Senior Metallurgist

**Job Description**:
**Reference Number: 591 0404 MHU**

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop a broader knowledge of the business to assist in making good business decisions;
- Achieve results by taking personal accountability for individual and team objectives;
- Make decisions in the context of current company and regional metrics and delivering outcomes within required timeframes; and
- Actively participating in personal development opportunities
- Work directly with external engineering firms to develop optimized designs and plans for projects on time and on budget
- Use technical writing skills to author sections of design reports as required
- Support the development of Corporate Metallurgical Standards, and provide technical support to operations to enable the achievement of the required performance standards
- Develop appropriate review and testwork programs to address metallurgical issues and to drive continuous improvement
- Develop in conjunction with site, appropriate plant modifications to address metallurgical issues and to drive continuous improvement
- Develop relationships with external consultants for provision of expert technical support as required
- Schedule regular meetings to update on and influence projects.
- Monitor and report on prevailing process plant behaviour, intervene as needed to troubleshoot and guide solution implementation in support of improved cash flow.
- Co-ordinate plant surveys on an as needed basis to support metallurgical justification for projects.
- Provide input into weekly/monthly metallurgy report
- Developing technical knowledge, establishing and monitoring technical systems and managing with external stakeholders and:

- Actively support expansion project activities.
- Organise, liaise and co-ordinate external consultants/contractors for project and CAPEX work.
- Assist in commissioning and hand-over of new plant unit operations to site Operations.
- Identify, define and design medium to long term project work to improve on the approved business plan.
- Identify and drive change to improve plant reliability and cost effectiveness.
- Identify and progress continuous improvement opportunities using best practice.
- High level troubleshooting of plant issues as required in conjunction with site based Plant Metallurgists.
- Respond appropriately to all losses of containment within the treatment Plant.
- Provide expertise to site based Plant Metallurgists in general metallurgical principles and operating practices

**Requirements**:Qualification and Skill**_ _**
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent is required
- Minimum of 10 years industrial plant experience including at least 3 years in project development; at least 3 years in direct operations roles
- Demonstrated self-guiding and focused on improvements in business performance.
- Ability to lead a project team both internal and external from a position of support.
- Ability to maintain work group focus on safety and environmental considerations.
- Ability to work unsupervised or as part of a team.
- Well-developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- A demonstrated track record in analytical problem solving together with an aptitude to problem solving

**Benefits and Contractual information**:

- Regular travel to Sites is a requirement of the position and is expected to be a minimum of quarterly per year. Other travel may be required associated with project work.

**Mark Huber**

**Managing Lead - Executive Mining Recruitment**

**CA Mining**

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