South Africa: Mine Technical Manager (Mineral Extraction), Roodepoort
Mine Technical Manager (Mineral Extraction), Roodepoort, Rneg + Ben
Minimum Requirements:
- BSc. (or B.Eng) Chemical Engineering , or chemistry degree ; Project Management or related qualification would be advantageous.
- 5 to 7 years post qualification experience in mineral extraction processes .
- 3 years relevant experience in comminution .
- Diverse experience in metallurgy and recovery of metalliferous minerals would be beneficial.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer literacy, excellent Excel, database and presentation skills.
- Must have a valid code 8 drivers license and be willing to travel frequently.
- Must be in possession of a valid certificate of fitness.
Responsibilities:
- Optimise and align plant operating and control philosophy.
- Audit of current operating and control philosophy against policy; gap analysis; guidelines to plants for aligning with requirements.
- Initial and periodic audits of metal accounting systems.
- Optimise the use of reagents and grinding media.
- Management of process test work aimed at troubleshooting process inefficiencies.
- Support of R&D project test work and design integration for projects aimed at improving concentrator efficiencies.
- Monitor and benchmark economic drivers for plant performance.
- Identification of opportunities to improve process stability.
- Participate in process optimisation projects; approve and sign off design changes for implementing brown fields process changes aimed at optimising process efficiencies.
- Implement production reporting system and data trend analysis tools required for identification, troubleshooting and optimising process inefficiencies.
- Respond to data supporting process changes to initiate improvement process.
- Benchmarking of plant performance through data analysis.
- Collaborate with Group Engineering Manager to optimise plant availability.
- Assist with evaluation of plant asset performance and motivations for replacement/improvement of production assets.
- Assist Group Engineering Manager with roll-out of systems to measure plant availability.
- Reviews and approves process design and specifications for improvement projects and new projects as part of existing metals portfolio.
- Provides input to process design for new metals portfolio.
- Providing technical support to processing operations.
- Co-ordination of process test work and studies aimed at motivating business improvement projects for existing operations.
- Manage and direct output of Senior Metallurgists.
- Technical and process input to design of projects aimed at improving plant efficiencies and concentrate quality.
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