Artisan Fitter – Maintenance Specialist

About the role

The Artisan Fitter will support the Flotation Plants, Gravity Concentrators and Gold Plant at Kansanshi Processing Plant. Reporting to the maintenance supervisor, you will ensure equipment reliability and contribute to copper and gold production targets through safe and quality maintenance work.

Key responsibilities

• Perform fitting and maintenance tasks on flotation circuits and gravity concentrators in compliance with OEM standards and company policies.
• Adhere to mandatory PPE and safety procedures, including JSA, SMPs and good housekeeping.
• Diagnose equipment faults using tools such as vibration pens and temperature guns.
• Execute preventive maintenance, breakdown repairs, and proactive defect elimination on rotors, stators, valves, pumps, pipelines, wear cones, bearings and related components.
• Coordinate with maintenance and process teams to meet safety, production and cost KPIs.
• Assist new employees in adopting established work procedures.

Required profile

• Proven experience in mechanical fitting within an industrial or mining environment.
• Strong safety awareness and ability to follow documented procedures.
• Capability to work effectively in a team and communicate technical issues clearly.

Required skills

• Mechanical fitting and equipment installation.
• Preventive maintenance planning and execution.
• Fault diagnosis using vibration analysis and temperature measurement tools.
• Maintenance of flotation cells, slurry pumps, pipelines, and gravity concentrator components.
• Compliance with OEM standards and safety regulations.