Contracts Engineer at AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited

About The Job

Role Purpose & Context:

• To implement and improve a commercial framework to translate mine plans and budgets into operational plans in an annual, quarterly, and monthly basis.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assess risks for all tasks and ensure they are controlled before and during task execution.
• Report all incidents and ensure they have been investigated and corrective actions completed on time.
• Act on all corrective actions assigned to you or under your jurisdiction and ensure timely completion
• Investigate all environmental incidents in assigned work areas and prepare reports with recommendations for the Departmental Manager for onward submission to the Environmental Manager or his representative
• Maintain the required contracts processes and practices for the operation
• Update the progress against contract plan, including remedial actions to address shortcomings
• Assist in the compiling of the annual business plans
• Run optimisation investigations and models to evaluate how processes, efficiencies, price changes and volumes can be improved
• Liaise with the commercial team to ensure on time financial process implementation and compliance
• Support to align on contractor claims and payment
• Report on the development and progress of initiatives and enhancements of the contracts function, to include outputs and befits obtained
• Develop and maintain constructive relationships with all stakeholders

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Qualification:

• BSc Mining or equivalent Engineering degree
• Blasting Certificate

Experience:

• Two (2) years’ experience in a mining or mine planning role
• High proficiency in Microsoft office suite
• Knowledge in SAP application software will be an added advantage
• A valid driver’s license

Technical Competencies:

• Knowledge in contract management practices and demonstrate ability in managing operational mining contracts
• Understand underground mining processes and practices
• Able to use the knowledge to track and monitor Contractor’s performance and resulting cost
• Potential to interpret financial management accounting data

Other Competencies:

• Self-management
• Taking ownership of personal development
• Ability to build and maintain effective collateral and cross functional working relationship
• Build trust in a team environment
• Integrity and honesty
• Assertive
• Goal-orientated
• Self-starter
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills