Plant 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.

About 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 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) with a 12-hour shift.   

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
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 
• Maintain health, safety and regulatory standards

About you
Your knowledge and experience will drive the success of one of Evolution Mining's largest mines. You'll maintain strong relationships with all departments, especially production and maintenance teams.
Required qualifications and skills:

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or related field
• Experience in base metals grinding-flotation operations
• Proven track record delivering processing improvements
• Strong communication skills and teamwork abilities
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office software

Desirable skills:

• Proficiency with JKSimMet, PI ProcessBook/Vision and Yokogawa DCS systems

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/

We thank you for taking the time to submit your application.