Senior, Forward Deployed Engineer

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By First Quantum Mineral

:\r\n\r\nJob title:\u00a0Senior, Forward Deployed Engineer\r\n\r\nSite:\u00a0\u00a0Kansanshi Mining PLC.\r\n\r\nDepartment:\u00a0\u00a0IT & Digital\r\n\r\nSection:\u00a0Business Applications & Project Delivery\r\n\r\nPosition reports to: Superintendent, Business Applications & Project Delivery\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPurpose\r\n\r\nThe Senior Forward Deployed Engineer works alongside the business to identify opportunities and deliver digital solutions that create operational value across the mine value chain. Combining business analysis, solution architecture, data and integrations, AI, and software engineering, the role engages stakeholders to understand problems and requirements, translates operational needs into scalable, supportable and secure designs, connects systems and turns data into trusted business assets, and applies AI and modern software engineering to build, deploy and support digital products, in alignment with architectural standards and best practices.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n1. Business Analysis\r\n\r\n \tEngage stakeholders across operations and IT to understand challenges, surface opportunities, and elicit and manage clear, prioritised requirements.\r\n \tAnalyse and map business processes to translate operational needs into practical digital solutions that improve how work gets done.\r\n \tDrive change and adoption while tracking value and benefits realisation to ensure solutions deliver measurable operational outcomes.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n2. Solution Architecture\r\n\r\n \tDesign scalable, supportable and secure solutions that align with enterprise architecture standards and the site\u2019s technology landscape.\r\n \tEvaluate technologies and platforms, making informed reuse, buy or build decisions that balance capability, cost and long-term supportability.\r\n \tDefine security and integration architectures that protect data and connect systems reliably across the enterprise.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n3. Data & Integrations\r\n\r\n \t