Superintendent : Geotechnical Services

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Belong at AngloGold Ashanti Australia and make gold a part of your story. A story of exploring, mining, and processing one of the world’s most sought-after precious metals. What we do goes beyond mining. We support communities in which we operate, championing environmental stewardship, and strengthen local and national economies. Come and be a part of our team, a team committed to building a better future. Be known. Be valued. Be recognised.
 

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
 

We are currently seeking a Superintendent : Geotechnical Services for our Sunrise Dam Gold Mine. Reporting to the Manager: Technical Services, this position is offered primarily on a FIFO 4 days on/3 days off roster while occasional 8/6 swings will be required; with flights provided from Perth and/or Kalgoorlie.
 

The Role Purpose
 

The Geotechnical Superintendent manages all geotechnical considerations of current and proposed excavations to ensure safe production, optimising processes and strategies required to adequately assess geotechnical risk and leading the geotechnical team supporting underground and open pit operations.  Working within the broader Planning, Technical and Operational Team, the Geotechnical Superintendent provides geotechnical leadership for the Sunrise Dam Gold Mine (SDGM) operations. Managing a diverse and dynamic team within an autonomous work environment, your leadership skills and collaborative approach will enable you to work across disciplines to align the mining team on geotechnical recommendations.

Accountabilities:
 

• Enable, co-ordinate and facilitate the development of geotechnical strategies which will optimise the productivity and profitability of SDGM mining operations
• Focus on safety, compliance and continuous improvement whilst being a capable mentor and leader to a small team
• Develop, implement, and maintain procedures, standards, processes that provide effective systems of work for the provision of an effective geotechnical service
• Promote full statutory compliance both with the relevant mining regulations and company standards
• Develop the annual budget for geotechnical cost centres and manage it monthly
• Build organisational capability within Geotechnical Services (people & organisational structure, systems, and processes) to successfully deliver the Mining Department budget and Life of Mine plan
• Deliver geotechnical assessments and reviews as required assisting with QA/QC reports, Underground Monitoring Reports and Pit Slope Monitoring Reports
• Identify and communicate all geotechnical threats that may affect the delivery of budget physicals, work proactively to mitigate them
• Develop geotechnical monitoring strategies, for both active and inactive open pit and underground operations
• Ensure validation and interpretation of the geotechnical database through ongoing data collection and evaluation, to maintain existing models
• Establish and embed the upgrade of the sites seismic monitoring system, as well as interpretation of the seismic activity reports and the development of seismic hazard management plans

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:
 

• Be a people leader with a focus on developing a great team through coaching, facilitating collaboration and liaising with the technical services and broader mining team.
• Extensive geotechnical experience, with at least 7 years in an operational role in aspects of underground and open pit hard rock mining.
• Experience working with Map3D, Rocscience suite of programs, Mine Planning Software (Vulcan/Surpac/Deswik).
• Degree in Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geology or equivalent qualification.
• Highly collaborative communicating ability
• High level planning and organisation skills
• Manual driver’s licence
• A National Police Clearance
• Existing and ongoing Permanent work rights in Australia (Mandatory)

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:
 

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

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