Processing Operations Lead at AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited

Job Description

• Actively promote AGA Health, Safety and Environmental actions and improvements which include housekeeping
• Conformance of EIA and permitting requirements
• International Cyanide Management Institute compliance
• Compliance with Legal Instruments (LI’s) and Codes as laid down by the Republic of Ghana
• Lead and manage processing production teams with a unified sense of purpose and team independence and self-directed working practices
• Plan, assign and coordinate resources for achieving production targets and efficiencies
• Establish and schedule problem identification routines within work cycles (process troubleshooting and equipment reliability)
• Control and where possible, eliminate process and procedure variance through
  • Data analysis
  • Root cause identification
  • Work process analysis
• Budget and throughput / efficiency plans within plan
• Remedial action plans for returning out of alignment performance of the operations teams and associated equipment to budgeted targets.
• Develop strategic career paths and succession planning for your subordinates
• Develop performance management set points and targets for your subordinates
• Maintaining discipline and performance management
• Constant assessment and challenging of the status quo to identify and align operations to budgeted targets
• Prediction of impending process upsets with possible remedies / preventions
• Frequent analysis of recent historical parameters to align and improve plant performance

Requirement/Skills

• A tertiary Metallurgical qualification or equivalent is required.  Failing this, extensive experience at the required level may be acceptable
• 10 years’ experience in a processing plant.
• Preferably 5 - 8 years at a junior management / shift supervision level
• Experience and understanding of total mining cycle.
• Proven experience in collaborating with the engineering department.

Technical Competencies

• Management of plant performance and efficiency
• Budgeting
• Production scheduling
• Stock management and control
• In depth understanding of Metallurgical Accounting
• Demonstrable knowledge of metallurgical processes such as, but not limited to, size reduction, flotation, leaching, desorption and tailings disposal

Leadership Competencies

• Self-driven to achieve targets and improve the status quo.
• Should not require direct supervision because this incumbent provides leadership especially after normal office hours
• Accountable
• Strong and proven decision-making skills.
• Willingness to delegate
• Demonstrates behaviours consistent with AGA values.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and motivating skills