Engineering and Maintenance Specialist

Anglo American is a leading global mining company.

Our products are essential ingredients in nearly every aspect of modern life. Our competitive portfolio of world-class operations and undeveloped resources provides metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable world, while meeting the growing consumer demands of both developed and developing economies.

We apply innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources; to extract, process, transport, and market our products to customers around the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable manner.

As a responsible mining company, we work alongside our business partners and various stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value our products represent—not only for our shareholders, communities, and the countries where we operate, but also for society as a whole.

Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

Residence: Santiago, Chile

Work Schedule: 5x2 shift (Monday to Friday)

English advance level - Mandatory requirement

PURPOSE

Provide expert knowledge and support to engineering and maintenance discipline in country. Drive continuous improvement through identification of gaps, inefficiencies, or improvement opportunities and implement enhancements based on trends, data, and industry standards. Help evaluate operational risks, impacts, and feasibility of proposed solutions. Promote operational excellence by establishing best practices, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards, and fostering a collaborative environment. Take a proactive approach to problem solving by diagnosing complex issues, developing effective solutions, and facilitating their implementation to optimize performance across all operations.

TYPICAL TASKS

•    Provide technical expertise to all managed operations within the country in engineering and maintenance matters.

•    Act as a second line for ORM auditing and the implementation of AATS related to the technical discipline.

•    Consolidate all key TORs for the discipline for review and submission to the Manager Mining & Geoscience for the 5-year Business Plan process.

•    Review TORs required for the development of LOAP plans and validate outputs for all assets in the country.

•    Foster a culture of continuous improvement, safety, and collaboration to achieve operational excellence.

•    Ensure maintenance plans are correctly executed at each operation; escalate deviations to the Technical Head in-country.

•    Work in close collaboration with Engineering Managers at each site and with Group Heads of Discipline.

 

• Professional degree in Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification (desirable)
• Advanced English level – Mandatory.

Experience:

• 3 - 5 years of experience in maintenance execution of either mining equipment (e.g., shovels, drills, haul trucks) or plant equipment (e.g., SAG/Balls mills, Conveyors and SX/EW systems).
• 3 years of experience in maintenance areas focused on reliability engineering and/or process analysis and improvement, including root cause analysis, performance optimization, and implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Experience in maintenance planning, ensuring effective scheduling, execution, and follow‑up of maintenance programs across operations.
• Willingness and availability to travel to operational sites as required.
• Demonstrated expertise in SAP and advanced proficiency with analytical tools including Minitab, Risk, advanced Excel, and executive-level PowerPoint.

Self-awareness:

• Able to analyse own behaviours and impact on others and adapt behaviours to suit context and circumstances.
• Can observe ‘self’ in a variety of one to one and group encounters, reflecting and
• learning from the interactions, requesting feedback, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Recognises and accepts the need to put the overall business needs ahead of their own and can deal with the internal conflict/stress that may generate.

Team processes:

• Understands their role as a team member and team leader (where applicable) and can translate into their day-to-day interactions.
• Understands the behaviour of individuals and the effects on the team, resolving conflicts.
• Team Leader - Fosters a climate that is inclusive and where team members feel safe to contribute, collaborate, receive feedback and coaching.

Collaboration:

• Establishes and nurtures relationships with stakeholders, by use of effective listening and questioning to better understand the other person or group.
• Understands how to influence or negotiate with others, in order to achieve productive outcomes.
• Can effectively balance positive interactions with getting the work done.

Other Requirements

• Physical health compatible with work at 3,000 metres above sea level.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.
• Availability to travel to operational sites as required.

At Anglo American, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment where all colleagues are valued and respected for who they are, and where everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Our key enablers are:

• Inclusive leaders who value diversity and the unique contributions of each colleague.
• A flexible, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
• A culture where colleagues feel valued and respected, and confident to bring their whole selves to work.
• A safe, effective, and enabling environment for all our stakeholders.

For this reason, all our job openings are available to anyone who meets the job description. We are an inclusive company and we want you to be part of it. Diversity in gender, LGBT+, age, culture/religion, ethnicity, or disability status (Law 21.015) is welcome.