Company Description
Anglo American (AA) Woodsmith Mine in the UK will be a fully integrated operation from pit to port.
A fully integrated pit‑to‑port operation brings mining, internal logistics, processing, export functions, and business planning operations into a single, digitally connected value chain, with Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) working as one secure ecosystem. The backbone of this integration is a standards‑driven architecture, particularly the IEC 62443 series, which provides the global benchmark for securing industrial automation and control systems in converged environments.
A fully integrated, standards‑aligned pit‑to‑port operation delivers:
- End‑to‑end visibility of production, logistics, and asset health.
- Improved safety, as real‑time data enables proactive hazard management.
- Higher throughput, with synchronised scheduling across mine, logistics, processing, and port.
- Stronger cyber‑resilience, reducing the risk of disruptions that could halt production or compromise safety systems.
- Data‑driven optimisation, enabling advanced analytics, digital twins, and automated decision‑making.
To enable this vision, the Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) must be designed in collaboration with the project partners and stakeholders e.g. feasibility study contractor, future EPCM contractors, technology providers, and vendors.
The IM Crop Nutrients team has the task of providing all technology services and infrastructure to Crop Nutrients for the greenfield elements of the project, this incorporates hardware, software (applications) integrations to meet the needs of all the operational departments.
Parts of technology and infrastructure will be delivered under the construction scope executed by the Prime Contractor (EPCM) and IM Crop Nutrients team will review designs, approve technical proposals, receive, and manage all these outcomes to ensure that the operational requirements are fulfilled.
IM Programme Manager is responsible for the direction of overall design, construction, implementation, and delivery of all technological solutions considered for Crop Nutrients (Woodsmith), assuring to optimize the value realization of the project. Leadership and management of the IM Project Managers’ work, and all IM staff involved in all the project phases, ensuring the transition into the operating environment.
Job Description
The IM Programme Manager for the Crop Nutrients (Woodsmith) Project is accountable for the end‑to‑end leadership and governance of the IM portfolio, ensuring effective design, delivery, risk, and quality management across all programmes and projects within scope. The role spans the full lifecycle from strategy definition through implementation and into operational readiness, including scope definition, conceptual design, planning, execution, and the development of the IM inputs to the Feasibility Study and Operational Readiness Plan (ORP), to enable a safe, reliable, and value‑optimised transition to operations.
Key Tasks:
- Act as the key IM focal contact for the project feasibility study as it progresses to FNTP (full notice to proceed)
- Alignment with UK, AA standards, and best practice frameworks (e.g. cyber security)
- Technical input to engineering design which impact on OT/IT scope of supply
- Accountable for the IM section in the FNTP submission
- Engage and support the feasibility key stakeholders in the overall preparation of the FNTP submission
- Actively seeks the best value for the operational phase of the project, ensuring that the IM optimises the cost per ton target.
- Align the local and global IM resources to provide technical support to the feasibility study
- Ensure that digital design tools are deployed through the project delivery lifecycle to ensure handover to operations is efficient and timely to the operational mode.
- Act as the Project Information manager, supporting the engineering manager with the digital design deliverables incorporating CIFHOS and other applicable standards and guidance
- Manage and co-ordinate the portfolio, according to the size and / or criticality of the project, with each Programme & Project Managers and the Portfolio Project Controller, conducting where applicable
- Management of Stakeholders
- Risk management / Change management
- Performance of actual costs vs budget
- Performance of suppliers on actual schedule vs planned
- Management of HSEC and Quality
- Management of Procurement, logistics and subcontractors
- Management of design process and technical assurance
- Project documentation processes
- Project Closing Processes
- Project Resource Management
- Resolution of common issues in projects during construction, commissioning, and hand over
- Ensure that the use of resources associated with the management of the feasibility study and projects are deployed optimally. Planning of resources is critical to the successful delivery of the feasibility study and supporting projects to maintain the project build process.
- Standardize strategies, policies, and procedures for project management and ensure compliance with the AA policies and best practices
- Produce reporting metrics for the project's portfolio aligned with the business reporting cycle to the steering team.
- Ensures engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures take place for all practice engagements. Develops, implements, and maintains aligned business practices ensuring the business expectation.
- Act as deputy to the Head of IM and Technology, supporting strategic leadership and assuming delegated responsibilities to ensure continuity of operations, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, Information Systems, and General Project Management Experience
Technical Knowledge:
- Manufacturing / Production experience in operation and support areas (>20 years)
- Technological Projects experience (>5 years)
- Experienced in managing, leading and delivering complex, large-scale, IT/technical/engineering program on time and within budget. Strong understanding of implementation and project management processes and methodologies including common roles, responsibilities, and key deliverables
- Portfolio / Programme Management
- Advanced Project management techniques (E.g. Agile)
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Substantial experience in a senior leadership facing role
- Highly analytical, technically proficient, and able to learn new tools and software quickly
- Leadership by doing and visibility
- Ability to align to organizational requirements, seeking value realization and continuous overall improvement.
- Perform continuous monitoring reviews and measure defined quality and quantity indicators
- Interpret policy and explain why work needs to be completed in a manner
- Explain how a process task needs to be fulfilled assign and re-assign work to
- ensure that outputs and the elimination of waste
