Job Description

Company Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Rehabilitation & Waste Dump Design Engineer who will develop and manage all waste dump & Rehabilitation designs and compliance to design.

Be Part of the Team. The Team That Makes It Happen.

Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to xe2x80x9cre-imagine mining to improve people's lives", delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible - from mobile phones to medicines.

Kumba Iron Ore

We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects - exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Centurion, Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.



As our Rehabilitation & Waste Dump Design Engineer some of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Plan waste dumps (both from a design and scheduling perspective) to ensure all planning horizons have sufficient dumping and stockpiling capacity (from the day to day execution to the LoM plan horizon).
• Measure operational compliance to the dump plan (both dump to design and dump to schedule)
• Ensure dump designs are compliant with all the relevant KIO standards (including but not limited to mining, geotechnical, operational and planning standards)
• Ensure the dump and stockpile locations (along with their haul routes) are continuously reviewed and optimized to ensure shortest possible haul routes are always used
• Develop a master rehabilitation dump plan and ensure the rehabilitation plan is executed as per schedule
• The master rehabilitation plan consists of the 5Yr rolling concurrent rehabilitation plan, the immediate and final closure liability estimates and planning.
• Keep environmental impact within statutory requirements to ensure compliance to statutory requirements is met.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legal, environmental, occupational health and safety and risk management standards and best practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and asset optimization initiatives to enhance mining processes.
• Keep abreast of developments in the mine planning field to initiate and implement projects and improvement initiatives toward contributing to business profitability and growth.
• Manage internal and external relations, to ensure that business needs are met.
• 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 to statutory requirements is met.

This role is in the Mine Technical Services department on a band 6.11 level reporting to the Section Manager: Long Term Planning

Qualifications

• BEng/BSC or BTech - Mining Engineering
• Driver's License: Code B (Light Vehicle)
• 4 Years' operational experience in an Open Pit Mining environment of which at least 3 years should have been in a planning capacity that involved designing and scheduling.
• Good understanding of the mine value chain and affected stakeholders.
• OPMS/RPM & Deswik planning software experience would be advantageous.

Additional Information

Who we are?

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine.

We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people's lives.

How we are committed to your safety

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day's work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we're also continually investing in new technologies - from drones to data analytics - that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.

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