Metallurgical Engineer II

POSITION OVERVIEW

Improve plant efficiency, while minimizing costs and ensuring proper care. The position's primary responsibility will be generating plant reports, metallurgical testing and continuous process improvement on the comminution, flotation and concentrate filtering systems.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Performs test work through technical laboratory analyses, process experimentation, mechanical evaluation, materials comparison, and statistical analysis, to improve existing concentrating process or to reduce costs.
• Perform tasks of Metallurgical technician, as necessary.
• Analyze reagent consumption, test reagent purity and characteristics, and ensure reagent availability in day tanks.
• Track concentrating performance by calculating reagent use, statistical analysis of grade and recovery, consumption patterns of grinding media, and operating variables.
• Plan programs to improve metallurgical index by projects based on geometallurgy, operational parameters, and other strategies.
• Communicate and coordinate closely with operators to achieve production goals.
• Capable of training and development of plant operators.
• Able to analyze and determine correctness of daily metallurgical reporting.
• Develop and implement optimization and cost reduction strategies on plant consumables and wearables.
• Assist in training and mentoring junior metallurgical staff in gaining new skills and achieving their full potential.
• Responsible for executing, supporting, and enforcing the Company's Environmental, Health and Safety program as required by OIS policy, directives, and principles.
• Research new value chains or flowsheet optimization strategies.
• Use Optical Microscope or other specialized equipment / software to generate reports on samples or conditions.
• Help train supervisors.
• Other duties as assigned by the Manager.
• Develops new procedures for continuous improvements (SOPs, check lists, etc.).
• Order materials and other supplies pertaining to work scope through SAP.
• Manages inventory of reagents and grinding materials and sets up delivery dates.
• Responsible for executing, supporting, and enforcing the Company's Environmental, Health and Safety program as required by OIS policy, directives, and principles.
• Provide input for capital forecast and yearly operational plan.
• Assemble monthly and annual production and related reports and aid in evaluating performance.
• Responsible for executing, supporting, and enforcing the Company's Environmental, Health and Safety program as required by OIS policy, directives, and principles.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

At least CEFR B2 - Upper Intermediate : Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialization.