[Hiring] Senior Engineering & Integration Manager @KoBold Metals Zambia

Role Description

This is a senior Engineering leadership role for the development of a significant Copper mining complex in Zambia. The Mingomba deposit contains over 10 million tonnes of copper more than half of which exceeds 6% grade. This role will help turn that world-class deposit into a world-class mine.

The Senior Engineering & Integration Manager is the primary technical authority for the Mingomba copper project through its design and construction phase. Reporting to the Project Director, this role carries end-to-end accountability for the quality, integrity, and integration of all engineering across the owner's team, the EPCM and specialist contractors. The role is the technical decision-maker and design authority for the project, responsible for safeguarding KoBold’s interests through stage gates, design reviews, and construction handover to operations. The Senior Engineering & Integration Manager sets the direction for engineering delivery, resolves complex cross-discipline technical issues, and directly influences how the Mingomba project is designed and built.

What this role is accountable for delivering

• Engineering delivered on time, within sanction cost, and to the standard required for safe, operable, and maintainable facilities.
• A design that has been constructability-reviewed, value-engineered, and operability-tested before it is frozen.
• An EPCM that is technically directed, not just administered, with KoBold holding design authority.
• A project that passes independent technical assurance reviews and stage-gate approvals without material qualification.
• A technical risk register that is live, owned, and actively driven down.

Key responsibilities

• Technical authority and design governance
  • Hold and exercise design authority on behalf of KoBold.
  • Establish the basis of design, engineering standards, and design criteria for the project.
  • Own the technical risk register: identify, quantify, and drive the resolution of engineering risks.
  • Approve key engineering deliverables including P&IDs, design criteria, equipment datasheets, and technical specifications.
  • Direct the scope freeze process.
• EPCM direction and performance management
  • Act as KoBold's senior technical interface to the EPCM.
  • Monitor engineering service provider progress against the engineering management plan.
  • Direct EPCM and specialist contractor technical performance.
• Constructability, operability, and value engineering
  • Lead formal constructability reviews.
  • Drive operability and maintainability reviews.
  • Lead structured value engineering sessions.
  • Benchmark key design parameters and cost drivers.
• Project integration and stage-gate delivery
  • Own the engineering integration across all disciplines.
  • Prepare and present the engineering case for each stage-gate review.
  • Oversee and enforce the project change control process.
  • Lead lessons-learned integration from comparable projects.
  • Direct engineering interface management with external stakeholders.
• Process safety and hazard management
  • Own the engineering dimension of process safety for the project.
  • Act as design authority for safety-critical systems.
  • Provide engineering input to the project's safety case and regulatory submissions.
• Engineering data, quality, and handover
  • Establish and oversee the engineering data management framework.
  • Direct the engineering quality plan.
  • Implement KoBold engineering and business standards.
• People, capability, and operational readiness
  • Build and lead a high-performing KoBold engineering team.
  • Define the engineering resourcing plan through each project phase.
  • Ensure the operational readiness team is embedded in the design process.
  • Mentor senior engineers.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of professional engineering experience in major capital projects in mining, minerals processing, oil and gas, or equivalent heavy industry.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering projects through full lifecycle from FEED to mechanical completion, including at least one project above $700M total capital cost.
• Deep experience managing and directing EPCM contractors.
• Strong multi-discipline technical foundation.
• Capability in constructability reviews, operability reviews, value engineering, and HAZOP/HAZID facilitation.
• Experience developing and executing engineering management plans, technical risk registers, design basis documents, and stage-gate technical submissions.
• Exposure to earned value management, engineering progress measurement, and performance reporting.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in an engineering discipline; Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional registration strongly preferred.
• Experience in African or similarly complex operating environments is an advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally to Zambia, with anticipated travel of 90+ days per year.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, or disability.

Company Description

KoBold is a leading scientific mineral exploration, mine development, and technology development company. Our goal is to turn mineral exploration into a repeatable science to make discoveries faster—by integrating artificial intelligence, human intelligence, and new technology.