Senior Metallurgist

The Senior Metallurgist is part of the Process Sector team and reports to the Metallurgy and Process Superintendent - Continuous Improvement. He/She is responsible for process optimization and metallurgical accounting. He/She ensures that production, metallurgical yields, operating costs, health & safety and environmental objectives are met. The Senior Metallurgist adheres to the company's principles by adopting a management approach geared towards sustainable development, an operation for excellence and the organization's code of conduct.

• Provide metallurgical technical support for the following operations: crushing, grinding, gravimetry, flotation, filtration, cyanidation/CIP/elution, cyanide destruction and paste backfill, water treatment.
• Ensure, on a daily basis and with a view to continuous improvement, the achievement of plant objectives and process stability.
• Coordinate and supervise the metallurgy department, including refinery and metallurgy laboratory activities.
• Ensure proper supervision and management of gold safety at the refinery
• Plan and coordinate laboratory tests to optimize metallurgical yields according to established priorities
• Validate metallurgical balances and monitor performance indicators
• Investigate and establish action plans in the event of OHS, environmental or production loss events, and ensure their progress.
• Respect, understand and promote company regulations and policies, particularly in the area of health and safety.
• Ensure the concentrator's technological development, in partnership with the operations, electrical, instrumentation and mechanical groups.
• Develop and maintain tools for monitoring operations and projects under development
• All tasks related to the performance of duties

• Bachelor's degree in process engineering, chemical engineering, materials and metallurgical engineering or mining engineering, ore processing option
• Minimum 8 years' relevant experience
• Experience in mining and/or metallurgical plants
• Experience in concentrator start-up (an asset)
• Experience in the development and execution of plant projects
• Bilingual (English/French)

• Sense of responsibility, rigor and leadership
• Ability to adapt
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize in a multi-tasking environment
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Partnership and teamwork in a multicultural environment

• Eleonore mine site’s (Fly-in, fly-out)
• Schedule: 14 days of work followed by 14 days off.

If you are interested, please send us your resume via the company website at www.newmont.com by November 28, 2024.