Processing Manager (BIOX/CIL/POX) - Southern Africa

Job Description:

Our client is seeking a Processing Manager responsible for the overall leadership, optimization, technical integrity, and strategic direction of the gold processing plant. The role requires a highly qualified metallurgist with extensive operational experience in gold extraction, recovery optimization, plant commissioning, and large-scale capital project management. The incumbent will ensure safe, cost-effective, and environmentally compliant plant operations while delivering optimal metallurgical performance and supporting the long-term expansion strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage overall gold processing plant operations, ensuring safety, environmental compliance, and optimal metallurgical performance.
• Optimize gold recovery, plant throughput, and operational efficiency across crushing, milling, gravity, CIL/CIP, electrowinning, smelting, tailings, and refractory ore treatment processes.
• Manage large-scale capital projects, including feasibility studies, plant design review, EPC/EPCM contractor oversight, commissioning, ramp-up, and budget control.
• Identify bottlenecks, implement process improvements, integrate automation and control systems, and enhance plant availability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across metallurgy, operations, maintenance, laboratory, and projects, fostering high accountability, performance, and safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with international cyanide management standards, environmental regulations, tailings governance, and ISO-based management systems.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including management, boards, contractors, and workforce, to align operational and strategic objectives.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, or related field (mandatory); Master’s or professional registration advantageous.
• Minimum 10–15 years’ experience in gold processing operations, including at least 7 years in senior plant management or metallurgical leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing medium to large-scale gold processing plants (CIL/CIP, gravity, flotation, BIOX, POX, or similar).
• Strong technical knowledge of crushing, milling, classification, gravity concentration, CIL/CIP, electrowinning, smelting, cyanide management, tailings, and refractory ore treatment.
• Operational optimization skills, including throughput maximization, recovery improvement, process control integration, plant availability, and cost-per-ton strategies

Benefits and Contractual information:

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The Processing Manager will be measured against:

• Gold recovery efficiency (%)
• Plant throughput (tonnes per day)
• Metallurgical accounting accuracy
• Operating cost per tonne
• Plant availability (% uptime)
• Safety performance metrics (LTIFR, TRIFR)
• Environmental compliance metrics
• Capital project delivery performance (schedule, cost, scope)

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Lucia Baeza at [email protected]

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Lucia Baeza

Executive 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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