Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 13 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job description:
Overall, Job Purpose
• As a key member of the Processing Technical team and reporting into the Superintendent Technical, the Senior Metallurgist – Metallurgical Laboratory and Accounting is accountable for the effective and efficient operation of the Metallurgical Laboratory to contribute to maximized production and minimized costs while ensuring operational sustainability.
• The role has a focus on daily-weekly optimization.

Specific Job Responsibility
• Mining Regulations.
• The role has accountability for performance of the equipment and personnel in the Metallurgical Laboratory;
• The role leads the identification, detailed planning and high-quality execution of the metallurgical test work (R&D) to optimize the process plant performance.
• Maintain HSE standards and ensure strict compliance within the Metallurgical team.
• Perform mass balance calculation and prepare daily, weekly, monthly and sporadic reporting.
• Liaise with procurement to ensure a timely supply of consumables (Reagents and grinding media)
• Ensuring that duties are performed according to accepted standards and regulations.
• Providing a day-to-day management support to the business.
• Ability to co-ordinate events whenever necessary.

Job Specific Competencies
• Liaise with commercial to ensure concentrate dispatching is done according to concentrate quality (Blending strategy)
• Ensure all safety incidents are addressed & reported promptly.
• Maintain a very high standard of Laboratory housekeeping.
• Consistently deliver and exceed the main KPI’s of timely (sampling, analysis and reporting) and accurate metallurgical analysis.
• Prioritize workloads and deliver analyses turnaround time obligations.
• Directly participate in the daily to monthly work activities of the processing plant to provide feedback and recommend further test work to enhance plant performance.
• Identify potential improvement test work through the personal inspection of plant condition and performance.
• Plan and execute test work according to Processing and Project requirements, providing quality technical insights on the results.
• Maintain a user-friendly, exhaustive and up-to-date database of all test-work.
• Review metallurgical test-work procedures, and develop new procedures as required to support process development initiatives.
• Work with limited supervision to maintain very high standards of laboratory performance.
• Maintain Laboratory QA/QC system and timeously investigate all deviations.
• Monitor, control and report on Metallurgical Laboratory performance.
• Manage the interaction with the Processing Operations teams to ensure high compliance to customer requirements.
• Maintain and execute the short- and long-term equipment maintenance plans and schedules to deliver the required equipment availability and precision.
• Collect samples and manage external service providers of test work.
• Implement the structure, manning levels and resources to deliver metallurgical test work.
• Lead the Metallurgical Laboratory team to consistently deliver and exceed expectations.
• Maintain staff development and training programs, particularly skills transfer and coaching of junior metallurgists (nationals).
• Contribute to the annual technical section budget/forecasts.
• Control and reduce operational costs.
• Implement FQM Way culture – “Smarter, Bolder, Driven;”
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent Technical.

Key Job Attributes
• Commitment to SHEC performance.
• Good leadership and motivational skills, and get work done through others.
• Strong drive and personal sense of ownership and accountability.
• Strong ability to task assign and build working relations.
• Excellent cognitive and analytical skills.
• Affinity to supervise technical research, direct and train laboratory technicians.
• Accustomed to carrying out advanced calculations and possess ability to analyze and understand highly complex and statistical metallurgical data.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to assemble data and provide clear and accurate operational performance reports in both an upward and downward direction.
• Ability to work autonomously and maintain self-discipline under pressure.
• Be diligent and thorough in approach.
• Be enthusiastic and pro-active in manner.
• Computer fluency is a must.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• English language fluency.

Experience required to perform in this job.
• Minimum 5 years working as a Senior Metallurgist and/or Laboratory Manager with a sound technical knowledge of base metal processing.
• Minimum 5 years appropriate experience in metallurgical test work.
• Experience in metallurgical process operations of a large copper concentrator highly regarded.
• Experience in process mineralogy and Geo-Metallurgical programs highly regarded also.

Qualifications
• A Degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing or related field.
• Eligibility for membership of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ), and to hold relevant legal appointment as defined by the Mining Regulations of Zambia

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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