Jobs at First Quantum Minerals

Owns asset management plans and life-cycle strategies for major mobile mining fleets. The role manages reliability risks, production losses, maintenance costs, and capital replacement planning; leads RCM, RCFA, defect elimination, reliability analysis, KPI reporting, and Power BI dashboard development. It also develops data-driven business cases, oversees maintenance quality assurance, supports safety and compliance, and mentors engineers and maintenance personnel.

Provides tier-one through tier-three support for ERP and related business systems. Responsibilities include user training, troubleshooting across application and infrastructure layers, access management, system monitoring, vendor coordination, patch testing, reporting, data integrity checks, documentation, and assistance with ERP projects. The role requires financial systems experience, strong communication, analytical ability, customer focus, and proficiency with office, helpdesk, and reporting tools.

Develops and controls integrated shutdown schedules for complex mining or heavy-industry plant shutdowns. Optimizes critical paths, resources, constraints, and recovery scenarios while supporting execution reporting and schedule governance. Acts as the technical authority, coaches planning teams, establishes scheduling standards, and drives continuous improvement. Requires advanced Microsoft Project and Excel expertise, strong stakeholder management, and at least 10 years of maintenance planning and shutdown scheduling experience.

Leads sourcing and procurement for fixed-plant operations, including negotiations, purchase orders, supplier performance, inventory replenishment, contracts, and supply-risk escalation. Supervises procurement staff, supports working-capital objectives, ensures compliance with procurement controls, and reports on spend, backlogs, commitments, savings, and supplier performance. The role also coordinates with engineering, inventory, logistics, finance, contracts, and operational stakeholders while improving procurement processes and resolving audit actions.

Entry-level commercial development role supporting procurement, expediting, inventory control, supplier coordination, purchase-order tracking, delivery follow-up, ERP updates, inventory planning, material master-data governance, physical counts, reconciliations, and KPI reporting. The role provides supervised practical experience in managing material and information flow for mining operations while following commercial, safety, environmental, and regulatory procedures.

Develops and optimizes open-pit mine plans, schedules, designs, fleet requirements, cost models, and strategic studies from medium-term through Life of Mine horizons. Evaluates scenarios, supports budgets and investment decisions, monitors plan performance, conducts field inspections, and leads value engineering and continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborates with operations, geology, finance, and technical teams while mentoring engineers and ensuring plans meet safety, statutory, and operational requirements.

Assists with identifying, evaluating, and implementing technology solutions that improve business efficiency. The role researches emerging technologies, develops business cases, collaborates with stakeholders, manages technology implementation projects, and supports existing systems and infrastructure. It also requires analyzing complex problems, applying project management practices, and using data analysis and programming knowledge to address business challenges within the mining industry.

Entry-level finance development role supporting Accounts Payable, Treasury, accounting, fixed assets, reconciliations, payments, cash management, financial reporting, audit readiness, and internal controls. The role involves validating invoices, maintaining supplier and asset records, assisting with monthly close and bank reconciliations, preparing reports, and coordinating with Finance, Procurement, Projects, suppliers, and banks under supervision.

Leads the global Data & Analytics function, owning the Azure-based data platform, architecture, governance, security, data management, service delivery, budgets, vendors, and team leadership. The role establishes data quality, metadata, master data, access controls, and integration standards while partnering with corporate and operational stakeholders across global sites. It also oversees managed services, DevOps practices, audits, platform resilience, and analytics and AI/ML capability strategy.

Maintain, optimize and govern S3 process plant control systems (Siemens PCS7, S7-400H, GMDs, industrial networks). Provide C&I engineering support, fault-finding, protection coordination, performance optimization, training, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, high-availability mining operations and regulatory compliance.

Supports investment evaluation, financial modeling, capital allocation, portfolio optimization, strategic planning, and corporate finance activities for mining assets and projects. Responsibilities include DCF and transaction modeling, M&A and due diligence support, capital project governance, market analysis, post-investment reviews, cash-flow modeling, and preparation of executive and Board materials. The role collaborates with operational, technical, finance, and executive stakeholders and requires extractive-industry experience, advanced modeling skills, and global travel.

Entry-level position offering practical, supervised work experience. Learn business operations and internal systems, complete tasks from a supervisor, propose process improvements, and develop professional skills while adhering to safety practices.

Analyzes, models, and interprets commercial data while promoting effective data management and analytics understanding. Develops SQL-based reports, works with Microsoft SQL Server and Power BI, gathers customer requirements, implements solutions, and provides technical support. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, improves business processes, ensures data accuracy and standards compliance, and delivers analytics services independently and on schedule.

Prepares and administers contracts for mining operations, including letters of intent, memorandums, leases, and service agreements. Coordinates negotiations, ensures legal and regulatory compliance, researches precedents, advises project managers on contractual risks, and collaborates with finance, engineering, procurement, and HR. Maintains contract records and reviews existing agreements for compliance and needed amendments.

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.

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.

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.

Design, implement, commission and maintain control system networks. Perform fault investigations, fiber optic installation/splicing/testing, install network equipment, update network drawings, coordinate testing and training, and support operations to improve network resilience and reliability.

Process sales and quotations in Pronto, manage pickslips and dispatch, perform stocktakes and bin maintenance, inspect received items, investigate stock discrepancies, operate forklifts, raise gate passes, liaise with accounts/procurement/logistics, and maintain safety and housekeeping.

Invitation to register an expression of interest with First Quantum. Candidates (especially those with mining operations experience or transferable skills from other sectors) are encouraged to submit details to the Recruitment Team for future vacancies; applicants can sign up for job alerts on the company careers site or apply internally if already employed.