Senior Metallurgist: Copper Heap Leach & Operations

Origin Mining Company; Arizona; On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Origin Mining Company in Arizona is seeking a Metallurgist to oversee safe, efficient processing operations and ensure environmental compliance while meeting production targets. You will optimize heap leach performance and coordinate with mining, geology, and processing teams to improve performance and control costs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering and 5+ years of practical heap leach experience, with strong communication skills and the ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering or equivalent preferred.
• 5+ years of practical operating experience, with specific copper heap leaching experience, including supervising and training.
• Good knowledge of copper extraction unit operations, including heap leach, SX-EW and milling/flotation.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to learn, manage and maintain all necessary systems.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong work ethic and professional demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operating personnel complies with safety training requirements and follows procedures according to local safety standards. Coordinate and communicating operations requirements with EMG safety department.
• Work closely with permitting and HSEC departments.
• Support community engagement.
• Communicate and provide direction to ensure production targets are met. Interface with mining and geology to understand characteristics of ore fed to the process. Review day-to-day operating practices. Forecast and reconcile metal production.
• Produce stacking plans and irrigation cycle strategies for ore being placed on the heap leach pad in accordance with permitting restrictions and operational best practices for copper heap leaching.
• Optimize and troubleshoot processing operations to meet metal recoveries and process efficiency targets. Interface with external consultants and laboratories on projects to improve operations and assaying/sampling practices as required.
• Manage process operating costs and identify opportunities to reduce $/lb production costs.
• Maximize metallurgical productivity while maintaining budget operating costs. Monitor operating consumables and maintenance spent to meet budgetary targets. Document reagents and material usage. Communicate with accounting for orders and inventory as required.
• Provide production updates on weekly, monthly, and annual reports. Provide information on processing parameters and short and long term expected production trends.

Skills

Copper heap leaching

Copper extraction

Process optimization

Project coordination

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Origin Mining Company in Arizona is seeking a Metallurgist to oversee safe, efficient processing operations and ensure environmental compliance while meeting production targets. You will optimize heap leach performance and coordinate with mining, geology, and processing teams to improve performance and control costs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering and 5+ years of practical heap leach experience, with strong communication skills and the ability to