Senior, Engineer Metallurgy
Centurion - South Africa
Job Summary
Join Exxaro Resources as a Senior Engineer Metallurgy in Centurion Gauteng and propel your career this engaging role you will deliver specialised metallurgical engineering and design services focusing on process modeling and industry best practices. Collaborate with diverse teams to elevate process performance and implement advanced methods to ensure precise metallurgy outcomes. Your responsibilities include managing project delivery aligning processing strategies with geoscience mining and marketing objectives and maintaining high customer satisfaction through reliable results. As a leader you will champion safety sustainability and operational excellence initiatives while fostering a culture that prioritises safety and innovation. Exxaro offers a dynamic environment that values creativity collaboration and continuous improvement. Join us and be part of an exciting journey.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide specialised competencies for the delivery of professional services in process engineering focusing on coal and manganese.
- Develop and apply best practices related to processing simulation and high-order modeling across the organization using tools like Python.
- Execute processing simulation and high-order modeling methods as inputs to Life of Mine and Value in Use processes integrated with geoscience mining and marketing.
- Support benchmarking and sharing of best practices in the operational performance of processing within the company.
- Lead initiatives to increase awareness in the group of technological advancements regarding processing and high-order modeling.
- Participate in assurance and review processes related to business plans operations and projects to ensure alignment with group objectives.
- Manage project delivery to ensure customer satisfaction focusing on accuracy and reliability of metallurgy results.
- Collaborate with geoscience mining marketing and other stakeholders to align processing practices and transfer knowledge across the group.
- Maintain a high-level awareness of customer and client requirements through extensive internal and external professional networks.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental policies fostering a culture that prioritizes safety in all operations.
Minimum Requirements
- BEng Chemical Engineering or BEng Metallurgical Engineering or BSc Chemical Engineering or B Tech Metallurgy (Essential/Minimum)
- BSc (Hons) Chemical Engineering or BEng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering or B Degree (Hons) in a relevant field (Recommended/Desirable)
- Management Development Programme (Recommended/Desirable)
- 6-8 years of relevant operational experience in coal handling and preparation plants (Essential/Minimum)
- Experience in processing and high order modelling of coal handling and preparation plants (Essential/Minimum)
- Experience in design of coal handling and preparation plants with additional experience in process modelling for other commodities recommended
- Project portfolio management experience in a mining environment (Recommended)
- Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
- Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
- Engineering Council of SA (PrEng) (Recommended/Desirable)
- SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Recommended/Desirable)
Required Experience:
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About Company
Exxaro is about more than mining. It is about powering better lives in Africa and beyond, through our sustainability strategy, ESD, community development & more.