Join us as a Control Engineer Process control to ensure projects are executed on-time and meet the required performance criteria.

Be part of the team. The team that makes it happen.

Anglo American has a portfolio of world-class mining operations. We mine, process, move and market the essential ingredients that enable a cleaner, more connected world and that meet fast growing consumer-driven demands for products from smartphones to electric cars. Our basic materials build homes, offices, railways and airports, and our diamonds fulfil people’s dreams.

Platinum

Our Platinum business mines, processes, and refines the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. We are the world’s leading primary producer of PGMs, which have a range of specialized applications that improve lives across the world, from vehicle fuel cells to jewellery; dentistry to glassmaking; pacemakers to petroleum refining.

Job Description:
As a Control Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Support of both the Lead and Senior Engineers to ensure that process control projects are executed on-time and meet the required performance criteria
Responsible to ensure that they liaise closely with the technical support staff on the operating units to minimize critical failures of the process control solution.
Act as the first line support to the operating units and execute projects as directed
Operational process control performance review

Audit control solution to establish performance and seek for opportunities for further improvement & capture findings
Accurate communications to operational units
Design & Implementation of control solutions

Detail design and testing of control solutions (FAT/SAT)
Commissioning of control solutions as part of a commissioning team
Documenting solution to facilitate technology transfer
Seeking for improvements
Assist in training of resources

Clear and accurate communication with the production units and other end users of the technology
Capturing of the process controls solution in design and functional specifications to ensure technology transfer
Assisting in specific training modules applicable to the technology area
Qualifications:
BSc Engineering in appropriate field or other appropriate Tertiary Qualification
EXPERIENCE

3 years Post Qualification experience with experience in the design, implementation and maintenance of control solutions
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Advanced Computer literacy
Valid code 08 license
Experience with reporting applications such as PowerBI, Tableau, etc.
Experience with relational SQL databases, including SSIS and SSRS
Experience working with OSIsoft PI systems
Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages such as Java, C++, Python, etc. would be preferred
Experience in minerals processing covering concentrating, smelting and refining would be preferred
Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS, Azure, etc.

Additional information:
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.

Who we are
Anglo American is a globally diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal, and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities, and the countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.