Process Manager

Overview

The Process Manager is a key life-of-asset leadership role responsible for the process plant across the late execution phase, commissioning, ramp-up and full steady-state operations of a copper and gold processing project.

The role encompasses metallurgical performance, process plant operations, operational stability and continuous improvement, laboratory systems (both metallurgical laboratory and outsourced analytical laboratory services) and process plant technical governance as well as integration with water systems, concentrate handling and associated process infrastructure.

• Provide overall technical and operational leadership for the process plant across late-stage project execution, commissioning, ramp-up and steady-state operations ensuring continuity from construction completion to stable long-term production.
• Ensure metallurgical performance targets are achieved and sustained including recovery, throughput, concentrate quality, reagent consumption and overall process stability.
• Lead process plant operational readiness activities ensuring all systems, procedures, operating philosophies, documentation and training programs are fully developed, validated and implemented prior to start-up.
• Oversee commissioning activities including pre-commissioning, dry and wet commissioning and first ore processing ensuring safe, controlled and efficient plant start-up and ramp-up.
• Develop and implement operating strategies, control philosophies and standard operating procedures to ensure safe, stable and efficient plant operations.
• Manage the transition from project execution to operational ownership ensuring effective handover of systems documentation, spares and operational responsibilities.
• Oversee metallurgical accounting, process monitoring and plant performance reporting to ensure accurate and reliable operational decision-making.
• Manage metallurgical laboratory operations and outsourced analytical laboratory services ensuring data quality, QA/QC compliance, turnaround performance and integration into process control and optimization.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on metallurgical performance, plant stability, energy efficiency, reagent optimisation and cost reduction.
• Ensure effective integration between process operations, mining feed variability, maintenance activities and production planning to optimise overall asset performance.
• Act as the technical authority for process-related matters including engineering change review, troubleshooting and resolution of operational issues.
• Lead and develop technical capability within the process and metallurgical team ensuring strong operational competence and performance culture.
• Support long-term asset performance by ensuring the plant is operated within design parameters while identifying and implementing debottlenecking and optimisation opportunities.
• Maintain strong and structured reporting of plant performance including daily, weekly and monthly production, metallurgical and cost performance KPIs to support operational decision-making and management visibility.
• Foster strong working relationships with the Mining and Maintenance departments to ensure alignment on ore supply, plant availability, maintenance planning and overall production objectives ensuring integrated and efficient site-wide performance.
• Promote in-country value by actively developing training and mentoring local talent ensuring progressive capability transfer and the development of a strong national workforce within the process and metallurgical teams.
• Ensure all metallurgical and process operations are conducted in full compliance with applicable health, safety and environmental standards, policies and regulations.
• Promote and embed a strong process safety culture across all operational, commissioning and technical activities.
• Participate in hazard studies, risk assessments and process safety reviews including HAZOPs ensuring all actions are properly closed and implemented.
• Ensure safe commissioning and start-up practices including proper isolation, permit-to-work systems and control of high-risk activities.
• Ensure process plant operations comply with…