Senior Specialist, Geotechnical Africa (Open Pit)

AngloGold Ashanti Limited; India; On-site; INR 5,903,000 - 10,626,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Pension contributions

Annual leave

Job summary

AngloGold Ashanti in Johannesburg, South Africa, seeks a senior Geotechnical Engineer to provide specialist open pit support across the Africa region. The role embeds within site teams, deploying to build local technical capability in rock/soil mechanics, hydrology and hydrogeology.

You will design open pit methods, manage data systems like GeotAgg and PowerBi, support audits and develop roadmaps to resolve data or model deviations, with secondments to sites to transfer expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Mining, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years of onsite operational experience in open pit mining.
• Experience with GCMP and TARP processes.
• Willingness to travel extensively.

Responsibilities

• Execute tactical open pit designs and reviews.
• Enforce Group data systems for collection, management (GeotAgg) and validation (PowerBi).
• Deploy to sites in seconded roles to build workforce capability and ensure compliance.
• Deliver data inputs to short- and medium-term plans to support ground control and asset optimization.
• Provide training on data management systems, GMRi, and GRiP implementations.

Skills

QA/QC & Risk management

Data collection & analysis

Geotechnical instrumentation

Slope stability assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree Geology, Mining, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering

Tools

GeotAgg

PowerBi

GMRi

GRiP

Job description

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Post Start Date: 31 Aug 2026

Who We Are

AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company with a diverse, high-quality portfolio of operations, projects and exploration activities across 10 countries on four continents. We pursue value-creating opportunities involving other minerals, where we can leverage our existing assets, shareholdings, skills and experience.

At AngloGold Ashanti, we assure you of work that carries significance and creates tangible results. What we do goes beyond mining. We build livelihoods in communities, champion environmental stewardship, and strengthen local and national economies. Our leaders and teams are committed to listening to and supporting each other, valuing differences, and embracing equity. We are convinced that greatness only happens when we prioritize these behaviors and the well-being of every person.

DEPARTMENT

Geotechnical

LOCATION

Johannesburg, ZA, 2198

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Permanent

OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE

Provides specialist geotechnical engineering support and services for open pit operations and projects across the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) African Business Unit. This role acts as a tactical advisor on rock/soil mechanics, hydrology, and hydrogeology, managing geotechnical risk and embedding within site teams through routine deployments to optimize local technical capability.

ROLEACCOUNTABILITIES

• Geotechnical Design & Systems: Execute tactical open pit designs and reviews. Enforce Group data systems for collection, management (GeotAgg), and validation (PowerBi).
• Operational Assurance: Support technical compliance audits and reviews. Assist sites in creating actionable roadmaps to resolve data collection or structural model deviations.
• Site Deployment & Secondment: Act in seconded site roles for extended periods to directly drive workforce development, technical capability transfer, and operational compliance.
• Risk & Business Planning: Deliver functional data inputs to short- and medium-term plans to ensure ground control efficacy and regional asset optimization.
• Training & Coaching: Provide functional training to site personnel on data management systems, GMRi, and GRiP implementation.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Education & Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree Geology, Mining, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline (post-graduate qualification is highly desirable).

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Greater than 8 years onsite operational experience in open pit mining in both deep saprolite and hard rock slopes (QAQC, risk management and data collection)
• Has written/ developed Ground Control Management Plans (GCMP) and Trigger Action Response Procedures (TARP)
• Involved with optimising drilling and blasting to minimise wall damage
• Extensive experience with managing instabilities through the use of slope monitoring systems eg slope stability radars, prisms, InSAR)
• Willingness to travel extensively

BENEFITS SUMMARY

• AngloGold Ashanti offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial security, and overall well-being.
• Medical insurance, employee assistance programs, and wellbeing initiatives.
• Company-supported pension or provident fund contributions.
• Annual leave, sick leave, and public holidays in line with company policy.

AngloGold Ashanti is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of gender, race, religion, nationality, or disability.

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