Underground Technical Services Manager at Anglo American

Key role requirements:

• Identify and define P101 opportunities for improvement across our operations and projects, develop and execute supporting work programs in conjunction with operating and project teams.
• Provide leadership and direction to sites and business units on mechanisms, systems and procedures to implement and achieve P101 practices for underground mechanised mining operations.
• Make recommendations to technical and operational improvements which includes the adoption of technological and digitalisation / Future Mine requirements to meet sustainability and ambition targets.
• Provide thought leadership to underground mining activities to ensure a realistic range of options are investigated, considered and effectively implemented, with recognition of effective discipline integration and value from synergies
• Apply Business Improvement systems and processes in identification, organisation and execution of work.
• Oversee consistent application of Safety & Health principles in all discipline interactions

Qualifications:

Formal Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor of Mining Engineering (or Civil Engineering with post Mining qualifications), or post graduate Mining Master’s degree

Role-specific knowledge/Requirements

• 7+ years experience as a Technical Services leader in a hard rock underground environment.
• Experience underground mining leader with:
  • strong knowledge, experience and leadership across core mining processes including extraction, material movement, grade management, dispatch and load/fleet management
  • underground mining cycle activities and processes.
• Solid experience using planning software, ideally Deswik.
• Experienced across mining process from first principles, supporting bottom-up budgeting processes in derivation of periodic budgets.
• Ability to make recommendations on existing operating practice, systems and technology solutions for both owner operator and contracted mining functions within the business.
• Able to demonstrate practical thinking and problem solving experience to underground mining activities – studies, projects and operations – ensuring practical and operationally executable solutions are implemented.
• Experienced across interpretation of benchmarks, identification of performance gaps and development of targeted, effective plans to achieve measurable improvements for the discipline
• Strong knowledge of commercial / business drivers.