Underground Mobile Equipment Engineer at Anglo American

Job Description

• We are looking for an Underground Mobile Equipment Engineer who will be responsible for setting the standards and building operational competence to implement/ maintain and continually improve underground mobile equipment maintenance performance, provision of subject matter expertise across underground mobile equipment maintenance and lead area specific FutureSmart Mining™ initiatives.

The role is based in South Africa and will have involvement across all of Anglo’s global underground operations. Domestic and international travel will be a requisite of this role.

Key role requirements:

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) input to AS&R strategies, tactics, work-packages, and task lists to ensure effective and efficient maintenance management for mobile equipment.
• Develop continual improvement strategies and initiatives for mobile equipment arising from best practice monitoring, AS&R Roadmap/framework Assessments, assurance activities, investigations, and work management processes.
• Monitor and review operational performance in mobile equipment across Group-wide operations.
• Set and maintain the minimum guidelines for precision maintenance for mobile equipment maintenance and create assessment templates for assurance review processes.
• Socialise the standards/ guidelines, specifications, and templates for mobile equipment. Provide SME input into the design of assets and operational readiness to review Original Equipment Manufacturer tactics and ensure optimal maintainability.

Build operational competence with regards to mobile equipment maintenance by:

• Providing high level advice, support coaching and mentoring to the workforce.
• Developing and making available best practice processes, templates etc.
• Identify training needs and communicate to the leadership team.
• Lead or be a SME contributor to whole of business projects to improve mobile equipment performance as appropriate.
• Support the AS&R Heads of Commodity to establish appropriate QA/QC requirements for outsourced refurbishment of mobile equipment maintenance work.

Qualifications

Formal Qualifications

• Essential: An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline.
• Registered Professional Engineer
• Desirable: A postgraduate qualification (Masters / Doctoral degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity.

Role-specific Knowledge/Requirements

• 10+ years experience in operational leadership across underground mobile equipment.
• A demonstrated thought leader and considered a global expert in the understanding and application of maintenance of underground mobile equipment within the resources industry.
• Strong track record of defining and leading a strategic approach towards the application of technical expertise in the optimisation maintenance of underground mobile equipment in a complex, matrix structured global resources organisation.
• Operational experience leading underground mobile equipment maintenance operations.
• Track record of success in liaising and dealing at senior levels with stakeholders JV partners, suppliers, regulatory bodies, research institutions and industry associations and using own professional, technical expertise to constructively influence decisions and outcomes.