Process Control Metallurgist

About us

From humble beginnings in 2011, 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 Northparkes

At Northparkes, we are known for having innovative, technical and collaborative people. The operations include block caving, sub-level caving and open pit, and was the first mine in Australia to use the block cave mining method.

We’re committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace with a long mine life and a vision of a century of mining together.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future.

Your benefits include relocation support, salary packaging (novated leasing, remote area housing), life insurance and income protection, short term incentive plan, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, study assistance, gym visits, BP fuel card and health insurance.

This role offers a 5:2 or a 5/2/4/3 roster and the opportunity to own the process control and data systems that underpin our concentrator performance.

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

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Plant Metallurgist, the Process Control Metallurgist is a specialist role within the Plant Metallurgy team at Northparkes. The position is responsible for the process control strategies, advanced control systems, production management systems and alarm management that support safe, stable and efficient operation of the ore processing plant. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining metallurgy, control systems and data to drive real, measurable improvements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working closely with operations, control systems and IT
• Monitoring and improving existing control strategies and loops
• Developing and implementing new control solutions to help deliver or exceed production targets
• Supporting and enhancing, AVEVA PI and related data systems, including reporting and visualisation
• Leading alarm management and supporting troubleshooting of process control issues
• Coordinating trials of new technology and instrumentation within the plant to support the technology roadmap

About you

You will be a degree-qualified Metallurgist, Chemical Engineer, or Mineral Processing Engineer with a strong passion for process control, data, and optimisation. You will bring experience in process control and engineering, or as a Plant Metallurgist with significant exposure to control systems, logic, and loop tuning. Your background will include working with production management and data historian systems such as AVEVA PI, PI Vision, or Power BI, enabling you to turn complex data into practical, actionable insights. With strong analytical skills and well-developed communication abilities, you will confidently collaborate across both operational and technical teams. Experience in a copper concentrator and familiarity with advanced process control tools like Metso OCS-4D will be highly regarded, though capability and motivation to grow remain the key attributes.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation are 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.

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 Northparkes, click here.

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