Senior Metallurgist

Endura Mining; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Staff transport: bus from Reefton and?

Healthcare provided for all staff

Training and career development

Safety-focused workplace culture

Employee wellbeing programs

Job summary

Endura Mining in New Zealand is seeking a Senior Metallurgist to lead plant performance, optimise gold recovery and resolve deviations across gravity, leach and flotation circuits.

You will set operating guidelines, run trials and provide day‑to‑day technical support to the processing team, collaborating with external analysts and labs.

The role offers ongoing training, career development and a safety‑focused culture with opportunities to shape how we operate as the business scales.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in metalliferous mineral processing with gold recovery (gravity, leach, flotation).
• Proven ability to lead investigations and plant trials.
• Commitment to safety and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Challenge plant performance and identify root causes of deviations.
• Lead improvements in gravity gold recovery, throughput, flotation, and dewatering.
• Set operating guidelines, setpoints and parameters to meet targets.
• Lead investigations to minimise losses and enable corrective action.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to the processing team.
• Design trials and metallurgical tests and report results.
• Support commissioning and ramp-up, including reagent regime optimization and circuit tuning.
• Collaborate with external consultants and labs on test programs.

Skills

Metallurgy

Gold processing

Data management

Communication

Safety leadership

Tools

Office software

Data management tools

Job description

As our Senior Metallurgist, you will be responsible for:

• Challenge plant performance and ensure the root cause of any deviation or excursion from normal operation is identified, understood and communicated.
• Drive and lead performance improvements across gravity gold recovery, plant throughput, flotation recovery and dewatering.
• Set operating guidelines, tactics, setpoints and parameters to deliver consistent plant operation that achieves or exceeds performance targets.
• Lead investigations into below-target performance to minimise losses, and facilitate timely corrective action.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to the processing team to assist achievement of the production budget.
• Design and conduct plant trials and metallurgical test work that produce statistically valid data and communicate results to stakeholders in the correct reporting format.
• Support commissioning and ramp-up, including reagent regime optimisation, water chemistry interpretation and circuit tuning.
• Partner with external consultants, laboratories and engineering providers on test work programs and circuit improvement initiatives.

About you:

• Substantial experience in metalliferous mineral processing, with a strong gold processing background (gravity, leach and flotation).
• Demonstrated ability to drive metallurgical performance and lead root-cause investigations and plant trials.
• Sound metallurgical accounting and reporting discipline, with high standards of data integrity.
• A genuine, demonstrated commitment to safety leadership and the wellbeing of the team.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence and work effectively across departments and with external providers.
• Competent user of data management tools and standard office software.

What we offer:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Work bus from Reefton and Greymouth
• Healthcare provided for all staff
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• Supportive and safety-focused workplace cultureEmployee wellbeing and assistance programs

Why Endura?

At Endura, your impact will be felt every day. You will have the autonomy to make the role your own, the opportunity to shape how we operate, and the chance to grow alongside a business that is scaling fast.

This is your chance to be part of something exciting, meaningful, and full of possibility.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Endura Mining is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to equal employment opportunities.