Senior Metallurgist – Process Optimization Lead

Jerritt Canyon; Elko (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jerritt Canyon is seeking a Senior Metallurgist to provide technical leadership for its mining and mineral processing operation. The role leads metallurgical investigations, process optimization, and studies across the mine-to-processing value chain.

Collaborating with Geology, Engineering, Maintenance, and Technical Services teams, you will identify opportunities to enhance metal recovery, throughput, product quality, and operating costs while maintaining safety and regulatory commitments.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of metallurgical or mineral processing experience.
• Experience working in an operating mine, concentrator, processing plant, refinery, or other mineral processing facility.
• Strong understanding of mineral processing principles and metallurgical unit operations.
• Experience with metallurgical test work, process optimization, mass balancing, and plant performance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot metallurgical and process problems and develop practical solutions.
• Experience leading plant trials, optimization programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level metallurgical expertise and technical support to mining and mineral processing operations.
• Monitor and evaluate plant metallurgical performance, including recovery, throughput, grade, concentrate quality, and process efficiency.
• Develop and implement metallurgical test programs, plant trials, and process improvement initiatives.
• Identify and investigate opportunities to improve metal recovery, throughput, process stability, and operating costs.
• Lead metallurgical accounting, mass balancing, reconciliation, and performance reporting.
• Analyze metallurgical and operational data to identify trends, process constraints, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain metallurgical models, simulations, and process performance forecasts.
• Support commissioning, optimization, debottlenecking, and expansion projects.
• Provide input into feasibility studies, scoping studies, capital projects, and mine/process development plans.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mineral Processing, Materials Engineering, or closely related discipline

Job description

Jerritt Canyon is seeking a Senior Metallurgist to provide technical leadership for its mining and mineral processing operation. The role leads metallurgical investigations, process optimization, and studies across the mine-to-processing value chain.

Collaborating with Geology, Engineering, Maintenance, and Technical Services teams, you will identify opportunities to enhance metal recovery, throughput, product quality, and operating costs while maintaining safety and regulatory commitments.