s License.
• Experience working with or for an OEM.
• Experience with Komatsu, Bell, Caterpillar, Hitachi, and Liebherr mining equipment.
• Experience working in Zambia or Africa.
• Experience with AMT, Sage, and condition monitoring software.

• Ensuring all safety related programs are in place and complied to as required by the client and Kascco.
• Implement and enforce health, safety, and environmental protocols to ensure the safety of all personnel on site.
• Conduct safety training, and audits to maintain a safe work environment.
• Respond to and investigate any incidents, accidents, or safety violations, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure that all work complies with Zambian Mining Regulations, as well as any specific industry standards.
• Ensuring OEM’s are providing quality workmanship, reporting, and full life cycle maintenance for the new equipment.
• Ensuring relocated equipment (and new equipment once the initial period is over) is properly maintained to ensure full life is obtained.
• Ensuring availability is maintained above contractual targets to avoid contractual penalties for poor availabilities.
• Ensure that all work performed meets the quality standards to best industry practice and where required develop and implement quality control measures to monitor and maintain high-quality maintenance standards.
• Monitor maintenance costs and expenses to ensure they remain within the allocated budget.
• Prepare and submit invoices, cost reports, and financial documentation as required.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.
• Management and Leadership of both OEM’s and Kascco employees.
• Leadership of the team comprised of contractors, and Kascco employees made up of expatriates, artisans, and various skill level personnel.
• Coaching and mentoring employees.
• Foster a safe, positive, and productive working environment to motivate and guide team members.
• Working with other Managers, the client, and Senior Kascco personnel to ensure alignment of expectations and requirements between the teams.
• Provide regular progress updates, reports, and documentation to the Kascco management team and internal stakeholders promptly and responsibility.

• A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or the equivalent is essential.
• To be accepted as a member with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).
• To obtain a Zambian Visa, if required.
• At least 5 years at a similar level role.
• Experience with Liebherr excavators, and Caterpillar 789 trucks.
• Ability to “think on your feet”, to create solutions for problems encountered, and to work within a tight budget.
• Driver’s License.
• Experience working with or for an OEM.
• Experience with Komatsu, Bell, Caterpillar, Hitachi, and Liebherr mining equipment.
• Experience working in Zambia or Africa.
• Experience with AMT, Sage, and condition monitoring software.