Plant Manager at AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited

Job Description

• Actively promote Health, Safety and Environmental actions and improvements
• Contribution into EIA and permitting procedures
• International Cyanide Management Institute compliance
• Compliance with Legal Instruments (LI’s) and Codes as laid down by the Republic of Ghana
• Analysis of Tailings Facilities operations data
• Constant monitoring and recommendations of adjustment of plant performance to achieve Monthly KPI’s
• Achieve Au production targets
• Achieve Throughput targets
• Minimise downtime
• Achieve recovery efficiency targets
• Cost control of production within the processing budget targets including but not limited to reagent consumption, labour costs and other expenses
• Develop / implement and Maintain metallurgical accounting system
• Daily, weekly, monthly and annual gold accounting reports
• Long term historical data for technical review and reference
• Strategic and ad-hoc test work
• Develop budget for upcoming periods and monitor performance according to current plan
• Develop strategic career paths and succession planning for your subordinates
• Develop and maintain an up to date training system for use by all employees in the Processing Department
• Develop performance management set points and targets for your subordinates
• Maintaining discipline, performance management
• Constant assessment and challenging of the status quo to identify and align operations to best practice
• Prediction of impending process upsets with possible remedies / preventions
• Frequent analysis of historical parameters to align and improve upon best historical operations level

Requirement/Skills

• Bachelor of Science – Extraction Metallurgy or similar / equivalent
• 15 years of which 5 have been in a management position
• Experience and understanding of total mining cycle.

Technical Competencies:

• Proven Management of plant performance and efficiency
• Budgeting and cost control
• Production scheduling and optimization
• Proven knowledge of Metallurgical Accounting with the implementation of databases
• Demonstrable knowledge of metallurgical processes such as, but not limited to, size reduction, flotation, adsorption / desorption, hydrometallurgy,
• Proven knowledge and implementation of security controls of a gold processing plant
• Proven knowledge of equipment selection and process design
• Proven knowledge of engineering principles of various equipment types.

Leadership Competencies:

• Self-driven to achieve targets and improve the status quo.
• Accountable
• Strong and proven decision-making skills.
• Determined to succeed and make those surrounding him / her successful
• Demonstrate behaviour consistent with AGA values.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and motivating skills