Principal - Water Program Manager at Anglo American

Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a program portfolio of all water impactful projects.
• Develop an understanding of the site water context.
• Identify, scope, specific roles and responsibilities, budgets and timelines of each water component and associated enabling water infrastructure projects.
• Provide robust project timelines that include all aspects of the project development.
• Establishes project specific metrics.
• Act as primary conduit between Project Managers and other stakeholders to constantly revise and communicate the context of projects to be delivered.
• Facilitate the integration of water infrastructure program design and execution partners (multinational companies) and blend into strong partnerships.
• Analyse project delivery trends and implementing actions to ensure optimal process and performance standards and effectively apply knowledge management with regards to previous lessons learned.
• Actively apply expert knowledge and thought leadership to challenge paradigms and lead individual water project teams.
• Lead the analysis and identification of opportunities to enable step changes in value realisation.
• Contribute to and lead aspects of the analysis and assessment of EPCMs, suppliers and intermediaries.

Qualifications:
About you:

• Relevant Engineering (Bachelor in Civil Engineering) and Professional Registration (Pr. Eng.) or ability to become registered in the near term.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the mining industry (multi commodity and geographic exposure an advantage)
• Advanced technical knowledge in Enabling Infrastructure within the mining industry and Government – specifically legislation, policy and procedure
• Advanced knowledge of how projects are delivered from study to steady state operations (green and brown fields)
• Practical experience with the full range of mine water management disciplines
• Understanding of water management infrastructure civil engineering and design, implementation aspects.
• Understanding of GoldSim or equivalent operational water balance tools
• Demonstrated track record in working with operational mining, project and supply chain teams.
• Understanding of Government structure and workings on a National, Provincial and Local level specifically relating to Enabling Infrastructure
• Project management of multiple projects concurrently
• Proven ability to justify, budget, execute and manage large programs

Closing Date: 17th, April 2022