Plant Metallurgist
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Reporting to the Senior Metallurgist, the Plant Metallurgist is responsible for ensuring concentrate production and associated processing unit operations are controlled in a cost effective and efficient manner as well as ensuring metallurgical performance and improvement initiatives including;
This is a permanent position, with a 8/6 roster based at our Pilgangoora Operation.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Demonstrate stewardship in health, safety and environmental policies to ensure that site, corporate, and legislative requirements for the operation are met
- Generate and maintain daily and weekly metallurgical production reports to ensure that targets are met and to identify improvements opportunities
- Provide technical knowledge, training, and mentoring for graduate metallurgists, process technicians, metallurgical technicians and other members of the team
- Review and analyse past production performance, compare to budgeted and forecasted specifications and provide suggested improvement options
- Take the necessary actions to ensure that concentrate quality meets contract and target specifications
- Maintain, monitor and identify improvement opportunities of process control systems such as Citect, PowerBI, etc
- Carry out plant surveys and mass balances to maintain and improve plant performance
- Conducted laboratory trials and generated associated test work reports to evaluate production improvement opportunities.
ABOUT YOU:
- Degree qualified in Metallurgy or chemical engineering with exposure to similar role
- Prior knowledge and experience in heavy media separation and flotation desirable
- Experience in management & implementation of continuous improvement projects
- Experience and qualification as radiation safety officer desirable
- Proactive in identifying and implementing improvement opportunities
- Desire to take on various responsibilities and work in small teams
