Metallurgical Engineer (Optimisation / Processing / Operations / Mining) – West Africa

Reference Number: 008-2511KV

Job Description:

Our client, a mining house based in West Africa, is currently looking for a Metallurgical Engineer to join their Metallurgy processing department. The role supports production by troubleshooting process issues, optimizing efficiency, and enhancing operations through monitoring tools and procedures. It involves economic evaluations, process simulations, metal accounting, and data visualization with Power BI while ensuring accuracy and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily support to plant Production personnel in troubleshooting process issues and concerns by integrating fundamental principles of fluid flow, slurry flow, power requirements, pump capacity calculation and overall process metallurgy fundamentals.
• Support the development and utilize Process Monitoring tools that monitor process efficiency and make improvement recommendations to enhance production and efficiency performance.
• Develop comprehensive Operations and Engineering procedures to support new and enhanced operating modes.
• Provide Process Engineering support for plant shutdowns/turnarounds.
• Perform economic evaluations of equipment alternatives with emphasis on availability and reliability projections and life cycle costs.
• Support process improvement studies, performance optimization, incident investigations, economic evaluations, technical audits, and safety studies.
• Development of process simulations for process units, updates and modifies process simulation models using platform such as such as MetSim, ModSim, and HSC Chemistry.
• Perform metal accounting and endure integrity and accuracy of all required systems involved in the accounting.
• Explain all deviations and discrepancies, compile and distribute metallurgical reports. Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards for data analysis and visualization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy or Chemical or a related field is preferred.
• A minimum of three to five (3-5) years' experience working in an engineering capacity in an industrial setting in engineering or operations.
• Experience with Power BI and process modelling software (MetSim, ModSim, HSC Chemistry).
• Strong understanding of mass balance calculations and process simulation.

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Kerrin van Schalkwyk at [email protected]

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Kerrin van Schalkwyk

Executive Talent Consultant

CA Mining

CA Mining will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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