Production Metallurgist
Production Metallurgist
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Job Description
- Maximize the value of our natural resources plant and equipment through:
- Contributing to safe work environment with a goal of no lost time injuries.
- Developing team members to increase value globally and within the team.
- Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets for gold production.
- Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets necessary for cost/tonne and AISC.
- Actively improving areas of safety and environmental protection and awareness.
- Contributing to departmental performance in turn increasing milling OEE%.
- Conduct and assist with investigative and systematic testing for plant recovery improvements cost reduction and/or plant throughput improvements.
- Attend to a variety of production / metallurgy meetings and maintain required channels of communication.
- Coordinate and manage external consultants and resources as required.
- Help coordinate activities for metallurgical laboratory as required.
- Attend trainings/development programs and perform other reasonable duties required by the Company.
- Always demonstrate the OGC values of Respect One Team Contribute and Knowledge.
- Adhere to Health Safety and Environmental policies. Contributes to the achievement of targets & objectives and applies procedures permits and instructions.
Qualifications :
Education and Experience:
- Degree in Mineral Processing Metallurgy Chemical Engineering or other science related field(s).
- Two or more years of experience in ore processing operations is preferred.
- Experience managing improvements project projects is preferred.
- Experience managing contractors is preferred
Knowledge:
- Basic understanding of Health Safety and Environmental (HS&E) requirements.
- Basic knowledge of comminution flotation CIL carbon handling refining cyanide destruction circuits.
- Basic knowledge of analytical and metallurgical laboratory operations.
- Basic knowledge of plant process control systems including advanced process control techniques.
- Basic knowledge of metallurgical accounting procedures and gold standards protocols.
- Advanced problemsolving skills with complex problems including both definition of the problem and generation and evaluation of solutions.
- Strong planning and organizational skills including goal setting and monitoring of both own and others performance.
- Knowledge of water treatment processes is beneficial.
Skills & Abilities:
- Proven commitment to behaviourbased safety culture.
- Proven ability to interact with all levels of employees in a positive and cooperative manner for mutual success and the success of the company.
- Ability to develop processing parameters for optimum gold production.
- Ability to decide from a range of competing options where the outcomes are not entirely predictable.
- Ability to quantify economic benefits associated with proposed and implemented process modifications.
- Strong written and oral interpersonal skills including motivating and harnessing the energies of others in a positive productive outcome.
- Excellent organizational skills detailoriented and the ability to work with others in a team environment.
Key Competencies:
- Quality Communication: Communicates regularly both written and oral in a wide range of forums to both operations and maintenance personnel
- Project Management: Coaches/supports others to manage improvement projects required to track project progress and report
- Time Management: Able to pace own work. Able to work unsupervised. Capable of readjusting priorities when necessary.
- Managing/Directing People: Adopts a supervisory role for TEAM Coordinators and the PDM Technicians.
- Team Member/Contributing to Team Success: Able to understand own role and how it contributes to the overall output and objectives of the business.
- Driving/Facilitating Change: Identify opportunities for improvement and deliver through implementation and the management of any associated change.
- Maintaining Work Standards: Creates/revises work standards. Requires changes/improvement to work practices as an outcome of TEAM improvement projects.
- Focus on Quality: Prepared to challenge the status quo. Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail.
Physical Requirements:
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand sit demonstrate manual dexterity climb stairs talk hear and see.
- Must be able to work shift work with 12hour shifts.
- Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday.
- Work is in a surface mine plant setting which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity.
- Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine environment including hart hat hearing protection safety glasses safety footwear and as needed respirator rubber steeltoe boots protective clothing gloves and any other protective equipment as required.
Additional Information :
WHATS ON OFFER:
- Competitive salary shortterm and longterm bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including health vision and dental insurance 401K and more
- Great residential location close to Charlotte SC and is located between the mountains and sea.
- Long service recognition
- Living Our Values recognition program
- Inoffice snack shop
- Monthly paid training available and professional development
- Supportive work environment with a focus on safety and teamwork
- Access to OceanaGold Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
YOU MATTER: OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We believe a variety of perspectives are not only welcome they are essential to our success. Should you require any assistance applying for this opportunity please contact us at
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS FROM AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
