Senior Engineering & Integration Manager

About the company:

In the coming decades, our world needs substantially more critical minerals such as copper, lithium, and cobalt, to build electric infrastructure, vehicles, data centers, and electronics. The mining industry is making 10x fewer discoveries per dollar spent on exploration compared to 30 years ago, because the easy-to-find, near surface deposits have largely been discovered. 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. We made our first discovery—Mingomba, one of the world’s largest undeveloped high-grade copper deposits—after spending materially less than the industry average. This asset is expected to operate for decades, and be a leading global copper supplier. KoBold is actively running exploration programs in 8 countries worldwide, all with the potential for another high-quality discovery. We are developing Mingomba by applying the same technical rigor to resource development and mine planning as we do to exploration. Mingomba is also a scientific laboratory where we prototype new technology and workflows, combined with the expertise of veteran engineers. Our multidisciplinary team consists of mine and processing engineers, geologists, data scientists, software engineers, community, health & safety, construction, and operations specialists. We want to develop world-class mining projects that are safer and have more predictable outcomes for ourselves, partners, and communities.

About the role

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Process safety and hazard management

  • Own the engineering dimension of process safety for the project.
  • Act as design authority for safety-critical systems.

• Engineering data, quality, and handover

  • Establish and oversee the engineering data management framework.
  • Direct the engineering quality plan.

• People, capability, and operational readiness

  • Build and lead a high-performing KoBold engineering team.
  • Define the engineering resourcing plan through each project phase.
  • Mentor senior engineers.

Qualifications and experience

• 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.
• Strong multi-discipline technical foundation with the ability to assess and challenge designs across civil/structural, mechanical, process, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in an engineering discipline; Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional registration strongly preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally to Zambia, with anticipated travel of 90+ days per year.