FLOTATION METALLURGIST | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KANSANSHI, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA
Requisition Number: JR763 | Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-Going | Location: Solwezi | Categories: process
Overall Job Purpose
- Provide technical support to shift metallurgist and plant operations by collection of plant data and measurements,
- Implementing and applying thought solutions to achieve and exceed plant KPI’s of safety, milling rate, throughput, recovery, concentrate grade, efficiency and costs
Specific Job Responsibility
- Provide technical support to shift Metallurgist and plant operations.
- Collect data through control systems historians and sampling to make ad-hoc decisions.
- Coordinate plant and/or lab testwork aimed at optimizing the operation in terms of safety, cost and performance.
- Long term analysis and optimisation of flotation operating strategy.
- Provide sound reporting on plant operations and improvement projects.
- Assess opportunities for improvement and drive their implementation.
- Work as intermediate between shift Metallurgist and Metallurgical lab.
Job Specific Competencies
- 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
- Affinity to supervise technical research, direct and train metallurgical engineers and technicians
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to assemble data and provide clear and accurate operational performance reports in both an upward and downward direction
Key Job Attributes
- Good leadership and motivational skills, and get work done through others;
- Strong drive and personal sense of ownership and accountability;
- Ability to maintain self-discipline within a stressful environment
- Be enthusiastic and pro-active in manner;
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
Experience required to perform in this job
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in mineral processing plants, preferred as a metallurgist.
- Preferred copper sulphide flotation, large plant, and modern and automated process exposure.
- Holder of a diploma in Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering or related. A degree in similar fields is preferred.
Qualifications
- Holder of a diploma in Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering or related.
- A degree in similar fields is preferred
Deadline: 20 November, 2020
