Posted on: 17 May 2024
ID 914672

Principal Mining Engineer

Company Description

Were re-imagining mining to improve peoples lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy, inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and realise their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, were putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

Job Description

Purpose of the role:

To drive the development of holistic RDP with value accretive strategy that maximises value extracted from the mining lease.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Execute mine planning aligned with scope, specifications and standards for RDP development and implementation, utilising the relevant software.
  • Provide inputs for consolidation and presentation to senior leadership.
  • Engage with and influence key stakeholders.
  • Maintain and adhere to planning, scheduling, and reporting systems for RDP execution.
  • Assist with the development of planning, scheduling, and reporting systems for RDP execution.
  • Identify opportunities to always maximise value to Anglo American ensuring safety, health and environmental impacts are considered and not compromised.
  • Participate in the review of measures for mining operations to monitor compliance to plan.
  • Identify and escalate all risks that might affect successful delivery of the mining capability.
Experience:
  • Minimum 8-10 years experience within the relevant field.
Role-specific knowledge:
  • Demonstrated application of academic qualifications through experience working in the field.
  • Demonstrated experience working in an operational mining environment preferably with the multiple commodities.
  • A demonstrated thought leader and considered an accomplished practitioner in strategic mine planning.
  • Track record of leading ideas generation; translating these into practical initiatives to be implemented and demonstration of successful execution and delivery of RDP plans for individual mine operations.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor degree in Mining Engineering
  • Masters or PhD in relevant discipline would be advantageous.
Additional Information

Who we are:

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

How We Are Committed To Your Safety

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a days work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, were also continually investing in new technologies from drones to data analytics that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.
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