Innovation Engineer – Metallurgy & Digital Process Optimisation

OceanaGold Corporation; Macraes; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on retail and services

Free Southern Cross Healthcare andLife

Monthly health and wellbeing allowance

Free transport to work

Study assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

OceanaGold Corporation’s Macraes operation is seeking an Innovation Development Engineer to join the Metallurgical team. The role focuses on digital information, providing technical guidance and reasoned decisions to optimise plant performance through innovative approaches.

If you hold a degree in Metallurgy, Chemical, or Process Engineering and have 2–5 years in mineral processing, you could thrive in New Zealand’s largest gold mine with a residential Otago base and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Degree in Metallurgy / Chemical / Process Engineering.
• 2–5 years of experience in mineral processing or related industrial processes.
• Experience with PI integration with MATLAB is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Review process control configurations to improve circuit/equipment performance.
• Develop and maintain LIVE mass balances on Asset Intellect/Pi Vision for each circuit.
• Assist Process Plant teams with process troubleshooting and metallurgical investigations to ensure the process plant is optimised.
• Monitor and evaluate processing plant parameters to identify potential risks or innovation improvement opportunities.
• Review existing metallurgy, maintenance and operations monitoring sheets with the aim to automate (Eg: Asset Intellect/PI Vision).
• Point of contact for Site’s PI System and Asset Intellect administration and development support.
• Optimisation of Plant Data Collection (Reagents, Power, LPG, Process Water, Return Water live Balances etc).
• Key resource for PI Analytics & MATLAB use with the aim of improving business operation.

Skills

Process Engineering

Metallurgy knowledge

Data analysis

Education

Degree in Metallurgy / Chemical / Process Engineering

Tools

PI System

MATLAB

Asset Intellect

Job description

OceanaGold Corporation’s Macraes operation is seeking an Innovation Development Engineer to join the Metallurgical team. The role focuses on digital information, providing technical guidance and reasoned decisions to optimise plant performance through innovative approaches.

If you hold a degree in Metallurgy, Chemical, or Process Engineering and have 2–5 years in mineral processing, you could thrive in New Zealand’s largest gold mine with a residential Otago base and a competitive package.