Senior Manager Mining Engineer MT at Anglo American

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Manage specialised mine design / mine planning teams (Open Pit, Conventional and mechanised mining) to ensure the Platinum business maintains high quality, value optimised medium-term plans for each of their assets (and projects).
• Provide leadership and management direction to effectively lead and co-ordinate the medium term mine planning team within its discipline and work streams, in turn aligning and integrating the teams and work in a best for business approach to the mine operations and site management teams.
• Provide our mine site teams (and projects where required) with developed and specialist experience (open pit, conventional and mechanised mining) to support identification and resolution of mining challenges impacting confidence and continuity of mine performance to meet targets.
• Integrate and work closely with the Snr Principal Mining – Long Term and Group Mining Planning teams to ensure optimised medium term planning outcomes for Platinum.
• Ensure effective team collaboration and alignment in working with Snr Principal Mining Technical so that our designs and mine plans are strengthened and enabled with complimentary and aligned plans, actions, initiatives and risk mitigations in each discipline – Geology, Ventilation, Geotechnical, Hydrogeology, Survey.
• Provide optimised medium-term plans that align to site situation context and management team direction, as well align to business and mine strategic direction as provided from Strategy and Studies.
• Develop systems, processes and routines for effective work and medium-short range execution planning, integrating into aligned, achievable and challenging operational tactics and work plans and schedule for Mining Operations Teams.
• Review, set and finalise annual budgets and technical mine plans with the site technical and management teams, cascading through to supporting business tactics and medium range plans to ensure operations are supported with executable mine plans and designs. 
• Drive improvement and innovation in mine planning processes through engagement with external stakeholders, key suppliers and OEM’s and internal business stakeholders.
• Participates in site and operational reviews (as required), generates reports, presentations and outputs as required to effectively communicate work outputs, performance and business information and intelligence.
• Identifies key technical issues, risks and opportunities for business risk mitigation and value add within the core mining systems as a process expert, in support to the site teams. 
• Works effectively within multi-disciplinary teams and manages relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in stakeholder and broader business engagements as required representing your to discipline.
•  Monitor the performance of mine planning systems and processes to evaluate if changes are necessary and/or effective.   
• This role is a Band 5 reporting to the Head Technical Mining.

Qualifications:

You will need the following:

• Minimum requirement: Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering
• Demonstrated application of academic qualifications through experience working in the field.

Experience:

• More than 7 years relevant experience
• Extensive mine site based operational, technical and mine planning experience that demonstrates successful application of mining engineering fundamentals.
• Has worked as a Chief Mine Planner or MRM Manager onsite.
• Demonstrated experience in Mine planning of major mine studies, life of mine and strategic mine planning. Relevant experience in mine consulting (long term) and corporate mine planning groups (long term planning).
• Extensive mine site-based experience as a progressive member of site operational and mining technical teams. Proficient skills in applying practical application of mine planning solutions and initiatives to improve business performance.