Job Title: Specialist, Medium Term Planning

Location: Obuasi Mine
Employment Type: Full-Time

Company Profile

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited is a leading global gold mining company committed to responsible mining, operational excellence, and sustainable value creation. The Obuasi Mine remains a key operation focused on safe, efficient, and innovative underground mining practices.

Job Summary

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited seeks a highly skilled and detail-oriented Specialist, Medium Term Planning to develop, coordinate, and optimize underground mine plans. The successful candidate will integrate development and production schedules, support design approval processes, and ensure alignment between medium-term and operational mining plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain medium-term underground mine plans, including development and production designs.
• Integrate mine plans with weekly and 12-week scheduling cycles to ensure operational alignment.
• Apply mine design software to produce accurate and efficient mine layouts and schedules.
• Support design approval workflows and ensure compliance with technical and safety standards.
• Coordinate with cross-functional technical teams to align planning with operational execution.
• Contribute to void management, reconciliation processes, and infrastructure design coordination.
• Analyse mine performance data to support continuous improvement in planning accuracy.
• Ensure plans support safe, efficient, and cost-effective underground mining operations.
• Prepare technical reports and presentations for management review.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education & Qualification

• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or a related discipline.
• Training or exposure to mine design software (e.g. Deswik CAD/Scheduler) and mine planning systems is desirable.
• First Aid Certificate from an internationally recognized body.
• Blasting Certificate of Competency from the Minerals Commission of Ghana (MINCOM).

Legal Requirement

• Valid driver’s license.

Experience

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in underground mine planning with a focus on development and production design.
• Strong understanding of medium-term planning processes and design approval workflows.
• Experience integrating mine plans with weekly and 12-week schedules.
• Knowledge of void management practices, reconciliation procedures, and infrastructure design coordination.
• Experience working within cross-functional technical teams in an underground mining environment.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Advanced mine planning and design capability
• Excellent coordination and communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and safety compliance mindset
• Ability to work effectively in a high-performance technical environment

How to Apply

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