Metallurgical Technical Engineer at Anglo American

Our Platinum business mines, processes and refines the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. We are the world’s leading primary producer of PGMs, which have a range of specialised applications that improve lives across the world – from vehicle fuel cells to jewellery; dentistry to glassmaking; pacemakers to petroleum refining.

Job Description

You will be responsible for ensuring that the plant process operates effectively and coordinate labour, equipment and services. This position has a legal accountability with a 2.6.1 appointment in terms of the MHSA.

• Control the plant within the technical recipe and ensure technical audit of the plant is conducted to the required standards, provide technical support to production manager and ensure that recommendations to plant improvement are considered in the “recipe” review process.
• Support the Plant Manager/Technical Manager to optimise and continually improve the Technical operation of a plant with a 1 – 2 year timeframe.
• Audit compliance to “recipe” and liaise with plant personnel and provide/liaise with external resources to conduct agreed plant surveys/audit processes.
• Recommend technical corrective action to operation’s production and monitor all trends, interpret, and report plant key process parameters for discussion with central technical structure.
• Project execution of agreed audit work & plant surveys (plant diagnostics) and provide detailed analyses of process control/plant performance relationships.
• Process improvement initiatives and Plant optimization within recipe and identify ongoing capital requirements for plants and troubleshoot and resolve operation problems within plant operating “recipe”
   

This role is in the Metallurgical Department on a Band 6 level and will report to Technical Manager.
Please note: There are various positions available at multiple locations.
Qualifications
You must have:

• A Degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or Chemistry (NQF Level 8) is required.
• Management Development Programme will be advantageous.
• Valid driving license code B or EB is required in order to travel to the various sites.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:

• 5 years or more post qualification Plant experience in metallurgy development projects and line management within a mineral/hydro/phyro metallurgical operation or plant will be advantageous.
• Sound technical ability, including a good technical understanding of process control systems. Technical reporting and presentation skills.
• Sound understanding of change management principles.
• Knowledge of the best utilization/business applications of management and plant processing.
• Experience with people management and effective leadership and understanding change management principles.
• Computer skills for role including Business systems e.g. SAP including SHE systems management.