Multiple Positions – Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc

1.0 GDP – Legal

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VAC-2024-0026: GDP LEGAL

Grade: CEC GDP | Contract Type: Fixed Term | Location: Kitwe

Are you a fresh graduate with a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) and an Advocate of the High Court of Zambia; seeking to acquire real-world, hands-on experience to hone your strengths and shape your career development in the Legal field? Copperbelt Energy Corporation PLC (CEC) is offering you that opportunity. If you are achievement-oriented and positively inquisitive, with an interest in the energy sector (electricity industry), then this opportunity is for you.

What We Are Offering

We have an opening in our Graduate Development Program (GDP) in the field of Law. The GDP is a comprehensive 18-month programme that will provide you with practical experience in providing legal and Company Secretarial services to CEC, its subsidiaries and associated entities. It involves appropriate training, support, and mentoring to help you reach your maximum potential in legal, commercial and corporate skills During your time with us, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from our most experienced professionals and problem solvers. To qualify, you should have graduated and been admitted to the Zambian Bar no earlier than the year 2023.

2.0 MECHANIC II

 

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VAC-2024-0023: MECHANIC II

Grade: CEC 9 | Contract Type: Permanent | Location: Kitwe

The role is responsible for accurate diagnosis of faults on; and carrying out repair and maintenance of all CEC motor vehicles and plant equipment, comprising vans, mini buses, trucks, cranes, earth moving equipment, gensets and other similar equipment in compliance with required engineering standards in order to sustain company operations in compliance with relevant system regulations, technical protocols and Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) policies.

The position will report to the Garage Supervisor.

Key Accountabilities

• Carry out routine maintenance on all motor vehicles and plant equipment in compliance with the service schedule, to ensure their reliability and availability.
• Carry out repairs on vehicles, which involve diagnosis, dismantling, replacement or reconditioning of defective parts, assembling and testing of completed vehicles to ensure that they are in good condition.
• Undertake repair and maintenance of diesel generators to ensure optimum performance.
• Recover vehicles which break down outside the plant for Security.
• Carry out automotive repair activities in the most efficient and effective manner to ensure that the same are performed right the first time.
• Undertake any other tasks that may be assigned in compliance with the company’s multiskilling initiative.
• Undertake and complete given assignments within allocated time frame to avoid unnecessary overtime.
• Ensure that all company resources are used solely for company operations.

To be considered for this role, you will be required to have:

• Grade 12 School Certificate.
• Craft Technician Certificate or Advanced Certificate in Automotive/Heavy Equipment Repair/Auto Electrics.
• Fully accredited as Registered Technician or Registered Technologist Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).
• At least 2 years’ practical experience gained in a similar maintenance role.
• Thorough knowledge of automotive and mechanical plant equipment in an automotive or busy road transport industry.
• Proven ability to diagnose and repair faults in vehicles and mechanical plant equipment.

3.0 ENGINEER – PROTECTION

 

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VAC-2024-0022: ENGINEER – PROTECTION

Grade: CEC 6 | Contract Type: Permanent | Location: Kitwe

This role is responsible for designing, installation, testing, commissioning and maintaining various protection and control equipment such as protection schemes, monitoring devices, alarm schemes and instruments to ensure the efficiency and reliability of the power network.

The position will report to the Senior Engineer – Protection

Key Accountabilities

• Carry out the design, installation and commissioning of protection and control schemes in order to optimise the operation of the power system configuration.
• Provide specifications for capital projects.
• Adjudicate tenders, witness factory acceptance tests and supervise installation and commissioning and site acceptance testing of turnkey and CEC initiated projects.
• Plan and implement efficient and effective system equipment maintenance programmes.
• Facilitate rapid fault investigations and quick restoration of services to sustain operations.
• Carry out engineering studies to ensure correct operation and grading of protective devices on the power system to prevent adverse damage to primary plant equipment and other installations as well as prevent loss of life.
• Calculate protection settings for protection relays.
• Carry out modifications and alterations to protection system installations in order to adapt them to new technologies and operating requirements.
• Ensure that all drawings associated with such modifications are updated.
• Investigate system failures and institute corrective and preventive measures to avoid recurrence of similar incidents.
• Ensure that all company resources under the section are used solely for company purposes to avoid misuse of assets.
• Provide in-house training to departmental staff to ensure appreciation and competence in the use of test equipment and application of modern technology devices on the power system.
• Control labour and operating budget expenditure by ensuring that limits for the section, individual employees and self are adhered to.
• Adhere to company HSES policy and ensure compliance to all domestic and statutory regulations for personal safety and prevention of damage to company equipment and assets.

To be successful in this role, you will be required to have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Member of EIZ
• Three years relevant experience
• Understanding of power systems
• Understanding engineering drawings
• Computing skills, oral/written communication skills,
• Appreciation of IEC61850 protocol and engineering

 

4.0 INTERNAL AUDITOR – INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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VAC-2024-0025: INTERNAL AUDITOR – INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Grade: CEC 6 | Contract Type: Permanent | Location: Kitwe

This role is responsible for carrying out internal audit engagements relating to Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) that involve an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes in the Company. This involves value-adding risk-based planning of IS audits, preparation of IS audit programs, execution of fieldwork; preparation of audit reports; and ensuring the quality of working order to improve the CEC PLC governance, operations, and information systems by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.

The position will report to the Senior Manager – Assurance and Internal Audit.

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute to the preparation of audit plans by documenting activity flows of processes to be reviewed, key risks and controls in place to mitigate identified risks.
• Review company internal control systems, procedures and practices to ensure their continued adequacy, effectiveness and compliance with statutory requirements, accounting standards and company policy.
• Conduct IT audits as part of a team or individually in accordance with the audit plan, methodology and standards from planning through to fieldwork, reporting and monitoring.
• Develop accurate and complete audit work papers that adequately support audit findings and document work performed, reaching informed conclusions on the effectiveness of observed control environments.
• Execute special investigations and assignments as directed by Management.
• Prepare audit reports on all findings, conclusions and recommendations for presentation to the supervisor within agreed time-lines.
• Actively contribute in the audit close out meetings with Management of varying levels across the business.
• Monitor and report on implementation of agreed action points for both internal and external reviews.
• Undertake review work in respect of significant audit findings.
• Conduct regular checks in areas perceived to be most susceptible to loss so that potential loss is minimized.
• Carry out audits of the available information systems to ensure economic, efficient and effective usage of IT resources and ensure the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of management information.
• Contribute to the development of the departmental budget.
• Provide support to management of departmental expenditure within the prescribed budget to achieve cost control and savings.
• Identify any opportunities for improved cost management and either address these or escalate to superiors.
• Demonstrate consistent behaviour in line with the Company’s HSES and Risk Management policies, procedures and standards.
• Create and maintain a safe and secure work environment through proactive risk identification, reporting and management.
• Demonstrate behaviour in line with CEC values, standards and expectations of a professional workplace.
• Participate as an effective team member in working collaboratively with leaders, peers and others stakeholders to achieve business goals.

To be considered for this role, you will be required to have:

• • Essential: Grade 12 School Certificate.
  • A University Degree with a bias in Auditing, Accountancy, Commerce, Finance, Information Technology/Computer Science, Economics or any other business-related degree
  • Relevant professional qualifications such as CA-Zambia, CISA, CIA, ACCA, or CIMA.
  • Membership with ZiCA, ACCA, CIMA, IIA or ISACA
  • Minimum 3 years experience in IT auditing within a wide range of business processes (either in an external or internal audit environment).

Interaction with employees at all levels in the company and external auditors and company customers.

• Good understanding of the internal audit performance and implementation standards.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills to be able to effectively report any issues and recommendations for improvement to clients, as well as drafting high quality (and high impact) audit reports.
• Good understanding of risk management and audit principles and an understanding of audit philosophy, methodologies and techniques such as flowcharting, interviewing and presentation.
• Strong analytical and project management skills.
• Demonstrated experience conducting end-to-end IT audits and applying the International Professional Practices Framework (issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors) and industry-accepted controls framework to IT audit assignments.
• Ability to evaluate the systems and processes in place that secure company data.
• Ability to verify that IT controls are being regularly practiced and maintained.
• Determine risks to a company’s information assets and identify methods to minimize them.
• Ensure information management processes are in compliance with IT-specific laws, policies and standards.
• Determine inefficiencies in IT systems and associated management.

 

5.0 ASSURANCE SPECIALIST – SYSTEMS

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VAC-2024-0024: ASSURANCE SPECIALIST – SYSTEMS

Grade: CEC 5 | Contract Type: Permanent | Location: Kitwe

This role is responsible for implementing strategic risk-based internal audit plan and assisting the functional head in managing the Assurance and Internal Audit function in accordance with the internal audit charter and the professional standards for internal auditing.

Other responsibilities include providing reasonable assurance on the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management, the strength of internal controls, Governance and Compliance.

The position will report to the Senior Manager – Assurance and Internal Audit.

• To plan and conduct IT audits in accordance with the audit plan, methodology and standards.
• Review and appraise the soundness, adequacy, effectiveness, efficiency and application of accounting, financial, and other operating controls, as well as promote effective control at reasonable cost to safeguard shareholders’ investment and company assets.
• Provide technical assistance to audit staff members in the effective discharge of their duties.
• Evaluate data compiled during audit projects and prepare written reports of conditions found.
• Lead audit team members in evaluating controls embedded in processes designed to; prevent loss of the CEC’s resources, perpetration of fraudulent activities, achievement of operational goals and objectives.
• Lead audit team members in ascertaining whether procedures in use comply with statutory regulations, the CEC’s policies and procedures and other related regulatory frameworks such as accounting standards and make recommendations appropriately.
• Develop and implement the annual internal audit plan to help provide assurance to the Company’s risk management process through planning the audit assignments; production of audit programs; supervision of audit assignments ; production of audit reports and ensuring quality control at all stages of the audit process.
• Provide input into the corporate governance process to ensure CEC complies with the latest principles of corporate governance.
• Provide secretarial services to the CEC Audit and Risk Committee of the Board.
• Formulate audit policy and develop methodologies in keeping with international audit standards.
• Ensure the proper application of internal audit methodologies in the performance of planned audits, special audits and ad-hoc assignments in order to meet CEC’s business objectives.
• Review identified areas of non-compliance to ensure that management implements the audit recommendations.
• Investigate and analyse causes of uneconomic and inefficient processes and recommend alternatives that will ensure resource optimisation and promote efforts of synergy in the Company.
• Collaborate with the External Auditor to enhance efficiency.
• Optimize human resources in a way that ensures that maximum productivity is delivered by the section.
• Supervise internal audit staff and other staff attached to audit tasks and facilitate relevant training for acquisition of required skills.

To be successful in this role, you will be required to have:

• Grade 12 School Certificate.
• A University Degree with a bias in Auditing, Accountancy, Commerce, Finance, Information Technology/Computer Science, Economics or any other business-related degree
• MBA added advantage
• Relevant professional qualifications such as CA-Zambia, CISA, CIA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Membership with ZiCA, ACCA, CIMA, IIA or ISACA
• At least 5 Years relevant experience at supervisory level
• Significant experience in understanding and applying relevant technical knowledge in the following engagement types:
  1. Information Technology General Control audits
  2. System and Organization Controls reporting engagement
  3. Knowledge of financial audit
  4. Internal or operational audits.

If you have the relevant experience and skills as indicated above, please click on this link https://recruitment.cec.com.zm/ and complete the online job application. Hard copy applications will not be accepted at this stage.

CEC is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in its staff. Suitably qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, 6th December 2024.

Applicants are requested to provide daytime contact numbers and accessible email addresses. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.