Production Metallurgist

OceanaGold Haile Processing; Kershaw (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OceanaGold Haile Processing is seeking a Metallurgical/Processing professional to maximize gold production efficiency and ensure safe, compliant operations within the Haile mine processing facility. You will develop processing parameters, lead technical improvements, and collaborate with the lab and external consultants.

Ideal candidates hold a degree in Mineral Processing or related fields, with 2+ years of ore processing experience and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or other science related field(s).
• Two or more years of experience in ore processing operations preferred.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills in English are required.
• Knowledge of plant process control systems including advanced process control techniques is desirable.
• Proven commitment to behaviour-based safety culture.

Responsibilities

• Maximize value of resources and equipment while maintaining safe operations.
• Developing team members to increase value globally and within the team.
• Achieve or exceed budget targets for gold production and for cost/tonne and AISC.
• Improve safety and environmental protection and awareness.
• Coordinate with metallurgical laboratory and external consultants as required.

Skills

Problem-solving

Planning & organizing

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Mineral Processing / Metallurgy / Chemical Engineering or related field

Job description

OceanaGold is a global intermediate gold and copper producer with more than 35 years of exploration, development and operating experience. We have four operating mines – Haile in the USA, Macraes and Waihi in New Zealand, and Didipio in the Philippines and a global workforce of ~5,400 employees and contractors.

Our people, assets, and strategy are core to our success. Guided by our values—Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance, and Teamwork—we strive to be a trusted company people want to work for, partner with, supply and invest in, to create value.We are committed to safe and responsible mining that generates strong returns and contributes to sustainable development in the regions where we operate. OceanaGold is listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges (TSX: OGC; NYSE: OGC).

Job Description

JOB RESPONSIBILITES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maximize the value of our natural resources, plant and equipment through:
• Contributing to safe work environment with a goal of no lost time injuries.
• Developing team members to increase value globally and within the team.
• Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets for gold production.
• Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets necessary for cost/tonne and AISC.
• Actively improving areas of safety and environmental protection and awareness.
• Contributing to departmental performance, in turn increasing milling OEE%.
• Conduct and assist with investigative and systematic testing for plant recovery improvements, cost reduction and/or plant throughput improvements.
• Attend a variety of production / metallurgy meetings and maintain required channels of communication.
• Coordinate and manage external consultants and resources as required.
• Help coordinate activities for metallurgical laboratory as required.
• Attend trainings/development programs and perform other reasonable duties required by the Company.
• Demonstrate at all times the OGC values of Respect, One Team, Contribute, and Knowledge.
• Adhere to Health, Safety, and Environmental policies. Contributes to the achievement of targets & objectives, and applies procedures, permits and instructions.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Position Qualification:

• Basic understanding of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&E) requirements.
• Basic knowledge of comminution, flotation, CIL, carbon handling, refining, cyanide destruction circuits.
• Basic knowledge of analytical and metallurgical laboratory operations.
• Basic knowledge of plant process control systems including advanced process control techniques.
• Basic knowledge of metallurgical accounting procedures and gold standards protocols.
• Advanced problem-solving skills with complex problems, including both definition of the problem and generation and evaluation of solutions.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, including goal setting and monitoring of both own and others’ performance.
• Knowledge of water treatment processes is beneficial.
• Skills & Abilities:
• Proven commitment to behaviour-based safety culture.
• Proven ability to interact with all levels of employees in a positive and cooperative manner for mutual success and the success of the company.
• Ability to develop processing parameters for optimum gold production.
• Ability to decide from a range of competing options where the outcomes are not entirely predictable.
• Ability to quantify economic benefits associated with proposed and implemented process modifications.
• Strong written and oral interpersonal skills, including motivating and harnessing the energies of others in a positive productive outcome.
• Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented and the ability to work with others in a team environment.
• Education and Experience:
• Degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or other science related field(s).
• Two or more years of experience in ore processing operations preferred.
• Communication Skills:
• An advanced level of oral and written communication skills in English is required.
• The ability to write and review detailed technical reports is required.
• Mathematics Ability:

LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrate and promote OceanaGold’s behavior-based safety culture.
• Act in a manner that builds trust and demonstrates integrity.
• Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with others.
• Demonstrate high levels of accountability and employee empowerment.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to continuously improving the safe and efficient operation of the process. Act with a sense of urgency when troubleshooting and resolving problems, especially problems concerning safety and our license to operate.

Additional Information

• Quality Communication: Communicates regularly, both written and oral, in a wide range of forums to both operations and maintenance personnel
• Project Management: Coaches/supports others to manage improvement projects – required to track project progress and report
• Time Management: Able to pace own work. Able to work unsupervised. Capable of readjusting priorities when necessary.
• Managing/Directing People: Adopts a ‘supervisory’ role for TEAM Coordinators and the PDM Technicians.
• Team Member/Contributing to Team Success: Able to understand own role and how it contributes to the overall output and objectives of the business.
• Driving/Facilitating Change: Identify opportunities for improvement and deliver through implementation and the management of any associated change.
• Maintaining Work Standards: Creates/revises work standards. Requires changes/improvement to work practices as an outcome of TEAM improvement projects.
• Focus on Quality: Prepared to challenge the status quo. Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear, and see.
• Must be able to work shift work with 12-hour shifts.
• Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday.
• Work is in a surface mine plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity.
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine environment, including hart hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required.