Specialist Loap - Johannesburg, South Africa - De Beers Group of Companies

De Beers Group of Companies

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Johannesburg, South Africa

3 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Company Description

We're reimagining mining to improve people's 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, we're putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

Job Description:

Independently conduct Mine Planning reviews, providing suitable recommendations and drive implementation rollout on site.
Mentor and provide guidance to sitebased engineers and operational teams to ensure implementation success of the plan and increase technical capability.
Autonomously manage consultants engaged in the execution of specific work packages.
Proactively support the LOAP process by providing inputs, assumptions and constraints as required.
Support the consolidation, review, documentation and presentation of inputs to senior leadership.
Independently complete assigned mine planning tasks aligned with the scope, specifications and standards for LOAP development, assessment and implementation utilising relevant software.
Provide detailed mine planning and operational execution expertise to support process.
Complete operational testing to ensure that LOA plans may be executed with confidence in the field.
Proactively engage with and influence key stakeholders to build alignment and drive integrated planning outcomes.
Support the development and implementation of systems, processes and standards for LOAP execution.
Maintain and adhere to planning, scheduling and reporting systems for LOAP execution.
Identify and assess opportunities to maximise value to Anglo American while always ensuring safety, health and environmental impacts are considered appropriately to promote sustainable operations.
Identify, mitigate and escalate all risks that might affect successful delivery of LOAP plans.
Support the review of LOAP options for business planning and investment decisions as required.
Participate in Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Reporting processes on an annual basis as required.
Participate in the review of measures for mining operations to monitor compliance to plan.
Qualifications
Required : expertise must have been obtained from a formal qualification in Mining Engineering or other relevant Engineering discipline

Qualifications such as:

Minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering.

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Desired:Masters or PhD in relevant discipline.

Role-specific knowledge:

Demonstrated experience working in an operational mining environment preferably with the relevant commodity.
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 LOAP for individual mine operations.

**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 day's work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry.

Not only that, we're 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.

How to apply
**Advert closing date: 25 April 2024