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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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 19, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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