AngloGold Ashanti Recruitment for Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for AngloGold Ashanti Recruitment for Senior Geotechnical Engineer.

AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company with mines and exploration projects in four different regions namely – Continental Africa, Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. The underground mining operation will be fully mechanized, designed to produce up to an average maximum of 5,000 t/day of ore mined.

Job Description

• Company: AngloGold Ashanti
• Location: Ghana
• State: Accra
• Job type: Full-Time

Role

To develop and lead an effective site Geotechnical Engineering team capable of continuously enhancing performance whilst delivering on the business objectives/targets. To mitigate geotechnical risk by identifying geotechnical hazards and advising appropriate actions.

Duties

• Establish the necessary Geotechnical processes and practices for the redevelopment of the Obuasi Mine, including Operational Readiness
• Provide unequivocal Geotechnical planning data to enable the quarterly updates of the rolling 18-month plan to be produced on time.
• Develop the annual Geotechnical cost centre budget to achieve the required targets for achieving annual, medium term and LoM business plans
• Deliver the work of the Geotechnical function within approved budget targets and specified timeframes, costs and related KPIs
• Demonstrate Safety Leadership and improve the Culture across the Geotechnical department and with own Geotechnical team regarding Safety, Health, Environmental and Sustainable Development
• Provide the resources and expertise to develop the team to capably and consistently deliver the annual budget, according to their role and level of authority
• Rigorously drive implementation of projects and nurture and sustain a culture of Accountability and Continuous Improvement within Geotechnical team
• Develop and maintain constructive relationships with Internal Stakeholders (Corporate, Group Planning & Technical, sister mines, etc.) and external Stakeholders (Regulatory Agencies and Authorities, Minerals Commission) to establish existing and changing societal and regulatory expectations and requirements

Qualifications

• BSc in Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering or similar

Experience 

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience and demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of open pit and/or underground mining geotechnical design and implementation
• Demonstrated capability to conduct technical geotechnical work with limited supervision
• Be physically fit and be able to pass pre-employment and medical examinations / screening
• Experience in the use of Mining Geotechnical Software;
• Good Communication Skills.

Technical Competencies

• Understands all the aspects of design basis and mechanisms identification and has demonstrated the ability to address their impact on the design with minimal supervision.
• Knows when to engage Specialists support.
• Understands how inputs & outputs to design specification contributes to the design parameters and how they can be manipulated to reduce variability.
• Can implement a new design specification philosophy under supervision.
• Commission and maintain a fit-for-purpose monitoring system for the mining method.
• Investigates areas of significant deviation from the LOM design predicted operational limits
• Conducts advanced evaluation and trend assessments and reports the results at daily/weekly production meetings (short term focus) – knows when to engage Specialist support
• Collects and manages relevant data to a high standard of quality assurance and control.
• Uses relevant statistical analysis, technical models, systems and tools as part of the analytical process.
• Makes & supports conclusions with accurate information & analysis suited to the mining method.
• Construct numerical models in simple codes.
• Understands the critical operational parameters to operate numerical codes and equipment within design tolerances.
• Understands the basic assumptions and reliability of numerical codes and equipment, and can identify when results are outside of norm

Leadership Competencies

• Building Effective Working Relationships –  The ability to build and maintain effective collateral and cross functional working relationship

Interested Ghanaians with the above qualification and experience should submit their applications, with detailed CV.

Application Deadline: 1st April, 2019.