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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. This is a permanent position, with a 8/6 roster based at our Pilgangoora Operation.
Job Responsibility:
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
Requirements:
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
Nice to have:
Prior knowledge and experience in heavy media separation and flotation desirable
Experience and qualification as radiation safety officer desirable
What we offer:
Excellent remuneration package
Quarterly incentive bonus / Annual short-term incentive with a share options
Novated leasing through salary sacrifice
Health & Wellbeing Allowance
Access to the Company’s KidsCo holiday program
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Community Leave
Flexible working hours and option to work from home