Responsibilities

• Promote Health and Safety in the workplace; ensuring compliance with all Maaden's safety policies and regulations;

• Identify and promote continuous plant improvement in order to achieve and surpass metallurgical KPIs;

• Provide day to day technical metallurgical support and coaching to plant operators, control room operators and technicians.

• Monitor and evaluate metallurgical performance; and when required, conduct test/survey programs to improve.

• Conduct plant metallurgical maintenance duties (i.e. inspection of cyclones, screen panels).

• Conduct belt cut sampling and/or other physical sampling around the plant.

• Conduct inspections, calibrations, and light maintenance duties on metallurgical testing equipment (i.e. pH meter calibrations, analyzers, and samplers).

• Conduct QAQC sampling and checks on delivered reagents.

• Monthly GIC sampling and sample preparation.

• Liaise with Procurement to maintain sufficient inventory of reagents and grinding media.

• Ensure sufficient oxygen for running the POX.

• Liaise with external laboratories and consultants for process improvement.

• Maintain and optimize mill throughput, recovery, and costs.

• Liaise with Mining, Geology and Plant Operations for effective production planning

• Prepare daily shift metallurgical balances, required operational reports and guidelines for operators;

• Manage Plant's Metallurgical lab and site Assay lab;

• Supervise and mentor a multi-cultural workforce - Assay lab crew and plant technicians;

• Develop, review and implement Lab and Process Plant operating procedures;

• Schedule and monitor month-end GIC sampling, ensure mass balance analysis and reports are accurate;

• Coordinate the Metallurgical data processing and reporting;

• Review technical reports from Plant Metallurgists and Technicians;

• Liaise with Environmental Department and schedule environmental compliance protocols for effluent disposal;

• Manage the safe use of nuclear devices in the Process Plant

• Collaborate effectively with the team to ensure smooth transition between rotations in order to provide continuous operational support.

• Ensure training needs of staff are met and maintain a motivated workforce.

• Develop and manage reporting systems, such as financial, forecast, engineering, and metallurgical data.

Qualifications

• Possess a university degree in Minerals/Metallurgical/Chemical Engineering from an accredited institute.

• 5 years' mining process plant operations experience in base or precious metals processing.

• Proven plant operation experience in Comminution and Flotation, Pressure Oxidation, CIL, Neutralization, Paste Treatment and TMF.

• Detailed knowledge of mineralogy and its effects on plant performance.

• Experience in process control and continuous improvement would be as asset.

• Strong technical and analytical skills, detail oriented, highly organized, and able to multitask and prioritize work, self-driven.

• Knowledge of the principles and methods used in complex metallurgical and processing analyses.

• Able to research and analyze information of considerable difficulty and draw valid conclusions to improve performance or compliance;

• Able and willing to work effectively in remote areas and under varying weather conditions.

• Process engineering experience, including material balances, test work, equipment sizing and recovery analysis.

• Proven technical solid technical and analytical skills combined with sound practical judgement.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and coaching skills with the ability to work in a multi-cultural team; and work effectively with cross shift and other departments.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint.