Copper Leaching Pilot Engineer | Process Optimizer

Orivium; Orange City Council; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Orivium in Orange, NSW, is seeking a Metallurgist / Process Engineer to support the build and operation of our copper leaching pilot plant. You will optimize the metallurgical process at pilot scale, document procedures, and work with engineers and suppliers to scale to commercial demonstration.

The role requires 2+ years’ hands-on copper metallurgical testing or mineral processing experience, strong problem-solving and clear communication to operators and engineers.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on experience in copper metallurgical testing or mineral processing operations.
• Ability to diagnose process issues and design experiments.
• Clear communication to operators and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Optimize and troubleshoot metallurgical process at pilot scale; run experiments to improve recovery and impurity profiles.
• Develop and maintain process documentation: flowsheets, parameters, SOPs, QC protocols.
• Conduct metallurgical testing: assay feeds, monitor purity and recovery, support scale-up decisions.

Skills

Copper testing

Pilot plant

Data interpretation

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

Orivium in Orange, NSW, is seeking a Metallurgist / Process Engineer to support the build and operation of our copper leaching pilot plant. You will optimize the metallurgical process at pilot scale, document procedures, and work with engineers and suppliers to scale to commercial demonstration.

The role requires 2+ years’ hands-on copper metallurgical testing or mineral processing experience, strong problem-solving and clear communication to operators and engineers.