Senior Specialist, Geotechnical Africa (Open Pit)
Johannesburg, ZA, 2198
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POSITION |
Senior Specialist Geotechnical – Africa (Open Pit) |
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DEPARTMENT |
Geotechnical |
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LOCATION |
Johannesburg |
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EMPLOYMENT STATUS |
Permanent |
OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE
Provides specialist geotechnical engineering support and services for open pit operations and projects across the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) African Business Unit. This role acts as a tactical advisor on rock/soil mechanics, hydrology, and hydrogeology, managing geotechnical risk and embedding within site teams through routine deployments to optimize local technical capability.
ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Geotechnical Design & Systems: Execute tactical open pit designs and reviews. Enforce Group data systems for collection, management (GeotAgg), and validation (PowerBi).
- Operational Assurance: Support technical compliance audits and reviews. Assist sites in creating actionable roadmaps to resolve data collection or structural model deviations.
- Site Deployment & Secondment: Act in seconded site roles for extended periods to directly drive workforce development, technical capability transfer, and operational compliance.
- Risk & Business Planning: Deliver functional data inputs to short- and medium-term plans to ensure ground control efficacy and regional asset optimization.
- Training & Coaching: Provide functional training to site personnel on data management systems, GMRi, and GRiP implementation.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Education & Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree Geology, Mining, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline (post-graduate qualification is highly desirable).
Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- Greater than 8 years onsite operational experience in open pit mining in both deep saprolite and hard rock slopes (QAQC, risk management and data collection)
- Has written/ developed Ground Control Management Plans (GCMP) and Trigger Action Response Procedures (TARP)
- Involved with optimising drilling and blasting to minimise wall damage
- Extensive experience with managing instabilities through the use of slope monitoring systems eg slope stability radars, prisms, InSAR)
- Has coached / developed junior engineers
- Willingness to travel extensively
BENEFITS SUMMARY
- AngloGold Ashanti offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial security, and overall well-being.
- Medical insurance, employee assistance programs, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Company-supported pension or provident fund contributions.
- Annual leave, sick leave, and public holidays in line with company policy.
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
Reg No: 1944/017354/06
AngloGold Ashanti is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of gender, race, religion, nationality, or disability.