Plant Manager

Metso; Riyadh; Remote; SAR 449,000 - 563,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in sustainable technologies is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee operations of a gold processing plant in Riyadh. This role includes managing safety practices, optimizing recovery processes, and leading a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have a degree in Metallurgy or related field and extensive experience in plant leadership in gold processing. Attractive compensation and roster available.

Qualifications

• 20 years' gold processing experience, with at least 5 years in plant leadership.
• Expertise in crushing, grinding, flotation, CIL, and carbon management.
• Proven record of recovery optimization and managing variable ore feeds.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant operations from crusher to smelter, ensuring recovery optimization.
• Maintain a strong safety culture with zero-harm as the priority.
• Lead and develop site operations and teams.

Skills

Leadership

Technical and operational insight

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Proactive approach

Commitment to safety

Education

Degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or Mineral Processing

Job description

Join an industry leader and make a positive change in the sustainable use of the world’s natural resources. Together, we will transform the business and drive the industry toward a greener future.

At Metso, you will be supported by our inclusive culture and a network of colleagues from around the world. With us, you will embark on a personal growth journey and are encouraged to realize your potential. This is your invitation to rise above the possible.

Job posting end date: 10/13/2025

Metso Middle East is looking for Plant Manager oversees the complete gold processing Plant from ROM crushing and screening, grinding and classification, gravity concentration, flotation, CIL, carbon regeneration, elution, electrowinning, and final smelting. The role ensures safe and efficient operations, maximizes recovery and throughput, reduces reagent consumption, and drives continuous improvement. Site is remote, however comes with attractive roster.

Location : Middle East

Key Responsibilities

• Operations & Metallurgy
• Lead plant operations from crusher to smelter, ensuring stable performance and recovery optimization.
• Optimize site performance and collaborate with mining to align feed blend, grind size, and process parameters with ore characteristics.
• Direct decisions on throughput, recovery, reagent use, and carbon management.
• Maximize plant uptime and throughput by reducing downtime and maintain production continuity.
• Oversee metallurgical projects, process control, and debottlenecking initiatives to improve recovery and cost efficiency.
• Working closely with the mining team, the Plant Manager proactively adjusts plant parameters to respond to ore variability, optimizes flotation and downstream circuits.
• Guide the metallurgical and analytical labs on analysis routines required, setting KPIs and advising on new technologies, trainings, and SOPs with the Lab Superintendent

• Safety & Compliance
• Maintain a strong safety culture with zero-harm as the priority.
• Ensure safe practices in smelting and cyanide handling.
• Enforce compliance with cyanide code, environmental permits, and site safety standards.

• Leadership & People
• Lead the site team, promote teams to exceed the set targets
• Lead and develop site operations and teams - metallurgists, engineers, operators, and lab personnel.
• Provide training, mentoring, and performance feedback.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with operations, maintenance, and mining.

• Technical & Laboratory Oversight
• Develop, approve lab testing programs, sampling protocols, and analytical methods.
• Ensure accurate metallurgical accounting and reporting.
• Drive improvements in lab efficiency and data quality for plant decision-making.

• Financial & Optimization
• Monitor and optimize reagent and consumable costs (cyanide, lime, flotation reagents, carbon, grinding media).
• Support in budgeting, cost control, and justification of capital projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Mineral Processing, or related field.
• 20 years' gold processing experience, with at least 5 years in plant leadership.
• Expertise in crushing, grinding, flotation, CIL, carbon management, and lab test work is a must.
• Proven record of recovery optimization and managing variable ore feeds. Familiarity with ISO, OSHA, Cyanide Code, and environmental standards.

Core Skills

• Decisive leader with strong technical and operational insight.
• Able to work in demanding environment, good decision making and communicating skills
• Strong communicator with ability to lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams. Analytical, proactive, and resilient under production pressures. Committed to continuous improvement and safe, sustainable operations.

How to join — Working at Metso — About Metso — Diversity and Inclusion — Meet our people

Metso is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers' energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise. We are the partner for positive change. Metso is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. At the end of 2024 Metso had close to 17,000 employees in around 50 countries, and sales in 2024 were about EUR 4.9 billion. Metso is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

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