Plant Metallurgist

Job description

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 impro...