Mine Operations Manager

Anglo Gold 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.

Anglo Gold 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 Anglo Gold 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.

The Manager, Mine Operations is responsible for leading the successful transition of a gold mining operation from commissioning and ramp-up phase into safe, stable, and efficient commercial operations. This role provides strategic direction and safe execution of all daily mining activities to meet production, safety, cost, and quality targets. The Manager ensures that operational readiness and workforce capability strictly align with mine plans while championing a culture of transparency, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across Nevada Projects.

As a key member of the site leadership team reporting to the Operational Readiness Director, the Manager, Mine Operations partners closely with Maintenance, Mine Planning & Engineering, Technical Services, and Safety teams to drive fleet optimization, embed short-interval controls, and foster a proactive zero-harm safety culture.

• Lead the transition from project commissioning and startup activities into full-scale open-pit mining operations.
• Direct all open-pit mining activities, including loading, drilling, hauling, waste removal, and stockpile management to ensure strict alignment with mine plans and production forecasts.
• Provide oversight of contractor blasting operations, ensuring adherence to safety, environmental, mine plan, technical standards, and production targets.

• Develop and manage operational and sustaining capital budgets.
• Track and manage actual variances to budget, optimize resource utilization, and implement operating cost controls.

• Prioritize and allocate equipment resources (haul trucks, loaders, and support equipment) based on operational needs.
• Drive fleet optimization strategies ensuring cost performance aligns with mine plans and production targets.

• Partner seamlessly with the Maintenance department to strategically schedule equipment downtime, set repair priorities, and actively reduce unexpected equipment losses.
• Work closely with mine planning and engineering to optimize short-interval control and provide operational expertise supporting feasibility studies, EPCM execution, and plant commissioning.

• Manage all mine, safety, and maintenance performance indicators, ensuring target achievement.
• Propose corrective actions and establish internal data analysis routines to monitor operational performance.