# Senior Engineer, Planning & Strategic Projects

At First Quantum, we free the talent of our people by taking a very different approach which is underpinned by a very different, very definite culture - the “First Quantum Way”. Working with us is not like working anywhere else, which is why we recruit people who will take a bolder, smarter approach to spot opportunities, solve problems and deliver results. Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That’s how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations. Job description: Purpose of the role The Senior Mine Engineer - Mine Planning & Strategy develops the mine plans, schedules and value studies that link the Life of Mine strategy to safe, achievable and value-maximising production at Trident. The role spans the planning cycle from Life of Mine through to the 3-24 month horizon, and drives business improvement and value engineering initiatives across the operation. All appointees share a common set of core responsibilities and are placed in one of two focus areas: Medium-Term Planning, or Strategic Mine Planning. Placement depends on experience and business need and may change over

- **Id**: 3609711
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/first-quantum-minerals-senior-engineer-planning-strategic-projects>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Kalumbila, Zambia
- **Countries**: ZM
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T13:32:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T06:29:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7751
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mining, Non-ferrous Metals

## Company

- **Id**: 2016245
- **Name**: First Quantum Minerals
- **Domain**: first-quantum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/first-quantum>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 68
- **Open postings**: 72
- **Ghost share**: 0.528
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 33
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T13:32:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:8, stale_co, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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