Assist the General Superintendent GBC-Development with mine development operations including manpower and equipment to achieve the necessary development goals to bring the Grasberg Block Cave Mine and Kucing Liar Operations online, in accordance with established schedules and budgets in a safe and efficient manner and in compliance with the company’s policies, procedures, goals and objectives. The Technical Expert role requires not only technical expertise, but also the ability to transfer knowledge to others within the organization in a multicultural environment. This position involves gaining a comprehensive understanding of the Indonesian and Papuan culture, as well as building relationships, solving problems creatively as a team, and effectively communicating in different styles. The Technical Expert must also have a continuous learning mindset, be patient, adaptable, and able to work in an environment where work and personal life mix. Additionally, a strong sense of collaboration, mentoring, coaching, questioning, and influencing skills are essential for success in this role.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Directly communicate and implement the company’s safety, health and environmental policies and procedures, including conducting safety meeting to promote subordinate’s awareness of safety and environmental issues.
- Work with Indonesian staff to help them learn how to coordinate all activities including: horizontal development, pre-production work and vertical development to ensure that they are executed in a safe and efficient manner.
- Communicate with Indonesian staff to ensure that they are aware of safety, production equipment performance and the affected operational costs.
- Assist with the implementation and application of advanced technology to improve the operational processes.
- Ensure that the communication and information linking the various projects that constitute the development of a new mine is passed on to all the relevant stakeholders to minimize disruptions that have an impact on mine schedules.
- Assist the General Superintendent to establish and maintain relationships with major internal and external departments to keep and ensure a good safety record, achieve development targets, optimize equipment utilization and identify potentials for improvements within the organization.
- Assist to train, mentor, monitor, motivate, and appraise performance and potential capabilities of subordinates to contribute to the development of a professional team.
- Help develop the local Indonesian miners to the level required for them to become competent and confident in their ability to handle their assigned tasks.
Qualifications
- High School diploma and a minimum of ten (10) years of proven underground mining experience in an operational environment, to be able to understand and manage the whole mining process of development areas, use of explosives, materials, and various mining equipment.
- Familiar with advanced technology and understands current underground mining methods, including rapid development techniques.
- Understanding of Underground Dispatching systems
- Familiar with Underground Mining equipment
- Concern for Safety & environment.
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Be technically sound in area of expertise and have desire and ability to transfer that knowledge to Indonesian nationals.
- Support and assist in the advancement of the assigned counterpart as well as other national employees, potentially including creating and managing developmental plans.
- Build a basic Indonesian language competency including knowing basic greetings, questions, and work-related terms.
- Adept at communicating using different styles according to the culture and context.
- Ability to check for understanding for oneself and for the other individual by using questioning skills within the context of transferring knowledge and skills.
- Establish trust and respect through the building of relationships over time.
- Ability to influence through relationships, as positional authority is limited.
- Understand and apply the coaching and mentoring process in the work environment.
- Value and apply hands-on approach to learning and training.
- Ability to understand different systems and assist in improving efficiency.
- Understand and apply different project management processes.
- Research and investigate historical practices and projects to gain understanding before proposing ideas.
- Understanding of the organizational structure and respect of the chains of communication
- Ability to remain calm and patient under stressful circumstances.
- Ability to adapt and live in an area where work life and personal life continuously mix.
Criteria/Conditions
COSCO has reviewed the jobs at its various office and operating sites and determined that many of these jobs include tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employees performing these tasks or others. Accordingly, the Company has designated the following positions as safety-sensitive:
Positions within COSCO which are held by employees who receive Safety Training; or
Positions within COSCO which are held by employees who operate equipment or motor vehicles in furtherance of performing their COSCO job duties, including operating motor vehicles while on Company business or travel (for this purpose “motor vehicles” includes Company owned or leased motor vehicles and personal motor vehicles used by employees in furtherance of Company business or while on Company travel)
Benefits: Begin first day of employment
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Relocation assistance/Ex-Pat incentives
COSCO is an equal opportunity employer
