JOHN M.KAPAYA
SHIFT SUPERVISOR – CRUSHER/TAILS DAM/PROCESS PLANT
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A highly effective supervisor with hands on experience in mineral processing operations spanning over 28 years. I have repeatedly demonstrated a solid safety record and strong leadership, sound team building attributes.
I have worked in various mineral processing plants in Zambia. I have strong leadership skills and work under minimum supervision.
Attributes
Versatile, self- motivated, self-starter, team player, team builder, hardworking and shows a lot of maturity on the job, also able to inspire subordinates
•SUPERVISORY SKILLS
•TIME MANAGEMENT
•CONFLICT RESOLUTION
•TEAM BUILDING
•TAPROOT INVESTIGATION
Senior crusher supervisor – BARRICK GOLD
2016 - 2023
Accountabilities:
•Responsible for meeting production & safety targets
•Conducting production and safety audits
•Allocating tasks to subordinates
•Ensuring a clean, safe and a health environment
•Schedule/conducting shift safety and production meetings
•Coaching of subordinates and recommending for their trainings
•Conducting employee performance reviews
•Operating within standard operating procedures and to perform job safety analysis (JSA)
•Coordinating start-ups and shut downs
•Conducting disciplinary case hearings for subordinates
Senior process supervisor – BARRICK GOLD
2012 - 2016
Accountabilities:
•Ensuring safety of every person on shift
•Responsible for meeting production and safety targets
•Allocating tasks to subordinates
•Performing positive isolation on equipment before handing over for maintenance
•Conducting Job Safety Analysis (JSA)/Field Level Risk assessment (FLRA)
•Conducting performance reviews for subordinates
•Conducting safety audits in areas of responsibility
•Conducting safety meetings
•Disciplinary action against perpetual offenders
•Preparation and mixing reagents for plant use/charging the Mills
•Coaching of subordinate
•Recommending subordinates for training
•Scheduling mobile equipment for service allocating
•Conducting housekeeping in areas of jurisdiction
•Enforcing company policies in the department
•Compiling production report at end of shift
•Compiling an incident report in an event that an incident occurred while on shift
Services supervisor/tailings dam – BARRICK GOLD
2008 - 2012
•Ensuring safety of every one on shift
•Maintaining 90% tails delivery lines availability for continuous operations
•Water sampling to ensure no pollution to the environment
•Maintaining free board of 150 meters from dam wall
•Preparation and mixing of reagents for plant use
•Inventory of plant chemicals
•Housekeeping within the department
•Maintenance of tails delivery lines
•Allocating mobile equipment to various stake holders
Services supervisor - First Quantum Minerals Kansanshi mine
2004 - 2008
•Ensuring safefty of every on on duty by enforcing safety rules
•Inventory of plant chemicals
•Allocating tasks to subordinates
•Regular inspection of tails delivery lines for leakages
•Maintenance of tails lines
•Sampling of water from various points to ensure pollution free invironment
•Housekeeping duties in areas of responsibility
•Rehearsing with various stake holders for smooth operations
Shift foreman - Konkola Copper Mines plc
2000 - 2004
•Ensuring safety of people on duty
•Meeting production targets
•Reclamation of tails deposits using high pressure monitorin gun
•Maintenance of water lines
•House keeping duties
•Controlling water pollution by neutralizing effluents by adding lime
Samfya secondary school
1981 - 1984
Junior and senior secondary school education
Copperbelt university
2018 - 2018
Certificate in basic mineral processing covering, Crushing, Conveying, stock-pilling, Glanding, Floatation, filtering, thickeners and tailings dam.
Referees:
Mweemba Hakaluma
Process coordinator
Barrick Gold - Lumwana mine
Box 110199
Kalumbila
Cell: +260-*********
Email: *********@*******.***