Principal, Ventilation

112 Oxford Road, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, 2198

Private Bag X 20, Rosebank, 2196, South Africa   

Tel: +27 (0) 11 637 6000

Fax: +27 (0) 11 492 0233  

Website: www.anglogoldashanti.com

Role Purpose:

The Mine Ventilation Engineer provides expert technical support for ventilation, air quality, and cooling across AngloGold Ashanti’s global portfolio. This role ensures safe, efficient, and compliant mine ventilation systems while supporting operations, projects, and joint ventures.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in mine ventilation and cooling, providing guidance and solutions across all operations and projects.
• Develop and implement optimal ventilation and refrigeration strategies for underground operations.
• Provide technical input for studies, project stage-gate reviews, and ventilation upgrade initiatives.
• Support business units in ventilation-related opportunities, coaching engineers, and guiding project development.
• Offer SME support for ventilation and air quality incidents and contractual matters.
• Ensure ventilation work practices meet statutory compliance and technical excellence standards.
• Contribute to decarbonization projects and new mining technologies as needed.
• Maintain and monitor policies, guidelines, and standards, ensuring compliance across sites.

People & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop ventilation personnel as part of the discipline health program.
• Promote a safety-first culture and model behaviors aligned with AGA values.

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Safety: Lead risk assessments, identify hazards, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Mine Ventilation: Expert knowledge of ventilation, air quality, and cooling systems across mining methods. Able to implement best practices, lead field trials, and optimize performance using data.
• Operational Management: Understands business planning and cost management; able to manage small teams effectively.
• Ventilation Planning: Mastery in designing and optimizing primary and secondary ventilation systems; experience in cost modeling and scheduling integration.
• Contract & Project Management: Experience with contract management, minor project leadership, and collaboration with consultants.
• Innovation: Able to generate creative solutions, embrace new ideas, and collaborate across disciplines.

Essential Skills:

• Alignment with AngloGold Ashanti’s values
• Professional qualification in Mine Ventilation
• Degree in a mining-related discipline
• 10+ years of relevant mining industry experience
• Advanced Ventsim skills; experience with Deswik or other CAD packages
• Practical understanding of the mining value chain (mining, geotechnical, metallurgy, projects)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial decision-making skills
• Track record of delivering ventilation solutions aligned with strategic and operational plans
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, and mentoring capabilities
• Willingness to travel extensively and work in diverse cultural environments

Desirable Skills:

• Postgraduate degree in mining-related discipline
• Well-developed industry networks
• Experience in business improvement, change management, and global resource projects
• Proven success in leading high-performing professional teams

AngloGold Ashanti Limited

Reg No: 1944/017354/06

Directors:  G Patterson     J Munanka     KV Naidoo     B Sangqu     B Chauke