Superintendent 2 - Underground HME Maintenance

About the role

AngloGold Ashanti is hiring a full-time Superintendent 2 for underground HME (heavy mobile equipment) maintenance at its Geita Gold Mine in Tanzania, within Asset Management & Engineering. The role provides sound and ethical leadership to the maintenance team, maintains high standards of equipment maintenance and repair, promotes workplace safety and optimizes equipment availability and reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead safe maintenance execution by identifying and managing workplace hazards, promoting HSE compliance, implementing 5S practices and ensuring compliance with underground induction requirements.
• Give technical guidance to supervisors and trades personnel so work meets OEM requirements and best-practice standards for fitment, installation and repair quality.
• Oversee maintenance planning and execution: develop scopes of work, support work packages and procedures, manage emerging work and help maintain equipment availability and reliability.
• Monitor workforce capability through training, skills development and maintenance of training records.
• Ensure inspection findings are recorded in the right systems, work orders are completed and closed on time, and major failures are documented in repair reports.
• Work with planning and support teams to optimize spares and materials, support backlog management, join the on-call roster and manage equipment rebuilds and component life tracking.

Required profile

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, vocational training with significant mobile equipment maintenance knowledge, and a qualified Mechanical Technician.
• At least 10 years' experience in heavy mining underground equipment maintenance and repair.
• At least 5 years in managerial roles within a multinational organization and 6 years at a senior underground management level.

Required skills

• Strong root cause analysis capability and proven asset equipment maintenance capability.
• Computer literacy in Outlook, the Internet and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with CAT and Sandvik equipment is an added advantage.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to lead, influence and collaborate.

What we offer

• Medical insurance, employee assistance programmes and wellbeing initiatives.
• Company-supported pension or provident fund contributions.
• Annual leave, sick leave and public holidays in line with company policy.