Principal 930e and Drills

Company Description
- With headquarters in London, UK, and operations located throughout the world, Anglo American is truly global. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues worldwide and run mining operations across Southern Africa, North and South America and Australia. At Anglo American, our purpose is to Re-imagine Mining to Improve People’s Lives. We do this by challenging the status quo and innovating through all parts of the business. From how we target and discovery new mineral deposits, to our FutureSmart Mining technologies that create a leading position in sustainable mining practices.

Engineering & Maintenance is more than the maintenance or care of physical assets; it is a part of the core business of the organisation to ensure the assets perform their required function and allow Anglo American to meet its strategic, operational and compliance requirements.

**Job Description
- The Role**

We are looking for a **Principal 930E and Drills **to be the overarching expert and owner for Komatsu 930Es and Drills across Anglo’s global open cut mining operations.

**Key role requirements**:

- Develop asset and service strategies for 930E (Ultra class) and Drills fleet.
- Ensure operations produce 12 week and rolling 52 week plans and review for quality.
- Work with site and Supply Chain to ensure replacement components are available for planned work.
- Coach and mentor site engineers and execution teams as needed.
- Report on deviations to the plan both from operations and Supply of components.
- Refine and develop reliability block diagrams (simulate and determine optimal component replacement strategy, costs, spares needed as stock) taking into consideration OEM recommendations and statistical life of components.
- Develop and share baseline asset tactics taking into account reliability block diagrams, asset strategy and OEM inputs.
- Conduct site visits in order to understand local conditions and planning procedures, etc.
- Conduct community of practices with shared experiences, best practices and develop joint programs of work (Centre and Site improvements).
- Conduct close discussions with OEMs concerning engineering improvements, changed guidelines and feedback from operations.
- Closely collaborate with supply chain on the purchase specifications for equipment and strategic planning with suppliers
- Participates in Root Cause Analysis and Defect Elimination as required.
- Prepare centralised data set for owned fleet that feeds into E&M master data.

**Qualifications
- Formal Qualifications**
- An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering with at least 10 years managing mobile equipment.
- Registered Engineer.
- Preferred - A postgraduate qualification (Masters / Doctoral degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline.

**Technical skills / knowledge requirements**:

- Demonstrated knowledge of operational complexities experienced as an engineer in a mining operation.
- In addition to English proficiency, Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills would be highly advantageous.
- Demonstrated maintenance and operational support experience.
- Proven ability to solve technical and operational issues in cooperation with relevant stakeholders and implementing effective solutions to drive efficiencies.
- Demonstrable balance between theoretical mechanical engineering and practical mechanical system maintenance, operations and management.

**Additional Information
- Who We Are**
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources - diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel - our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

**What We Offer**
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re still growing all the time.

**How We Are Committed To Your Safety**
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.

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