Senior Metallurgist
2026-07-18T03:23:48+00:00
Olibul Investments Ltd
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CONTRACTOR
Solwezi
Solwezi
10101
Zambia
Investment
Science & Engineering, Energy & Mining, Manufacturing & Warehouse
2026-07-27T17:00:00+00:00
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CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY
Assignment: Senior Metallurgist — Metallurgy & Metals Consultant Specialist (Product Development Phase)
Location: Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia — part-time present during the product development stage; travel to customer mine sites around Zambia and the DR Congo (in phase 2)
Engagement Type: Independent Consultancy — contract basis, linked to the product development and potentially commissioning phase, extendable by mutual agreement
Reports To: Development team/EPC/Chief Technical Officer
About Us
OLIBUL Investments Limited is a proudly Zambian, citizen-owned company with over a decade of operations in sand mining, limestone quarrying, industrial minerals, and cross-border bulk haulage freight across the North-Western Province and the regional SADC corridor. We are now developing our flagship Byela Steel Grinding Media Manufacturing Facility in Solwezi — Forged and High-chrome cast steel grinding media for the mines & mills of Zambia and the region — and we are engaging a senior metallurgical/hydro-metallurgical consultant to participate on its product development.
Assignment Purpose
We are seeking a seasoned metallurgist and metals expert with proven grinding media development experience/track record, on a consultancy contract, to provide external support to the Byela team: finalising alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes, validating the billet and charge-material strategy, building the specification and test regime, validating the plant laboratory and quality systems, and steering the delivery plan for trial campaigns alongside our international EPC technology/ Build operate and transfer partner — so that the plant enters production with its metallurgy already de-risked.
Scope of Consultancy Services
Product & Process validation
— Asses the developed asset, analyze , and Lock the alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes for the forged grades and the high-chromium cast grades, including forging reduction and quench-and-temper practice.
Billet & Charge-Material Strategy
— Validate procurement specifications for round bar and cast-line charge materials; verify mill certificates against specification; qualify suppliers.
Specification & Test Protocol Development
— Build the Master Product Specification and the full test regime: surface and volumetric hardness, impact, drop-ball and marked-ball trials, microstructure and dimensional control.
Laboratory & QA System validation
— Asses the specified plant laboratory (spectrometry, metallography, hardness) and design an ISO 9001-aligned quality management system with batch traceability, ready for deployment.
EPC / Technology-Partner Liaison
— Act as the owner's technical counterpart through installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing.
Customer engagement & Co-Creation Support
— Lead plant trials and wear-rate benchmarking with mine customers in Zambia and the DR Congo, feeding results back into product development.
Knowledge Transfer & Handover
— Codify SOPs, mentor the in-house technical team, and execute a structured handover to the permanent Head of Metallurgical and Metals.
Minimum Requirements
BEng / BSc in Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy and Mineral Processing, or Materials Science and Engineering from a recognised institution.
Registered Engineer with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ/EngRB) holding a valid Practising Licence — or demonstrably registrable before commencement; where engaging through a consultancy firm, the firm's engineering-unit registration applies (EIZ Act No. 17 of 2010 — mandatory for Zambian and foreign professionals alike).
Minimum 15 years' post-qualification experience, including senior roles in large-scale grinding media and/or steel billet manufacturing plants (forging, foundry, heat treatment).
Demonstrated mastery of induction melting and alloy charge control, high-chromium white cast irons, forged-ball production, and quench-and-temper practice.
A track record serving large-scale mining operations in Zambia, the DR Congo, or comparable jurisdictions, including grinding media performance evaluation.
Fluent command of the applicable standards for grinding media and steel bar (ASTM / ISO / GB), mill-certificate interpretation, and spectrographic analysis
Added Advantages
MSc or postgraduate qualification in metallurgy or materials engineering.
ACEZ membership (where engaged in a consulting-engineer capacity) and SAIMM membership.
ISO 9001 implementation or lead-auditor training.
Prior technical input to bankable feasibility studies or DFI-financed projects.
Valid silicosis / medical fitness certificate (for mine-site access).
Working exposure to Chinese-origin plant and GB-standard documentation; multilingual proficiency for regional communication.
- Asses the developed asset, analyze, and Lock the alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes for the forged grades and the high-chromium cast grades, including forging reduction and quench-and-temper practice.
- Validate procurement specifications for round bar and cast-line charge materials; verify mill certificates against specification; qualify suppliers.
- Build the Master Product Specification and the full test regime: surface and volumetric hardness, impact, drop-ball and marked-ball trials, microstructure and dimensional control.
- Asses the specified plant laboratory (spectrometry, metallography, hardness) and design an ISO 9001-aligned quality management system with batch traceability, ready for deployment.
- Act as the owner's technical counterpart through installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing.
- Lead plant trials and wear-rate benchmarking with mine customers in Zambia and the DR Congo, feeding results back into product development.
- Codify SOPs, mentor the in-house technical team, and execute a structured handover to the permanent Head of Metallurgical and Metals.
- Grinding media development
- Alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes
- Billet and charge-material strategy
- Specification and test regime development
- Laboratory and QA system validation
- EPC / Technology-Partner Liaison
- Customer engagement & Co-Creation Support
- Knowledge Transfer & Handover
- Induction melting and alloy charge control
- High-chromium white cast irons
- Forged-ball production
- Quench-and-temper practice
- Grinding media performance evaluation
- Applicable standards for grinding media and steel bar (ASTM / ISO / GB)
- Mill-certificate interpretation
- Spectrographic analysis
- BEng / BSc in Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy and Mineral Processing, or Materials Science and Engineering from a recognised institution.
- Registered Engineer with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ/EngRB) holding a valid Practising Licence — or demonstrably registrable before commencement; where engaging through a consultancy firm, the firm's engineering-unit registration applies (EIZ Act No. 17 of 2010 — mandatory for Zambian and foreign professionals alike).
- MSc or postgraduate qualification in metallurgy or materials engineering.
- ACEZ membership (where engaged in a consulting-engineer capacity) and SAIMM membership.
- ISO 9001 implementation or lead-auditor training.
- Prior technical input to bankable feasibility studies or DFI-financed projects.
- Valid silicosis / medical fitness certificate (for mine-site access).
- Working exposure to Chinese-origin plant and GB-standard documentation; multilingual proficiency for regional communication.
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Vacancy title:
Senior Metallurgist
[Type: CONTRACTOR, Industry: Investment, Category: Science & Engineering, Energy & Mining, Manufacturing & Warehouse]
Jobs at:
Olibul Investments Ltd
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, July 27 2026
Duty Station:
This Job is Remote
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, July 18 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY
Assignment: Senior Metallurgist — Metallurgy & Metals Consultant Specialist (Product Development Phase)
Location: Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia — part-time present during the product development stage; travel to customer mine sites around Zambia and the DR Congo (in phase 2)
Engagement Type: Independent Consultancy — contract basis, linked to the product development and potentially commissioning phase, extendable by mutual agreement
Reports To: Development team/EPC/Chief Technical Officer
About Us
OLIBUL Investments Limited is a proudly Zambian, citizen-owned company with over a decade of operations in sand mining, limestone quarrying, industrial minerals, and cross-border bulk haulage freight across the North-Western Province and the regional SADC corridor. We are now developing our flagship Byela Steel Grinding Media Manufacturing Facility in Solwezi — Forged and High-chrome cast steel grinding media for the mines & mills of Zambia and the region — and we are engaging a senior metallurgical/hydro-metallurgical consultant to participate on its product development.
Assignment Purpose
We are seeking a seasoned metallurgist and metals expert with proven grinding media development experience/track record, on a consultancy contract, to provide external support to the Byela team: finalising alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes, validating the billet and charge-material strategy, building the specification and test regime, validating the plant laboratory and quality systems, and steering the delivery plan for trial campaigns alongside our international EPC technology/ Build operate and transfer partner — so that the plant enters production with its metallurgy already de-risked.
Scope of Consultancy Services
Product & Process validation
— Asses the developed asset, analyze , and Lock the alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes for the forged grades and the high-chromium cast grades, including forging reduction and quench-and-temper practice.
Billet & Charge-Material Strategy
— Validate procurement specifications for round bar and cast-line charge materials; verify mill certificates against specification; qualify suppliers.
Specification & Test Protocol Development
— Build the Master Product Specification and the full test regime: surface and volumetric hardness, impact, drop-ball and marked-ball trials, microstructure and dimensional control.
Laboratory & QA System validation
— Asses the specified plant laboratory (spectrometry, metallography, hardness) and design an ISO 9001-aligned quality management system with batch traceability, ready for deployment.
EPC / Technology-Partner Liaison
— Act as the owner's technical counterpart through installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing.
Customer engagement & Co-Creation Support
— Lead plant trials and wear-rate benchmarking with mine customers in Zambia and the DR Congo, feeding results back into product development.
Knowledge Transfer & Handover
— Codify SOPs, mentor the in-house technical team, and execute a structured handover to the permanent Head of Metallurgical and Metals.
Minimum Requirements
BEng / BSc in Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy and Mineral Processing, or Materials Science and Engineering from a recognised institution.
Registered Engineer with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ/EngRB) holding a valid Practising Licence — or demonstrably registrable before commencement; where engaging through a consultancy firm, the firm's engineering-unit registration applies (EIZ Act No. 17 of 2010 — mandatory for Zambian and foreign professionals alike).
Minimum 15 years' post-qualification experience, including senior roles in large-scale grinding media and/or steel billet manufacturing plants (forging, foundry, heat treatment).
Demonstrated mastery of induction melting and alloy charge control, high-chromium white cast irons, forged-ball production, and quench-and-temper practice.
A track record serving large-scale mining operations in Zambia, the DR Congo, or comparable jurisdictions, including grinding media performance evaluation.
Fluent command of the applicable standards for grinding media and steel bar (ASTM / ISO / GB), mill-certificate interpretation, and spectrographic analysis
Added Advantages
MSc or postgraduate qualification in metallurgy or materials engineering.
ACEZ membership (where engaged in a consulting-engineer capacity) and SAIMM membership.
ISO 9001 implementation or lead-auditor training.
Prior technical input to bankable feasibility studies or DFI-financed projects.
Valid silicosis / medical fitness certificate (for mine-site access).
Working exposure to Chinese-origin plant and GB-standard documentation; multilingual proficiency for regional communication.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
Job application procedure
Suitably qualified consultants should submit a CV, copies of qualifications, proof of EIZ registration and practicing license (if available), a valid medical certificate (if available), and indicative availability for the product development window, via virtual or direct call:
+260 772 606 489 | +260 967 260 385
+260 970 845 853 | +260 970 153 323
Closing Date: 27th July, 2026
OLIBUL Investments Limited is an equal-opportunity engager. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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