Senior Planner: Maintenance - Sunrise Dam

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About us

At AngloGold Ashanti, we pride ourselves on having a collaborative workplace that is focused on providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We want to create an environment where people feel comfortable to bring their whole, authentic self to work and feel safe, respected, and valued while doing so.

AngloGold Ashanti is one of the world's largest gold producers with operations and projects spanning across four continents. Our globally diverse, world-class portfolio is supported by focused exploration in the established and new gold producing regions of the world. We offer a working environment that allows every employee to contribute, learn and flourish.

In Australia we own and manage the Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, and the Tropicana Gold Mine (70% AGA owned 30% Regis Resources). These are two of Western Australia’s premier gold operations, with ongoing investment and exploration taking place across both open pit and underground operations at each site.

The Opportunity

At AGA we celebrate diversity – diversity of thought and experience is important to us. We look for people that have an abundance of willingness and are up to the challenge of making a difference.  With this in mind, if you feel that you may not tick all of the boxes below but believe you have something unique to contribute to our team, we strongly encourage you to apply – let’s have the conversation.

We are now seeking an experienced Senior Maintenance Planner to join our Maintenance team at Sunrise Dam on a site-based 4/3 or 8/6 FIFO roster from Perth.

Accountable to the Superintendent of Reliability, Planning and Shutdowns, this permanent position is responsible for guiding the Maintenance Planning team to achieve an effective & efficient planning process. Continually update and improve SAP master data to ensure accurate budget information as well as an efficient work management process in turn reducing plant downtime.

Accountabilities:

• Develop and optimise work management processes to provide effective planning, scheduling, and resourcing and deliver quality plans to support maintenance strategies.
• Apply planning principles to forecast maintenance budget, operating schedules, and cost reduction initiatives. 
• Continuously update maintenance strategies in SAP to ensure accurate primary zero-based budget components.
• Regularly review actual costs against the budget to enhance cost awareness and prevent overspending.
• Generate and analyse annual Zero-Based Budget (ZBB) reports to provide critical input for maintenance budget planning.
• Develop and implement cost forecasting models to predict future expenditures, optimise resource allocation, and support strategic financial planning.
• Identifying process and metric variances and action to prevent recurrence and optimise the planning process.
• Contribute to the building of organisational capability within the maintenance team and other teams to successfully deliver the overall execution of the work plan.
• Interact daily with stakeholders to interpret their needs and requirements, engaging with regional support teams such as legal, commercial and supply chain to achieve project outcomes and working to ensure resolution of any issues.
• Demonstrate personal safety leadership and deliver compliance with site HSE&C Policies, management systems and procedures. 
• Master data management

About You

People are at the heart of everything we do. We want you to collaborate with us, share your ideas and feel confident to challenge the status quo.  To be considered, we would like to see you have:

• Qualification in a Mechanical / Electrical Engineering Trade or similar.
• Certificate IV in Leadership and Management (frontline management) desirable.
• Extensive experience with SAP Master data experience
• Experience in a Senior/Supervisory role is desirable.

• Previous experience with a strong technical knowledge in large scale mineral processing environment.
• Previous experience in maintenance planning role
• Development and management of Operational and Capital budgets
• Demonstrated experience in Work Management principles and KPI Management
• Management of small capital projects
• Lifecycle and long term Planning
• Implementing cost control initiatives
• Projects and contractor management
• Current WA Driver’s License
• A National Police Clearance
• Permanent work rights in Australia

Culture and Benefits

Our workplace demonstrates dignity and respect for each other, we offer challenging work, highly competitive remuneration that is regularly adjusted to market conditions and career development opportunities.   At AGAA we consider learning as a shared responsibility and your personal development is important to us.  Your new benefits will include:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Opportunity to work for an endorsed WORK180 employer
• Access to our industry-leading Wellness Program
• Active committees driving Diversity & Inclusion
• Top Tier Private Health Insurance for you and your family
• Performance Bonus and Incentive Program
• Salary sacrifice options

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by WORK180 can be seen on the WORK180 website.

AGAA recognises that standard recruitment processes are not accessible to everyone. If there are any accommodations or supports that would assist you in participating in the recruitment process for this role, please reach out to our Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity team at InclDiversityEquity@anglogoldashanti.com

Recruitment Agency approaches and referrals will not be accepted for this role, all interested candidates must apply directly to be considered for any role advertised by AngloGold Ashanti Australia.