Principal Process Engineer at Anglo American

Job Description:

The overall responsibility of the Principal Process Engineer would be to develop and deploy standardised operational standards across the concentrator operations. In addition, you will be accountable for: 

• Perform integrated short-term to medium-term planning for the Concentrators in alignment with the mining short-term planning and as an input into the metal accounting as part of the full business value chain.

• Support the implementation of the identified P101 and tech-dev initiatives to ensure optimised concentrators capacity to deliver on plan and advise where required.

• Advise on allocation of production resources i.e. people, material, and budgets to ensure availability of these resources to meet the production target.

• In collaboration with the operations, identify key performance shortfalls and gaps, and critical areas of improvement, and facilitate resolutions where there are bottlenecks.

• Collaboration with AS&R to ensure timeous maintenance and availability of equipment’s in line for production.

• Support the operations with the implementation of the correct safety measures at the Concentrators in response to the EOF findings.

• Monitor and report compliance with metrics, best practices, and applicable solutions.

• Drive delivery of sustainability activities as relevant to discipline as set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time.

• Participate in stakeholder engagements as relevant to the discipline and act consistently with sustainability expectations.

• Adhere to Anglo American and compliance and governance requirements within the work area and function.

• Consistently apply Safety & Health principles in all team interactions, taking personal responsibility for the safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.

• Developing and monitoring the effectiveness of discipline-specific plans/systems to reduce exposure to discipline-specific risks.

This role forms part of the Group Processing function at a Band 5 level reporting to the Head of Concentrator Performance

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree, preferably with Honours, in Metallurgy, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering.

• Completed or in the process of completing a postgraduate qualification.

Required Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years demonstrated, post-qualification operations experience in delivering results in large complex processing facilities or multi-site operations. 

• A minimum of 4 years demonstrated leadership experience.

Other Requirements:

• Advanced computer literacy.

• Valid South African Drivers License.

Key Competencies:

• Leadership

• Solid technical foundations

• Change management

• Project management fundamentals

• Continuous improvement

• Business improvement

• Data analysis

• Strong stakeholder engagement

• Collaborative

• Safety awareness