Metallurgist

About us

From humble beginnings in 2010, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you'll have a bright future with us.

At Ernest Henry

At Ernest Henry, our mine life extension to 2040 and a doubling of ore reserves offers more operational diversity on site, and a bright future for our people and the community.

Your Benefits 

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation assistance, salary packaging (i.e. novated car leasing, remote area housing), quarterly bonuses, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance, and allowances for DIDO and local employees.

At Ernest Henry, you can choose what suits your priorities. Work an attractive fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) roster from Brisbane, Cairns or Townsville or a drive-in/drive-out (DIDO) roster and take advantage of our top-class camp, or live local in the close-knit community of Cloncurry and be home every night.

This roster is 8/6 (days) and a 12-hour day.   

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

About the role

Evolution Mining currently has an opportunity within the EHO Concentrator Metallurgy Team for a Plant Metallurgist at our Ernest Henry mine. Reporting to the Senior Metallurgist, you will be responsible for achieving the performance targets of the Concentrator processing plant and for delivering improvement projects.

With a study well underway to determine the future extension of the mine and orebody, state of the art technology being implemented in our milling and flotation circuits and with new unit operations being studied for implementation, it is an exciting time to join the Metallurgy Team. With stable plant operations there is ample opportunity for process optimisation and to be involved in technically challenging project work as part of a supportive, high performing team. 

Key responsibilities will include:

• Analyse plant performance on a day-to-day basis and provide consistent technical direction to production teams 
• Support and execute high value capital projects  
• Review, create and complete metallurgical test programs and execute metallurgical audits  
• Identify and act on any opportunities to improve performance of the concentrator 
• Create production plans and perform metal accounting functions 
• Maintaining health, safety, statutory, regulatory, and licensing standards, and principles, both within own workplace and through the identification of potential risks throughout Evolution 
• Commitment to living and supporting the Evolution values of Safety, Excellence, Accountability, Respect  
• Leading a safety culture of continuous improvement and playing an active role in our Net Zero 2050 goal. 

About you

Your knowledge and experience will contribute to ongoing success of one of Evolution Mining’s largest mines. You will be able to actively liaise with key personnel in all departments.  This will be achieved by maintaining good relationships with departments within the business, particularly the production and maintenance teams.

To be considered for this role you must have / demonstrate:

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or related field
• Operational experience working in base metals grinding-flotation operations
• Proven track record of delivering processing improvements
• A strong communicator with the ability to work well in a team environment
• Advanced proficiency in using MS Office software; and
• Proficiency with JKSimMet, PI ProcessBook/Vision and Yokogawa DCS systems will be viewed favourably

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter.

To find out more about us and our Ernest Henry Operation, click here: https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/