Current Vacancies at De Beers Group

Job Description:

As the Analyst Data Geotechnical you will plan and schedule areas to be scanned, and to compile reports.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• Prepare and process all underground GPR (Ground penetrating radar) scans on a daily basis.
• Prepare and process graphical representation for Strata Control Officer’s scrutiny and action on the same day.
• Assist the Strata Control Officer with preparation of the GPR reports and recommendations.
• Conduct mapping of the designated scanned areas for underground GPR scanning of all tip areas and ancillary excavations.
• Conduct monthly routine GPR scanning as required by Strata Control Officer or management.
• Write GPR reports and communicate it to the Engineering and Rock Engineering department.
• Conduct GPR planning and communicate it to the Engineering and Rock Engineering department.
• Carry the control console for GPR to ensure data integrity during collection.
• Ensure all tips and ancillary excavations are scanned and that fall of ground (FOG) lights are installed as per standard.
• Install and monitor underground Rock Mass Monitoring instrumentation.
• Assist the SCO with TARP RED panel visits and follow ups.
• Assist with Rock Engineering projects and testing of new support products.
• Perform quality control on secondary support installations.
• Plotting of Q-ratings onto the Live Mine Plan on a daily basis.
• Plotting of GPR scans on Live Mine Plan on a daily basis.
• This role is in the engineering department at a C3 level reporting to the Shaft Rock Engineer.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Studying towards the Strata Control Officer certificate

Experience

• At least two (2) years’ experience in a Rock Engineering environment
• Installation and use of geotechnical monitoring equipment
• Good interpretation skills in analysing borehole camera

Additional Requirements:

• Computer literacy (MS Office Suite)
• Communication skills  
• Must be able to do standby
• If successful, you will be required to undergo a Medical Fitness Test

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Job Description:

We are seeking an Operational Planning Applications Specialist who will manage and optimise operational planning applications, enabling efficient resource allocation and planning processes.

This position will see you become part of a highly specialised team, who consistently push the boundaries of digital, technology, and automation innovation to drive a smarter, safer, and more sustainable enterprise.

Core Responsibilities (amongst others): 

• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of operational planning applications.
• Collaborate with planning teams to optimise application functionality and usability.
• Monitor data integration and data accuracy within planning applications.
• Advise with technical support and training to users of operational planning tools.
• Collaborate with IT teams to ensure application performance and scalability.
• Continuously improve planning applications based on user feedback and evolving business requirements.

Qualifications:

• Effective portfolio management
• Experience in Cloud and Hybrid Cloud computing, including Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) technology.
• Awareness of enterprise data and has demonstrated success of working with data sources in mining, oil and gas, geoscience or similar disciplines, data integration, data lake and data quality workflows.
• Data analytical tools and techniques to create accurate management reports for decision-making.
• Commercial/business drivers across value chain, business performance variability and underlying causes that define subsequent actions.
• Financial metrics & budgeting (performance/cost/capital management, value driver analysis)

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Core Responsibilities (amongst others): 

• Collect, analyse, and manage sustainability-related data for reporting and compliance.
• Collaborate with sustainability teams to develop data collection methodologies and standards.
• Analyse sustainability data to identify trends and insights for sustainability initiatives.
• Conduct sustainability reports and presentations for stakeholders and regulatory agencies.
• Conduct sustainability initiatives and projects with data-driven insights.
• Stay updated with sustainability reporting guidelines and frameworks.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified or equivalent, with relevant professional qualifications (ideally within Environmental Science or similar)
• Sound knowledge and experience in Data architecture, Semi-structured and unstructured data and agile project management methods and practices. 
• Sustainability data and information sources within mining, oil and gas or similar industries.
• Understanding of enterprise data, data quality, data integration, data lake and data quality workflows.
• Understanding of mining value chain and experience in working with 3D block models and/or earth observation imagery a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge of statistical software (such as R, Python, or specialized sustainability tools) to analyse and interpret environmental data.
• Awareness of local and international environmental regulations, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Understanding of renewable energy sources, their feasibility, and integration into sustainability strategies
• Familiarity with circular economy principles and strategies to promote resource efficiency and reduce waste. 

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Job Description:

• Provide SHEC contribution to achieve GDG and T&S critical tasks for the project.
• Engage and influence local stakeholders in the country for best practice SHEC management and implementation of practical controls and provide counsel and advice when called upon.
• Lead or engage and influence stakeholders to implement risk management in line with Operational Risk Management (ORM).
• Plan and coordinate incident investigations utilizing the Learning from Incidents (LFI) methodology; coach and mentor country teams in the LFI methodology and help ensure “no repeats”.
• Facilitate onsite audits of country-level implementations of Anglo American and GDG SHEC requirements in line with the approved audit program, coach, and mentor country team members in audit methodologies.
• Lead in the provisioning and development of a resilient SHEC culture including positive safety behaviours on the projects in the country's jurisdiction.
• Ensure compliance with the Contractor Performance Management Framework SHEC requirements for all high-risk contractors.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health, safety, and environmental protection, or related scientific disciplines.
• Alternatively, higher-level diplomas in the same discipline, but with a higher level of practical experience.
• Familiarity and competence in reporting systems like Isometrix.
• Lead Auditor qualification.
• Competent in incident investigation.
• Appropriate Risk Management training and experience.

Desirable:

• Emergency Management/response qualification.

Technical knowledge and experience:

• Local / Regional experience in the management of exploration SHEC programs
• Proven experience working on mining (surface and underground) and/or mineral exploration projects.
• Proven experience in surface and underground on various drilling rig types safety.
• Experience in the implementation of Safety and Occupational Health Management Systems.
• Practical experience in emergency response in exploration, near mine and on mine environment.
• Proven experience working with communities and other stakeholders to maintain a license to operate and explore.
• Knowledge of safety, health, environment, and community policies, procedures, and the important role of consistently demonstrating required behaviours and championing safety values.

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Job Description:

Business Intelligence and Data Analytics is a central team within the Information Management discipline in Anglo American. The Business Intelligence and Data Analytics team is a high performing technology team providing core digital competencies across product, platform, dashboards, data, and data science.

This role sites within our global data science team. In this role, your technical acumen and innate curiosity will fuel your drive to resolve complex problems and derive valuable insights. You will thrive in a culture of calculated risks, continuous learning, and boundary-pushing innovation.

The Data Scientist will contribute to diverse areas such as time-series data, computer vision, simulation, generative AI, and AI governance across various domains. Initially, your focus will be on enhancing operational performance.

Key responsibilities:

We are seeking candidates who are able to work across the data science lifecycle. Your key responsibilities will include –

• Being a partner with specific teams to capture business requirements and understand the questions they are trying to address, and the data they have or need to collect to address their questions
• Personally, or in collaboration with internal/external teams developing statistical models, algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms to analyse data and address a particular business question
• Presenting data-driven insights and recommendations to functional leads
• Contributing to best practice for agile model and analytics development
• Staying updated with data science trends and technologies
• Leading by example with a strong continuous improvement and analytical mindset
• Assisting with developing the roadmap for future analytical components as data science solutions approach operation
• Supporting the team to ensure existing data science solutions remain accurate and trusted by the business

Qualifications:

Education level:

• Required: An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant numerical/technical discipline
• Preferred: Post-graduate qualification in a relevant numerical/technical discipline

Skillset:

• Strong proficiency in programming languages (Python, SQL) and data manipulation libraries (pandas, NumPy).
• A problem-solving mindset with a strong drive to learn and experiment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Project management skills to lead data science development and implementation
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Eagerness to stay informed about the latest advancements in data science and learn with the team as we mature

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or an adjacent role
• Delivery of data science projects (simulation, machine learning, statistical methods, hypothesis testing, experimental design etc)
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch etc).
• Experience with cloud data science platforms (for example Databricks, AzureML)
• Effective communication of insights from data science work through data visualization tools (like Power BI, matplotlib/seaborn/plotly/dash/streamlit etc)
• Able to surface and address pros and cons of different data science approaches
•  Understanding of distributed computing for handling and processing large datasets
• Understanding of ethical/responsible AI frameworks

Advantageous:

• Experience leading small teams
• Experience in the mining sector or similar other industrials
• Experience building numerical simulations of physical systems
• Experience with operational time-series data and time-series data platforms (for example Seeq)
• Understanding of advanced process control

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Job Description:

The purpose of this role is to manage Anglo American Group’s SA legal risks and opportunities with specific reference to Commercial Law, Procurement Law, Employment Law, Mine Health and Safety Law, Mine Tenure and Permitting Law and Litigation and Dispute Resolution and provide legal support to other work within their fields of professional competence.

• Provide robust legal advice in various specializations concerning the Group’s Commercial operations in SA.
• Remain updated on SA’s dynamic legal environment, ensuring compliance and anticipation of impactful changes.
• Detect and assess critical legal risks, suggesting strategies for potential mitigation.
• Engage with international and domestic legal teams, encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Aid in crafting and implementing legal training specific to SA operations.
• Work with senior lawyers to develop resources, including templates and best practice guides tailored for SA.
• Facilitate collaboration with external legal services, ensuring timely, cost-effective support.
• Contribute to group legal reports, emphasizing accuracy and relevancy.
• Act as the Group’s representative in legal negotiations within SA.
• Seek continuous professional development, exploring global legal trends.
• Support senior lawyers in other disciplines such as mergers and projects with insights on the SA context.
• Propose improvements to current legal processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Graduate & admitted as a lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction

Technical Knowledge:

• Broad understanding of SA law, with mining industry experience and knowledge of mining law useful but not essential.
• Commercial understanding of consequences of legal scenarios/decisions.
• Working knowledge of commercial law and company law, with knowledge of relevant specialist areas such as competition, law useful but not essential.
• Advanced grasp of general legal principles, especially in the SA context.
• Proficiency in drafting, reviewing, and refining diverse legal documents.
• Knowledge of and experience in advocating and executing legal best practices across varied scenarios.
• Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and influence.
• Expertise in overseeing diverse legal tasks and operations.
• Enhanced organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• Skill in curating and refining legal reports promptly.
• Comprehensive grasp of regulatory frameworks in SA.
• Proficiency in current legal software and platforms.
• Ability to extract insights from legal operations data for actionable improvement strategies.
• Ability to contribute to a team in complex legal projects, ensuring timely delivery.
• Ability to identify intricate legal risks.

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Job Description:

The Shift Boss: Waste Development is accountable for the coordination of all development mining activities as set out in the mining plan.

The incumbent is accountable for:

• Coordinating and monitoring development mining activities to ensure adherence to mine standards and operational targets
• Planning of all development mining activities in accordance with mining and other schedules and allocating resources as required
• Coordinating shift hand over by checking relevant documentation, the required physical mining activities and available resources, and communicating these to team members of the development mining crew
• All duties as per Mine Health and Safety Act
• Performing identified administrative duties according to legal and procedural requirements
• This role is in the Mining Department at a Band 7 Level and reporting to the Mine Overseer.

Qualifications:

Education required:

• Grade 12 / N3 / Equivalent NQF Level 4 qualification
• Blasting Certificate for Underground Hard Rock / Equivalent qualification
• Underground Shift Boss certificate
• A Supervisory qualification would be advantageous

Experience & knowledge required:

• Minimum of 5 years underground trackless mining experience of which at least 2 years must have been as a Miner
• Knowledge and experience of Underground mining practices and related operations environment
• Safety, Health and Environmental Legislation and standards applicable to underground mining

Other requirements:

• Code B Driver’s License
• Medical Certificate of Fitness to work underground
• Computer Literacy
• The post is dependent on the successful completion of the Company’s pre-employment protocol such as qualifications’ verification, relevant psychometric assessments and a clear security clearance

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Purpose of the role:

The purpose of this role is to drive robust social performance management through an integrated multi-disciplinary approach across our Southern Africa businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Strategic Support:

• To be the lead subject-matter expert on social performance best practice approaches in the Southern Africa context. 
• Monitor and analyses socio-political and socio-economic trends that have strategic implications for the success of the Social Impact strategy in Southern Africa. 
• Establish processes and reporting to provide leadership teams in the South African business with an integrated view of key social performance trends, risks and opportunities. 
• Identify and facilitate opportunities to integrate social performance in the work of the South Africa External Affairs team and work with Communications teams on the positioning of Social Impact work developing the narrative for the external communications strategy for the company.

Practitioner Development & Knowledge-Sharing:

• Support the Southern Africa-wide delivery of Health of Discipline activities for the Social Impact discipline through the role out and application of the internal competency and skills frameworks, delivery of internal training programmes; and support talent development across Social Impact for the Southern Africa region.
• Coordinates knowledge-sharing forums for the Southern Africa- based practitioners through ongoing coordination with the Group Social Impact team.
• Leads on the delivery of experiential and other learning opportunities for site Social Performance Managers. 
• Manages the delivery of all business-level and site-level social performance, socio-economic development and human rights-related training required for the sites in Southern Africa, working collaboratively with the Group Social Impact team.  

Site Advisory Support:

• Support the implementation and continuous performance improvement of the Social Way management system for Anglo American and DeBeers South Africa and non-managed joint ventures. 
• Provide advisory support to the South African businesses and sites on complex social performance topics as required. 
• Support integration of social performance mangement across relevant functional initiatives in Southern Africa. 

Role-specific knowledge:

Knowledge of and proven ability to operate at a senior level in the field of social performance, which will include:

• Social assessment techniques including Social and Environmental Impact Assessments and   delivering strategic social management plans for businesses and operations.
• International standards and industry best practice, such as the IFC Performance Standards, ICMM Good Practice Guidance, Voluntary Principles, etc. for the mining industry.
• Broad knowledge of sustainability and social impact issues.
• Experience in coordination and management of off-site emergency protocols.
• Practical experience of working at site level in a range of developing or developed economies, in a company or consultancy. 
• Experience working in partnerships with governments, academia, or civil society organisations at a national or local level (desirable).
• Experience of developing and delivering strategies in a professional practice area.
• Experience working at a mining operation desirable but not essential.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 year’s experience within a Social Performance discipline.

Qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant discipline.
• Degree in Social Science or Development Economics would be advantageous.

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Job Description:

As a Project Principal, some of your duties will include:

• Identify affected communities, Design and set up community development projects
• Map & engage with affected communities on resettlement topics
• Defines and sets up performance targets on resettlement and legacy projects
• Identify and assess operational risk linked to legacy and current resettlements.
• Drive and develop Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) and Livelihood Restoration Plans(LRP)s in collaboration with sites
• Review and refine RAPs & LRPs across sites.
• Scope and conduct field studies to derive best practices
• Lead assessment of land acquisition impact and implications
• Assess resettlement implications regarding cost and timeline
• Provide regular reporting and implementation of controls 
• Support delivery of the relevant resettlement activities on a Business Unit level 
• Input into AAP Business Unit-level cross-functional integration on resettlement 
• Contribute to building relationships with key stakeholders relevant to the discipline on a Business Unit level, ensuring engagements are consistent with Business Unit and Group resettlement initiatives and standards
• Set clear and consistent expectations, encourage individuals and teams to challenge the status quo and strive for improvements; embed expectations through Team+ tool
• Ensure compliance of the discipline with external (legislative, regulatory, permitting) requirements
• This role is in the Corporate Affairs department at a Band 5 level reporting to the Head of Resettlement.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate qualification (Degree) in natural sciences, or equivalent
• Project Management qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification essential 

Your experience will include:

• 10 years min experience within resettlement, programme and project management
• Project management experience in a social environment 
• Proficiency (advanced) in business case development, quantifying value and addressing stakeholder requirements
• Proficient in project management skills
• Advanced skills in identifying structuring, allocating, and management of work packages across a portfolio of project activities to effectively delegate to team
• Proficient in data analysis and management for decision-making
• Proficient in applying commercial and business principles in decision-making across the value chain to optimize value
• Advanced skills in identifying structuring, allocating, and management of work packages across a portfolio of project activities to effectively delegate to team
• Advanced levels of proficiency in developing and implementing integrated solutions to maximize value and ensure productivity, a safe and sustainable working environment and delivery against plans

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Job Description:

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Manage development and review of an integrated cross-functional programme plan with input from project leads.
• Track and challenge timelines and project delivery status of projects in scope of Strategy PMO
• Develop an integrated view on change management and ensure there is alignment between key programs.
• Define strategy business objective for AAP projects together with PMC to assess and prioritise new projects based on their strategic relevance and impacts.
• Define and coordinate overall cross-functional governance and meeting structure for all projects in scope of the Strategy PMO.
• Define and update standardised presentation and reporting formats for relevant meetings for all projects in scope of the Strategy PMO.
• Coordinate overall governance and meeting process for alignment across all projects with PMC, with the office of the CEO.
• Manage the interdependencies of initiatives across other cross-functional projects, align the overall programme plan at enterprise level.
• Advise project leads on standardised project setup, incorporation of the operating model and defined ways of working including regular progress updates.
• Determine and constantly update (non-financial) tracking and reporting requirements and use them as basis for review of respective tools.
• Enable project reporting and management through development of standards, tools and procedures and coordinate with respect for integrating the tool in existing system environments.
• Support projects in scope of Strategy PMO in case of project delays and roadblocks and escalate where necessary.
• Ensure appropriate change management planning, processes and systems on monitored initiatives are put in place by HR and Corporate Affairs.
• Conduct initial prioritisation of new projects, with a focus on driving alignment on projects in/out of Strategy PMO scope.
• Provide input to financial baselining and target setting and align with finance function (ownership of these activities lies with finance).
• Review solutions and approaches of projects in scope of Strategy PMO where necessary
• Escalate missing alignment in cross-functional projects with Executive Heads where necessary for projects in scope of Strategy PMO
• Advise Executive Heads on project delivery in case of roadblocks and inform on overall program progress.
• This role is a Band 5 reporting to the Lead Strategy

Qualifications:

You will need the following:

• Degree preferably in Engineering or Finance or related discipline to BSc level.
• Postgraduate or Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) (Desirable)

Experience:

• 8-10 years’ relevant experience, of which 5 years senior management experience. In addition, should have demonstrable experience in leading large transformational/enterprise wide project(s).
• Advanced management experience of Strategic Programme Management Office
• Project and Programme Management experience in Mining environment
• Advanced commercial knowledge and understanding how commercial impacts of change control, risks and issues.
• Experienced in managing a small high performing team, hold team members accountable, etca

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Job Description:

The Mine Overseer has the Legal accountability with a 2.14.1 and a 2.13.12 appointment in terms of the MHSA section 26 of 1996. The main responsibility of this role is to ensure that a dedicated section of the operational process operates effectively from a current and future best practice perspective.

Below are some of the key responsibilities you will be required to execute.

• Initiate the implementation of applicable Safety, Regulations, The Act, Codes of practice and standards
• Contribute and participate in the Shafts planning process to achieve optimum and integrated plans for the section as well as the total BA and BU
• Investigates and reports any incidents / injuries.
• Review and introduce mining best practices to enhance performance efficiencies over long term
• Negotiate with Engineering Department – source and supply determined material to operations
• Alignment of operational performances both in stope and development to the overall Operational Area plans contribute to the effective management of the Operational Area
• Ensure that health and safety standards are adhered to and improved upon in the section
• Audit the process regularly to ensure conformance to and understanding of standards
• Support overall Business Planning
• This role is in the Mining department at a Band 6 level reporting to the Section Manager/ Mine Manager.

Qualifications:

You will need the following:

• Mine Overseer Certificate for scheduled mines
• Blasting Certificate
• First Aid Certificate (advantageous)
• Advantageous: Mining Degree/Diploma

Experience:

• At least 5 years mining experience at Mechanized board and pillar mines
• Mine overseer 2.14.1 plus 2.13.12 appointment

Additional Requirements:

• In-depth knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act knowledge
• Valid Driver’s License
• Certificate of Fitness