Production Metallurgist

About the role

A Production Metallurgist is needed to join the Processing team at Tropicana, reporting to the Superintendent Production. The role provides technical support to optimise economic gold production and metallurgical efficiency, implementing corrective actions and process improvements so that gold production and cost targets are achieved and sustained safely and efficiently.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support to operations to ensure required production and metallurgical efficiency.
• Liaise closely with internal peers, including the mining and geology departments.
• Manage internal and external laboratory test work for daily plant monitoring, projects and improvement activities.
• Carry out daily, weekly and monthly metallurgical accounting and produce accurate, timely reports and forecasts on metallurgical performance versus budget.
• Monitor and manage plant performance, recoveries and efficiencies daily, and coordinate data for performance reports.
• Oversee bullion shipments with the Gold Room team and contribute to budget processes covering production, costs and projects.
• Develop and review procedures and work instructions for laboratory, gold room and metallurgical tasks, and contribute to plant maintenance.
• Work safely and responsibly, aware of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 and the Work Health and Safety Act 2020.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Extractive Metallurgy, Minerals / Chemical Engineering or Mineral Processing.
• Previous experience in the mining industry and at gold processing plants.
• Previous exposure to site-based laboratory work.
• Permanent Australian working rights (mandatory).
• WA manual driver's licence.
• Team player with a collaborative mindset.

Required skills

• Experience with tertiary crushing, ball milling, CIL/CIP, elution, electrowinning, smelting, gold and sulphide flotation, ultra-fine grinding, high-rate thickening and tailings disposal.
• Metallurgical accounting and reporting.