Production Metallurgist

JOB RESPONSIBILITES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• 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 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.
• Demonstrate at all times 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 :

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Position Qualification:

• 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 problem-solving 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 behaviour-based 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 detail-oriented and the ability to work with others in a team environment.

• 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 preferred.
• Communication Skills:
• An advanced level of oral and written communication skills in English is required.
• The ability to write and review detailed technical reports is required.

• Mathematics Ability:
• College level mathematics skills required.

• Certificates Licenses Registrations:
• Certificates:      none
• Licenses:          none
• Registrations:   none

LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrate and promote OceanaGolds behavior-based safety culture.
• Act in a manner that builds trust and demonstrates integrity.
• Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with others.
• Demonstrate high levels of accountability and employee empowerment.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to continuously improving the safe and efficient operation of the process. Act with a sense of urgency when troubleshooting and resolving problems especially problems concerning safety and our license to operate.

Additional Information :

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 12-hour 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 steel-toe boots protective clothing gloves and any other protective equipment as required.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time