Jobs at First Quantum Minerals

Leads rock engineering and ground control for mining operations, overseeing geotechnical strategy, hazard management, excavation stability, ground support, instrumentation, numerical modelling, mine planning input, regulatory compliance, reporting, and continuous improvement. Manages and mentors technical teams, coordinates stakeholders, validates geotechnical data, and responds to operational risks while ensuring safe and compliant mine design and extraction.

Lead design and deployment of the Senior Proficiency Framework and artisan training to upskill engineering and maintenance staff. Align competency pathways with Asset Management, track KPIs, partner with HR on grading and succession, manage multi-site rollouts, and deliver data-driven reporting, coaching, and change leadership to improve workforce capability and asset reliability.

Maintains mining equipment to OEM standards through preventive, routine, and breakdown maintenance. Troubleshoots crushers, screens, conveyor belts, drive motors, hydraulic systems, and basic electrical faults. Records service and repair activities, uses workshop manuals, supports maintenance teams, and completes delegated tasks in a technically challenging, geographically remote environment.

Supervise the Rotables Team and core returns process, overseeing procurement, quoting, repairs, receiving, dispatch, inventory accuracy, warehouse transfers, vendor performance, purchase orders, reporting, and invoice verification. The role coordinates with end users, maintenance, planning, inventory, warehousing, and suppliers to expedite repairs, control costs, maintain compliance, and ensure effective component storage and service delivery.

Provides departmental administrative support, including employee onboarding, payroll and leave assistance, travel coordination, meeting management, HR engagement, training compliance, safety action tracking, document control, and policy updates. Maintains employee, visitor, catering, training, and safety records while coordinating departmental activities and following up on action items. Requires strong communication, organization, Microsoft Office proficiency, HR systems knowledge, and the ability to work independently.

Leads shipment expediting and supply assurance for mining operations, overseeing purchase orders, supplier performance, stock-out risks, freight handover, ERP data governance, reporting, and process improvement. Supervises and develops Expediting Officers, prioritizes critical materials, coordinates recovery actions with cross-functional stakeholders, escalates delivery risks, and ensures supplier accountability. The role also promotes safety, compliance, accurate reporting, and reliable procure-to-delivery performance.

Entry-level learner role providing hands-on exposure to operational and departmental business processes. Responsibilities include assisting with daily activities and projects, collecting and analyzing data, preparing reports, maintaining records, attending training and meetings, supporting inspections and audits, and suggesting process improvements. The role emphasizes professional development, teamwork, compliance with company procedures, and strict adherence to health, safety, environmental, and quality standards in a mining environment.

Leads the condition monitoring and lubrication team to improve process plant asset reliability and availability. Responsibilities include executing monitoring and lubrication programs, maintaining inspection databases, reporting alerts, supporting root-cause investigations, managing safety and work processes, mentoring staff, planning succession, and evaluating new technologies. The role requires extensive mining industry condition monitoring experience, maintenance and reliability systems knowledge, fixed-plant experience, and expertise in RCM, FMEA, contamination control, and equipment health reporting.

Provide technical metallurgical support to plant operations by collecting and analysing process data, developing daily strategies to optimise safety, throughput, recovery and concentrate grade, coordinating lab and plant test work, troubleshooting milling and flotation, maintaining online analyzer data integrity, reporting performance, and implementing improvement projects.

Coordinates mechanical maintenance and equipment accountability for an aggregate crusher plant, including crushers, screens, and conveyors. Oversees maintenance schedules, daily equipment checks, performance reporting, safety and environmental investigations, defect diagnosis, corrective and preventative actions, contractor work plans, and maintenance cost control. Develops short- and long-term reliability plans, coordinates work access, supports capital improvements, and coaches maintenance personnel. The role requires strong equipment ownership, production optimization skills, and experience in large-scale base metals processing plants.

Support cost control across multiple mining projects: review requisitions, maintain budgets and forecasts in ERP/Excel, reconcile ledger and cost systems, analyze variances, distribute site costs, use PowerBI for reporting, resolve cost discrepancies, support audits, and provide timely cost data to project managers and senior controllers.

Designs, develops, governs, and optimizes cloud data pipelines and platforms using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory. Owns data engineering quality, DevOps, CI/CD, release governance, performance optimization, data quality, and service SLAs. The role serves as a technical authority, mentors engineers, manages supplier standards, collaborates with data science and architecture teams, and communicates with business stakeholders. International travel to London-based operations is required at least twice annually.

Expressions of interest are sought from Process and Earthworks Technicians for residential care and maintenance operations in Hopetoun, Western Australia. Responsibilities may include process plant monitoring and troubleshooting, mobile plant operation, earthworks, civil works, and maintenance of roads, dams, ponds, drainage, and infrastructure. Candidates should be safety-focused, reliable, practical, adaptable, and willing to cross-skill. A current driver’s licence is required; mobile plant competencies, an HR licence, mechanical aptitude, and multi-equipment experience are preferred.

Designs and governs IT solutions across site operations by translating business requirements into scalable architectures, integrations, and implementation plans. Evaluates technologies, software products, suppliers, and solution alternatives; oversees configuration, testing, deployment, documentation, and risk management. Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders, supports procurement and vendor selection, and ensures alignment with regional and group standards. The role focuses on Microsoft Power Platform, cloud services, databases, networking, data centers, and IT/OT environments.

Collects, enters, verifies, and reports dam monitoring data across tailings and water dam facilities. Performs piezometer, weir, water-level, condition-status, and geophysical monitoring; identifies anomalies; maintains monitoring infrastructure; and reports safety or site issues. The role also supports ERT and other geotechnical investigations under direction while ensuring health, safety, and environmental compliance.

Operate a Sandvik D25K drill rig in an open-pit mine to drill accurate blast holes according to drilling plans. Perform pre-start inspections, routine maintenance, equipment monitoring, and drilling-record updates. Apply collaring, production drilling, pre-splitting, and ground-condition techniques. Follow safety procedures, maintain a clean work area, report issues, and coordinate with blasters and other drillers.

Lead shift operations and optimize safety, stability, throughput, recovery, and product quality in a copper and gold processing plant. Monitor plant parameters, control systems, alarms, instrumentation, and process disturbances; coordinate mining, maintenance, processing, and technical teams; prioritize maintenance and shutdown activities; coach shift personnel; investigate defects and production losses; manage utilities and operating costs; and deliver detailed performance reports and handovers.

Optimizes flotation circuits to improve recovery and concentrate quality. Provides technical support to plant operations, conducts hot floats, plant surveys, audits, laboratory flotation testing, data analysis, and mass balance development. Maintains operational dashboards, investigates equipment and process underperformance, supports predictive maintenance planning, and implements process improvements while ensuring regulatory and safety compliance.

Maintain and optimize daily Sand Cyclone Plant operations, assist projects, collect and analyze operational data (using PI System and Excel), produce reports, support production planning, perform equipment and TMF perimeter inspections, ensure HSE and environmental compliance, and drive efficiency improvements.

Provide metallurgical guidance and production support for a nickel processing plant: perform sampling, analysis, KPI reporting, troubleshooting, process optimisation projects, develop SOPs, support operations, monitor reagent usage, enable data acquisition and analytics, maintain HSE standards, and implement continuous improvement to meet production targets.