SPECIALIST: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

at  AngloGold Ashanti

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 currently seeking a Continuous Improvement Specialist to join our Business Support team at our Sunrise Dam Mine site, reporting into Manager of Full Potential/Business Support
This role is a site based position at the Sunrise Dam Gold Mine on an 4/3 FIFO roster, where we operate direct flights to our sites from Perth and Kalgoorlie.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support the execution of site-specific continuous improvement strategy and initiatives by line managers, including scoping, signing off, and tracking the delivery of improvement initiatives; checking the validity of values, underlying analysis; project plans & schedules, and appropriate resourcing.
• Support the site leadership team in prioritisation and integration of site-wide CI initiatives into CI pipeline and plan.
• Assist line managers with regular management routines, including collating and updating progress to streamline reporting and feedback; updating value models; and collecting data to inform benefits tracking.
• Support the design, development and implementation of continuous improvement systems aligned to International Operations requirements.
• Facilitate a common continuous improvement approach to be utilised across AGAA, including use of Value Driver Trees & Cost Models; action plan development; ranking & prioritisation of improvement initiatives; establishing key operational metrics for measurement in coordination with the regional business improvement team.
• Develop relationships with the Continuous Improvement teams in the Australia Region to leverage ‘best in class’ tools/approaches.
• Actively participate in sharing scalable opportunities and learnings, new developments or synergies that might exist in the region.
• Provide input into the further development of the Continuous Improvement Discipline Health framework.

Please refer the Job description for details