Senior Surveyor – TSF Construction

About the role

Reporting to the Superintendent – TSF Construction, the Senior Surveyor will lead and coordinate all surveying activities required for the construction of tailings storage facilities (TSF) and related infrastructure at Kamoto Copper Company in Kolwezi, DRC. The role ensures that layouts, geometric checks, quantity takeoffs and topographic data are accurate and fully compliant with engineering plans, technical specifications and approved tolerances.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, supervise and execute topographic surveys for earthworks, embankments, dikes, drainage systems, pipelines, access roads and other TSF‑related structures.
• Establish and maintain the topographic control network, setting up and verifying control points, benchmarks, coordinates and reference systems.
• Perform and control as‑built layouts, monitoring levels, alignments, slopes, elevations and dimensions to confirm conformity with approved designs.
• Measure cut and fill, calculate volumes of borrow material and stockpiles, and provide reliable quantity data for progress monitoring.
• Compare completed work with design specifications, identify discrepancies and communicate anomalies to engineering, construction and QA/QC teams.
• Provide daily topographic support to construction crews, participate in technical meetings and collaborate with geotechnical, engineering and project teams to resolve technical issues.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in surveying for large‑scale mining or civil construction projects.
• Proven ability to lead surveying teams and manage subcontractors.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, technical specifications and tolerance management.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with multidisciplinary project stakeholders.

Required skills

• Topographic surveying
• Geodetic control network establishment
• Quantity takeoff and volume calculation
• As‑built layout production