Technical Accountabilities: Provide and coordinate engineering technical support, leadership, consulting services and guidance which include: Implement appropriate engineering and maintenance strategies in collaboration with the site Snr Engineering/Maintenance Managers and relevant CTO resources to de-risk the operations and ensure safe and reliable infrastructure and plant performance thereby ensuring (wherever possible) standardisation of strategies across operations and alignment with the overall engineering strategy. Developing BU/Regional engineering guidelines, standards, procedures, specifications (aligned with group position and/or standards) and facilitate the adoption and implementation of these at the operations. Providing engineering assurance and governance by auditing onsite compliance to guidelines, standards, procedures, processes and specifications. Where deviations are encountered assist the sites to develop strategies and plans to ensure compliance. Developing performance measures and monitoring key metrics (league tables, Asset Integrity etc) to Identify technical improvement opportunities that can optimize the performance and reliability of mobile and fixed plant and infrastructure in order to proactively identify performance trends and defect elimination opportunities. Leading root cause assessments for acute and chronic failure modes where appropriate . Linked to FAP and/or other operational and financial improvement processes, identifying and monitoring progress against cost and operational performance for all relevant BU operations and ensuring timely, accurate and relevant reporting in the asset management area to the Business Unit, VP Technical and VP Asset management as appropriate. Acting as the single point of contact to coordinate and provide specialist engineering support services to the operations by engaging either internal CTO specialists or industry service providers . Contributing discipline specific inputs towards the annual strategy and business planning processes, as well as quarterly integrated plans (SIB and Opex) which includes oversight, technical guidance, and quality assurance of sites Fleet Replacement Strategy and LCC costing and Asset Integrity processes. Compiling and issuing discipline specific feedback reports highlighting risks, opportunities and progress to the VP Asset Management, VP Technical, General Managers and BU management as required. This includes reviewing integrated plan deliverables and assumptions and providing recommendations to the VP Technical prior to integrated plan signoff. Ensuring an effective health of discipline system within engineering which includes supporting sites by coaching, mentoring, guiding emerging talent, identifying opportunities for training, facilitating rotations and enabling succession planning and coordinating and participating in Asset Management Forums and facilitating knowledge transfer across the region and group. Supporting the Regional projects team by participating in project studies and performing project design reviews, which include reviewing engineering designs, specifications, costs, operability and maintainability. Managing all technical and commercial aspects with regards to power supply at the operations, which include engaging key suppliers and stakeholders as well as coordination activities with the sites. This includes managing (together with site leads) key strategic suppliers and contracts e.g. power supply, OEM services etc. Performing the functions of the Regional Process Owner (RPO) for the ONEERP system which is the regional champion for all activities impacting processes and data. Assisting the Business Process Custodian (BPC) to design common processes with the support of the Regional SAP support analyst (SSA). Contributing productively a s a member of the BU management team. Qualifications : Bachelor's degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in a core engineering discipline – i.e. Mechanical or Electrical
Experience : Solid experience in engineering in the mining industry.
A ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI
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