Metallurgist, Nickel Processing

O verall Job Purpose

• To be responsible for pr oviding metallurgical guidance, conduct ing production support test work where required , metallurgical m easurements 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 Senior Metallurgist i n the context of assessing performance of the nickel processing plant with the final objective of effectively contributing to the plant meeting prod uction and performance targets; participating and lead ing process performance analysis and improvement initiatives.

Specific Job Responsibility

• I dentifying , analysing, troubleshooting, understanding and developing solutions to both emer gent problems and opportunities.
• Lead the i dentification, detailed planning and high-quality execution of metallurgical projects to optimise the process plant performance .
• 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 a chieve plant production targets.
• Monitoring and reporting on short term metallurgical events and implement control strategies, including optimizing 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 o ther duties as assigned by the s upervisor .

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 interpersona l s kills .
• Ability to interact with people of different cultures .
• Must be a fast learner .
• Flexible towards working in variety of work areas (rigs, sampling handling facility, min eralogy preparation laboratory).
• Must be bold, smart and driven .
• Must be able t o work under pressure and multi- task .
• Must be adaptable and a t eam player .
• Work safely and to regulations - setti ng an example for all personnel.
• Willing to do shift work.

Experience required to perform in this job

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

Qualifications

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

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