Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 06 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job description:
Overall Job Purpose
To be responsible for providing metallurgical guidance, conducting test works where required, metallurgical measurements in the plant, ensuring metallurgical key performance indicators (KPIs) are available, reported and analysed on a daily basis – aimed at improving plant performance. The role will carry out tasks allocated by the Superintendent Processing Technical in the context of assessing performance of the nickel processing plant with the final objective of effectively contributing to the plant meeting or exceeding production and performance targets; participating and leading process performance analysis and improvement initiatives.

Specific Job Responsibility
• Preparation and publication of the daily and monthly reports.
• Preparation and publication of the weekly and monthly reconciliation reports.
• Collaborate to the effort of maintaining sampling system working well and available.
• Collect and analyse process data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement, use statistical methods to make data-driven decisions.
• Identifying, analysing, troubleshooting, understanding and developing solutions to both emergent problems and opportunities.
• Be part of the identification, detailed planning and high-quality execution of metallurgical projects to optimise the process plant performance. Including laboratory-scale flotation tests, to assess the impact of process changes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain HSE standards and ensure strict compliance within the nickel plant.
• Consistently deliver and exceed the main KPI’s of timely (sampling, analysis and reporting) and accurate metallurgical analysis.
• Developing operating methods and standard operating procedures related to operational, metallurgical and process engineering tasks.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to the operations team to achieve plant production targets.
• Monitoring and reporting on short term metallurgical events and implement control strategies, including optimizing operational parameters, addition rates, and monitoring the consumption of all concentrator reagents.
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement projects.
• Facilitate data acquisition, warehousing, accessibility, distribution, and analytics.
• Control and reduce operational costs.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• Preparation and publication of the daily and monthly reports.
• Preparation and publication of the weekly and monthly reconciliation reports.
• Collaborate to the effort of maintaining sampling system working well and available.
• Collect and analyse process data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement, use statistical methods to make data-driven decisions.
• Identifying, analysing, troubleshooting, understanding and developing solutions to both emergent problems and opportunities.
• Be part of the identification, detailed planning and high-quality execution of metallurgical projects to optimise the process plant performance. Including laboratory-scale flotation tests, to assess the impact of process changes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain HSE standards and ensure strict compliance within the nickel plant.
• Consistently deliver and exceed the main KPI’s of timely (sampling, analysis and reporting) and accurate metallurgical analysis.
• Developing operating methods and standard operating procedures related to operational, metallurgical and process engineering tasks.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to the operations team to achieve plant production targets.
• Monitoring and reporting on short term metallurgical events and implement control strategies, including optimizing operational parameters, addition rates, and monitoring the consumption of all concentrator reagents.
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement projects.
• Facilitate data acquisition, warehousing, accessibility, distribution, and analytics.
• Control and reduce operational costs.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Preparation and publication of the daily and monthly reports.
• Preparation and publication of the weekly and monthly reconciliation reports.
• Collaborate to the effort of maintaining sampling system working well and available.
• Collect and analyse process data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement, use statistical methods to make data-driven decisions.
• Identifying, analysing, troubleshooting, understanding and developing solutions to both emergent problems and opportunities.
• Be part of the identification, detailed planning and high-quality execution of metallurgical projects to optimise the process plant performance. Including laboratory-scale flotation tests, to assess the impact of process changes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain HSE standards and ensure strict compliance within the nickel plant.
• Consistently deliver and exceed the main KPI’s of timely (sampling, analysis and reporting) and accurate metallurgical analysis.
• Developing operating methods and standard operating procedures related to operational, metallurgical and process engineering tasks.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to the operations team to achieve plant production targets.
• Monitoring and reporting on short term metallurgical events and implement control strategies, including optimizing operational parameters, addition rates, and monitoring the consumption of all concentrator reagents.
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement projects.
• Facilitate data acquisition, warehousing, accessibility, distribution, and analytics.
• Control and reduce operational costs.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Job Specific Competencies
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Strong I.T. skills.
• Strong understanding of complex metallurgical information, process improvement and control strategies.
• Good cognitive and analytical skills for identifying process shortfalls, bottlenecks and implementing metallurgical testing.
• Basic health and safety knowledge including job safety analysis.

Key Job Attributes
• Must be thorough and detail oriented
• Must be dependable and self-motivated
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact with people of different cultures.
• Flexible towards working in variety of work areas.
• Must be bold, smart and driven.
• Must be adaptable and a team player.
• Work safely and to regulations – setting an example for all personnel.

Experience required
• At least 1 – 2 years’ experience in mineral processing is preferred but not essential.
• Nickel flotation and talc removal circuit experience is advantageous.

Qualifications
• Full grade twelve (G12) certificate.
• A degree in extractive metallurgy, mineral processing or related field.
• Manual SADC class B driver’s licence preferred.
• EIZ membership eligibility.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education:

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