Director, Process Control
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- At least 15 years relevant experience in the mining industry.
- Ability to take a 3-5 year whole-of-business perspective in managing multiple competing priorities and reconciling these with the Company's strategic priorities.
- Behaviour consistent with AngloGold Ashanti's Values and Purpose.
- Well-developed industry networks.
- Strong technical expertise in process control systems and optimization.
- Proficient in loop tuning and control system performance evaluation.
- Demonstrated ability to work across multiple stakeholders and functions.
- Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.
- Demonstrated strategic and analytical thinking.
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience with APC or AI-driven optimization projects.
- Familiarity with mining and gold processing unit operations.
- Experience in large-scale transformation or standardization initiatives.
- Exposure to Digital Twin or real-time simulation technologies.
- Modelling behaviour that is consistent with the AGA Safety Vision and Values, assisting in driving a culture where Safety is our first value, and providing support for incident/accident investigations where required.
- Provide Global Process Control and Automation Services to Operations, Projects and Full asset potential activity. This includes;
- Champion the AGA Safety Vision by ensuring that process control work is planned and conducted with safety as the first priority.
- Embed long-term process control standards, analytics capability, and optimization practices across the business to ensure sustainable operational excellence.
- Lead the execution of the PCA initiative as outlined in the Process Control and Analytics Charter, including:
- Baseline performance assessments and control loop evaluations.
- Rollout of real-time dashboards, analytics tools, and control loop diagnostics.
- Implementation of control improvement recommendations, including loop tuning and control strategy changes.
- Setup and deployment of APC and AI solutions, and integration of digital twin models.
- Provide technical support to site teams in process control design, troubleshooting, and optimization.
- Assist sites in developing fit-for-purpose control philosophies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Monitor and report on key performance metrics (KPMs), and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Support the development and rollout of training materials to build process control capacity across AGA operations.
- Act as the technical liaison with third-party control consultants, APC vendors, and digital solution providers.
- Contribute to process design reviews for continuous improvement initiatives and M&A technical due diligence as related to process control systems.
- Supporting the VP Processing and Tailings in Discipline Health activity, this includes;
- Build process control capability within site teams by mentoring metallurgists and control room operators and site control technicians.
- Support the Director Metallurgy(s) and BU Process Managers in aligning site-level priorities with corporate strategy for process control.
- Foster collaboration between operations, OT, DT, and external vendors.
- Ensure all internal and external people are treated in accordance with AGA's company values.
- Align with BU Process Managers on succession planning and talent management of process control professionals.
- Make oneself available in a mentoring capacity for relevant production or technical roles.