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ROLE PROFILE
GENERAL DETAILS
Role Title
Principal Drill and Blast
Location
London,
United Kingdom
Department
Group Technical and Sustainability (T&S)
- Mining
GBF Band
GBF5
(Level of Work III)
Reports to (Manager)
Lead Drill and Blast Design
Type of Work
Specialist Support
Manager once removed
Head of Mine Modernisation
Date
May 2017
CONTEXT
The Mining Group’s purpose is to provide value add technical solutions and support based on strategic and
operational analysis of opportunities across the Group’s portfolio. This includes supporting the business units
with leading drill and blast (D&B) practices to support the value chain across the integrated Life of Mine Planning
(LOMP) solutions supporting continuous mine modernisation through implementation of new technologies and
systems.
PURPOSE
Provide leadership, support and advice for implementation of the global D&B strategy across the operations. Set
blast design guidelines for the group in conjunction with the relevant business unit stakeholders and provide
leadership with the implementation across Anglo American.
TYPICAL TASKS
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Identify gaps and develop D&B best practice for individual operations to optimise value delivery across the
full value chain in line with Group strategies.
Analyse D&B data to highlight opportunities, gain stakeholder support, develop relevant business cases and
facilitate the implementation of blast improvement initiatives across the group in a prioritised approach.
Practice leader for D&B planning, design and execution, influencing technology and innovation to develop
cutting edge capabilities in D&B practice in the Group.
Support the development and maintenance of D&B best practice guidelines across the group and drive the
implementation for individual operations to optimise value delivery across the full value chain.
Support the process of consultation with Group operations and relevant disciplines in T&S on best practice,
optimisation and appropriate technology development.
Advocate D&B best practice through internal forums and leveraging networks to enhance capability.
Develops and maintains relevance of own technical and business expertise and ensures transfer of
knowledge across the Group.
Identify opportunities to maximise value to Anglo American at all times providing safety, health and
environmental impacts are considered and not compromised.
ROLE RELATIONSHIPS
Managerially Accountable to:
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Lead Drill and Blast Design
Key Internal Relationships:
 Head of Mine Modernisation
 Group Head of Mining
 Heads of T&S disciplines
 Heads, Leads and Principals of other T&S Mining disciplines
 Managers at Operations
 Relevant production personnel
Key External Relationships:
 Relevant contacts in D&B discipline.
 Relevant industry groups and forums.
Direct Reports (if applicable): None
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CAPABILITY REQUIRED TO DO THE ROLE
Mental Processing
Ability
Application/Energy
Knowledge and
Experience
Evidence of ability to complete work of level III complexity.
This work involves systems thinking to construct models that help to understand the
design of the system. It involves discerning a trend from a flow of significant, real
events to design and construct a system in a single field to cope with it. The system
may need to be altered as the trend changes.
 Consistently displays a positive and engaged manner
 Motivated and driven to meet high standards of delivery which create high
customer approval
 Remains focused in times of uncertainty and ambiguity
 Displays considerable personal effort to improve
Formal qualifications:
 The applicant must have the following qualifications:
o Essential requirement: Bachelor degree in Engineering (Mining)
o Essential requirement: Post Graduate qualification – Master of
Philosophy or other Master’s degree in Engineering, specifically
Mining).
Essential Skills:
 Evidence of utilising technical D&B expertise to analyse and understand
complex issues or opportunities in different commodities. Formulating
solutions, applying models to assess opportunities and effectively
communicating requirements to Management and operational colleagues.
 Evidence of idea development and approach to shape D&B strategy for a
variety of mining operations across multiple regions and in a large scale
international corporate environment.
 Evidence of specific D&B improvement programs that have been
developed for a mining operation, including project plans and ongoing
management of implementations.
 Evidence of identifying skill gaps and working to build capability through
developing targeted training and education.
 Evidence of ability of work closely with senior management and operational
colleagues to implement D&B strategy/programs/initiatives and deliver the
desired outcomes.
 Evidence of collating a variety of information from multiple work streams
(such as Geosciences, Processing, Supply Chain, Safety & Sustainable
Development) and consider all inputs to develop optimised designs e.g.
mine to mill, minimisation of damage to pit limits, minimise impact of blasts
on external stakeholders.
Safety:
 Provides a consistent outstanding role model in relation to safety practices
with a deep understanding of the importance of safety.
 Demonstrated experience in successfully managing risk across the life
cycle of explosives.
Technical Skills
Ability to / technical requirements:
 Essential requirement: Must be an ‘Advanced User’ of D&B design and
mine planning software.
Technical People Way Competencies:
Process Optimisation (Level 3)
Understands the mining lifecycle, value chain and impact of mining activities on
business and operational performance. Optimises mining processes and operations
through effective financial, labour and project management. Analyses key
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performance data and applies insights to remove barriers and deliver high
performance.
Optimises mining processes to ensure effectiveness of mine operations. Embeds
new ways of working, manages complex projects and drives cost savings.
Managing Safety and Health Risks (Level 2)
Creates a safe and secure mining environment through proactive risk identification,
reporting and management. Drives the testing and implementation of new
innovations and embeds safety and health (S&H) solutions that strive to reduce or
eliminate exposure through effective engineering controls.
Identifies and manages risks to S&H and develops mitigating actions. Understands
complex factors that can cause harm.
Mining Operations (Level 2)
Achieves efficient and effective mining outcomes by applying technical knowledge
of mining methods and ensuring compliance with the plan. Applies new
technologies and encourages experiences in varied mining operations (e.g. cross
commodity and/or cross mining process and methods) and associated ways of
working to drive increased value for Anglo American.
Provides independent support on advanced mining operations and manages
variances of volumes to plan and process.
Technical Analysis (Level 3)
Applies a systematic, knowledge-based problem-solving approach and structured
methodologies (such as root cause analysis and statistical analysis) to investigate
risks and opportunities to create effective, value-add technical solutions.
Solves technical and operational issues in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.
Implements the most effective solutions to drive efficiencies.
Driving Business Performance (Level 2)
Applies an in-depth understanding of the mining value chain to identify and execute
on opportunities where technical expertise can enhance business performance.
Engages cross-functional teams to share best practice, ensuring technical
excellence and sustainable commercial decisions.
Optimises productivity and quality targets by utilising deep technical expertise and
cooperating with multi-disciplinary teams to highlight and address areas of
improvement.
Project Management (Level 2)
Drives the delivery of technical solutions in projects and operations by
demonstrating project management skills and active resource management,
including effective control of budgets, deliverables, staff and contracts.
Manages, monitors and drives project activities within a specific project or
operation. Proactively escalates risks and proposes mitigating actions.
Social Process Skills
Demonstrated ability to:
 Effectively influence and manage relationships with key internal and external
stakeholders to achieve required outcomes at a Senior Management level.
 Facilitate agreement and co-operation using a diplomatic and open approach
 Effectively work with diverse teams and sensitive to local, social, political and
cultural sensitives
 Comfortably interact with teams and stakeholders across all mediums of
communication. Such as face to face and virtual technologies.
 Use networks in all stages of decision making to ensure decisions are not made
in isolation, though not to the extent that would be seen as abdicating
responsibility
Any other requirements
to perform the work
effectively?
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Essential Requirement: Must be fluent in English.
Ability to speak additional languages is desirable, but not essential.
Regular international travel will be required.
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Work on site at Mine operations will be required, occasionally for extended
periods (2-4 weeks). This may involve activities of a physical nature in a typical
mine environment (for example noise, vibration, heat, small spaces, reduced
visibility).
Working at high altitude will be required.
Ability to balance strategic thought with delivery of tangible business outcomes.
Timely, pragmatic and effective decision making drawing on limited inputs and
sometimes incomplete information.
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