Mine PIT Design Engineer – Kathu needed at Anglo American

Job Description:
As our Mine PIT Design Engineersome of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Safety, Health & Environment
• Manage a safe and healthy work environment where workers and contractor can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.
• Keep environmental impact within statutory requirements to ensure compliance with statutory requirements is met.
• Performance and Delivery
• Mine Planning:
• Ensure that planning designs comply with the Mine, Health and Safety Act and the mine’s regulations while staying within the production budget to achieve targets effectively.
• Adjust the designed plans promptly whenever geological deviations occur, ensuring that the redesigns are accurate, budget-friendly, and comply with the long-term plan’s requirements, including road, electrical, and water network positioning.
• Adapt the plans based on geological deviations, market trends, and fluctuations to provide valuable inputs to the bigger mine plan picture and ensure optimal and economical production output.
• Budget and Cost Control:
• Manage the section’s expenditure within the approved budget to ensure effective cost control and savings.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management:
• Build, manage, and maintain healthy stakeholder relationships to achieve organisational goals.
• Consult with stakeholders to gather relevant support and input for achieving production targets.
• This role is in the Technical & Integrated Planning (T&IP) at a 6.11 level reporting to Section Manager Mine Planning

Qualifications:

• Grade 12/N3 Technical
• National Diploma in Mining Engineering (NQF6)
• B-Degree/B Tech in Mining Engineering (NQF7) Advantageous
• SA Drivers License

Technical Knowledge

• Current technical knowledge with 3-5 years of operational Mine Planning experience.
• Demonstrates a profound understanding of geological and geotechnical landscapes, applying this knowledge to resolve complex technical and operational challenges in mine layout design and planning.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the mining lifecycle, value chain, and the impact of mining activities on business and operational performance.
• Multidisciplinary technical knowledge to design, engineer, and evaluate the performance of ventilation plans, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Understands and manages combined operational impacts on the environment, such as transport, noise, and vibrations.