Snr Manager Asset Management Standards & Processes at AngloGold Ashanti

Education & Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in Engineering discipline – Mechanical or Electrical.

General Knowledge & Experience 

• At least 10 years’ engineering experience in the mining industry

Technical Knowledge & Skills  

Advanced Application of the following Knowledge & Skills is required

Safety 

• Can identify and interpret safety risks and resolve emerging issues; and ensuring that appropriate focus and resources are available to achieve safety objectives.
• Is able to interpret the requirements of the Major Hazard Control Standards and guide the operations to achieve compliance

Asset Management Strategy

• Can create framework for asset management, defining main elements and defining associated processes.
• Able to create a complete and well thought out asset strategy, using equipment and production data.
• Can establish work management systems that deliver effective planning, resourcing and execution of maintenance work on schedule and within budget.
• Define continuous improvement processes to systematically identify, prevent and eliminate chronic defects that lead to failures of major and critical equipment.
• Able to develop processes to assess the condition of equipment, plant, and critical infrastructure in order to identify early signs of failure, take preventative action and mitigate consequences.
• Understands the critical operational parameters to operate machinery and equipment within design tolerances. 
• Able to define and establish a risk-based asset integrity process that identifies, prioritises and manages asset integrity threats.

Engineering Science

• Deeply understands how to analyse the performance of machinery and equipment and identify opportunities to increase both availability and utilisation.
• Can do fault diagnosis and liaise with subject matter experts and equipment suppliers in collaborating to increase equipment performance.

Operational Leadership

• Has a track record of success in leadership roles.
• Has effective communication skills.
• Monitors team performance and only intervenes when required.
• Understands the competencies of individual team members and works with individuals to address gaps and continuously enhance team performance.
• Understands the needs of the business and is able to clearly articulate and prioritise these for the team.
• Understands all functions (technical or otherwise) on a mine to a reasonable level and can contribute to discussions on a broad multi-functional basis.

Business Planning

• Is able to optimise the engineering budget through the evaluation of engineering/maintenance options in conjunction with mine and process planning.
• Provides the tools to track benefits and expenses and for forecasting, planning and execution of the business plan. 
• Can review and validate Stay-in-Business capital plans and projects to meet business requirements and reduce risk.

Operational Excellence

• Is able to set targets and generate innovative solutions to close the performance gaps relating to the primary drivers of value (run time, throughput and reliability)
• Can integrate operational and economic models into a value engineering model for the mine and plant.
• Is able to demonstrate the sustainability of equipment and process performance improvements by integrating these with the business planning process.

Information Management 

• Undertakes systematic analysis to the required level of detail and rigour and supports conclusions with accurate information and analysis.
• Uses sound judgement and experience to validate and/or question the data.

Project Management 

• Understands AGA project management standards and has applied them in a minor project to conceptual level.
• Ability to lead a minor project and interact with test work and engineering consultant service providers
• Applies project management principles in achieving deliverables particularly when working with multiple discipline teams.

Person Specification

• Behaviour consistent with AngloGold Ashanti’s Values.
• Sound practical understanding of the entire mining value chain including mining, processing, maintenance, engineering and projects.
• Ability to take a five-year whole-of-business perspective in managing multiple competing priorities and reconciling these with the Company’s strategic priorities.
• Demonstrated strategic and analytical thinking.
• Demonstrated capacity to make sound short-term tactical decisions – quickly assembling and interpreting data to successfully action priorities
• Demonstrated capability in organising work, setting priorities and exercising sound independent judgement.
• Strong ability to lead and work effectively with people, including leading high performing professional teams.
• Demonstrated capability and willingness to explore and embrace different cultures.
• High energy and level of enthusiasm for the work with high performance goals for self and team.
• Preparedness to take a well-reasoned stand on matters of importance.
• Preparedness to undertake extensive business travel.
• Well-developed industry networks.

Work Accountabilities

Provide support, coordination and policy for the Asset Management discipline. This includes:

• Establish, set and maintain appropriate asset management policy, guidelines, systems and standards, and subsequent monitoring and reporting of compliance to those standards.  This includes but is not limited to the Asset Integrity process and system, Work Management, Defect Elimination, Tactic Development and Condition Monitoring.
• Lead the development and maintenance of Asset Management Systems – be the business process custodian for Asset Management Systems and interface with DT on changes and developments.
• Develop and set performance measures and monitoring KPIs to proactively identify performance trends.
• Linked to FAP and/or other operational and financial improvement processes, identify and monitor progress against cost and operational performance for all operations and ensuring timely, accurate and relevant reporting in the asset management area to the Business Units, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Operating Officer, as appropriate.
• Coordinate and support the BU and sites with the setting of the high-level asset management strategy across operations.
• Identification of new innovation and technologies and working closely with the Digital Technology team and Business Units on possible implementation.
• Set the minimum standard for asset management related budgeting process, and subsequent cost and operation performance reporting.
• Do ad hoc Asset Management Audits on sites to identify improvement opportunities or deviation from minimum standards.
• Deliver direct technical input, support and expertise to M&A due diligence activities and project stage gate reviews by participating in project studies and performing project design reviews, which include reviewing engineering designs, specifications, costs, operability and maintainability.

People Accountabilities:        

• Support the Asset Management Discipline Lead on maintaining the Discipline Health Framework.
• Development and maintain an appropriate forum for the asset management discipline.
• Support the implementation of the Discipline Health Framework in relation to Asset Management Professionals.

Financial Accountabilities 

• Manage the portion of the AM budget related to projects and initiatives associated with this role.
• Support scheduled budget reviews in line with the business planning process for SIB Capital and maintenance opex costs with the business units and sites with the aim to provide technical advice and input and ensure spend is prudent, motivated and adequately covers known risks
• Direct annual budget level for immediate reports and department.
• Indirect influence on budget reviews within Asset management at site level across all operations.

Stakeholder Accountabilities

• Internal to AngloGold Ashanti
• All members of the Technical team and CTO structure
• All sites and Projects in AGA including General Managers and Business Unit leads
• AGA Executive Members and their teams
• AGA Board