Production Metallurgist

Job Description

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES /

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.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Position

Qualification:

• Basic understanding of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&EE) 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 Oceana Gold’s 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.

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…