accounts payable clerk

First Quantum Minerals

As an ancillary specialist at first quantum my day starts at 6am when the company vehicle picks me from the picking point. At 715am i attend the safety meeting which only last for five minutes and after that my boss assigned with the work for the day.
My duties at first quantum under training and development  includes training new employees on how operate Excavators, Dozers, Front end loaders, forklifts and Graders. And also accessing, monitoring competences, compliances of operators on site.
      having worked with this company one of the biggest open pit in Zambia for more than ten years i have lent that overcoming unique work challenges builds resilience and technical skills, self management helps to knowing my boundaries, maintaining a health-work life balance, and understanding company polices are equally important. Time management is very important for any organization  prosper, managing deadlines and prioritizing tasks is essential for productivity.
       At first quantum the company promotes the culture that every employee should have the sense of belonging and that every employee have the right to raise a grievance if he/she feels that she/he not being treated fairly.
       The hardest part of my work is managing overwhelming workloads and emotional exhaustion and meeting diverse trainees needs with limited time.
      The most enjoyable parts of my job include forming meaningful, lasting relationships with trainees, seeing them making a positive difference in their lives.
        
 

When I joined the company we use to work for 12 hours which was later changed to 8 hour in 2009.
I have learned a lot of things in my carrier from the time I started up to now and am still learning as technology keeps on changing everyday. I have learned how to change components, trouble shoot and servicing the machines with minimum supervision.
The Management at FQM is fair depending on how you are working and how you are taking your work.
FQM has the best work culture where all workers considers each other as friends. Team work is encouraged so the at the end of the day we can achieve one goal, "copper production".
The hardest part of the job is pressure especially when they are about to blast and the machine breaks down in the blasting area, we have to work hard until we bring the machine up, if it meanings working overtime we do it, but with safety in mind as no job is important that can be done without safety.
The most enjoyable part of the job is that you have to learn new things everyday from your co-workers as we work as a team.

Very energetic and ambitious with a view of advancing my work career where possible. Difficulty encounters have always been there especially when meeting customer demands at a time you need also to balance the cost of power consumption with output of good or recommended oxygen purity and pressure. However, through years of working I have always handled such with the guidance of my superiors. My Supervisors as well as management have been very supportive and provided adequate training where possible.  In my leisure time I enjoy watching and sometimes playing the game of soccer

What is the best part of working at the company?
Fault finding,when set targets are achieved on the machine e.g components change out,break downs.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When the set down time is not achieved 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Smarter, togetherness, self driven we put safety first 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Spend most of my time working on the given task and after finishing the close work order.

The work culture is fine, management when it comes to production it is very fine but when it comes to workers its very poor . At Kansanshi i do enjoy doing my work because we have all the necessary machines for operations, the trainings which makes my job enjoyable the only thing that will make me leave is because of poor salaries i need to give my children good education but if i stay i wont manage that.

First quantum minerals is a good company with very good policies.How ever  so much given to policies that affect the company's productive while the productive of an individual employee  is not given the same attention.

Fast paced atmosphere, great people and a lot of hard work ahead of them getting the place running again.  I look back with  good memories of my time spent with First Quantum and who knows I may go back if my circumstances change and they will still have me.  I left on good terms with some kind words and praise from my peers

The most enjoyable part of working here is the technology.There has been a few issues with staffing of late but this can give you a chance to break into an area of electrical that you might not have been able to do otherwise

No job is so important that it cant be done safely, the working culture is that safety is preotised as first preority then production comes second.
We work 4/4/4/4 meaning we work 12 days continus. 4 day dayshift,  4days afternoon,  4 nights nightshift and 4 days off.

machines where in poor condition, no real maintenance schedule for machines or the plant a lot of meatball surgery and band aids on bullet wounds. ground conditions are muddy and awful

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