AngloGold Ashanti Job Vacancy For Plant Manager - Operations

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited is currently on a journey to redevelop the Obuasi Gold Mine into a modern, efficient and long-term profitable operation. The underground mining operation will be fully mechanized, designed to produce up to an average maximum of 5,000 t/day of ore mined.

We are seeking an experienced and self-motivated person to join our dedicated team as Plant Manager – Operations.

ROLE PURPOSE AND CONTEXT

The purpose of the role is to control the operations of the production department at the South Treatment Plant to maximize the following function:
Revenue = Run Time x Tons Per Hour x Au grade x Recovery – Costs

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• 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
• Control of Tailings Facilities operations
• Constant monitoring and adjustment of plant performance to achieve Monthly KPI’s
• Achieve Au production targets
• Achieve Throughput targets
• Minimize 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 budget for upcoming periods and monitor performance according to current plan

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• Develop strategic career paths and succession planning for your subordinates
• Contribution to and implementation of an up to date training system
• 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
• Add to the library of procedures, standards and protocols used for the operation of the plant.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

Qualification

• Bachelor of Science – Extraction Metallurgy or similar / equivalent

Experience 

• At least 15 years of which 5 have been in a senior managerial production role
• Experience and understanding of total mining cycle.

Technical Competencies

• Proven plant performance and efficiency programs
• Proven ability in plant commissioning including the development of commissioning plans
• Proven strategy development and implementation experience
• Proven plant maintenance control
• Proven SCADA and process control knowledge
• Budgeting and budget control including the understanding of interdepartmental costing
• Research and Development
• Proven Metallurgical Accounting understanding with implementation of databases (MS Access / SQL etc.)
• Demonstrable knowledge of metallurgical research processes such as, but not limited to, test work procedures, circuit and financial modelling
• 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.
• Driven towards settings and achieving a vision of an improved future
• Not accepting of sub-standard practices or conditions