Junior Plant Metallurgist at Rand Refinery

SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO

• Provide technical data for process development and technology strategies.
• Work with technical assurance team to ensure that the Refinery has the latest standards for evaluation and use the best technic for the materials.
• Provides adequate troubleshooting within Refinery and Service Yard through checking trend analysis.
• Monitor the Refinery’s process efficiencies for gold, silver and raw material consumptions. Identify, initiate and execute improvement opportunities. 
• Implements methods that enhance cost-saving initiatives (i.e., waste reduction, productivity and cost management).
• Collaborate with Evaluation Team and Process Engineers to evaluate sampling and processing capability for current and future feed materials.
• Maintain a global perspective of current refining process trends that could enhance efficiencies in the Refinery.
• Participate in SHE, RCFA and 5-why incident investigations when the need arises.
• Provide support in the development of models for data collection, profitability models, complete business cases and trade off study documents for information sharing with Senior and/or Junior Management, and Leadership Forums.
• Represent Refinery Management Team on technical projects, process improvements and business projects.
• Provide technical data to the Sourcing Department to formulate profitable contracts for processing at the Refinery.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A completed Matric qualification.
• A Degree in Metallurgical/ Chemical Engineering.
• At least 2 years of work experience in a process improvement environment or which is related to it.

SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES

• Computer software proficiency - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and SAP. MS Projects exposure would serve as an advantage.
• Be familiar with SAP system - assist in metallurgical accounting and ensure that processes are rigorously followed.
• Good communication skills (written and oral) - ability to explain technical, financial and statistical information and instructions to others.
• Financial and numerical acumen - able to work with detailed numerical data.
• Negotiating skills - able to firmly but fairly negotiate with suppliers and customers at all levels, both locally and internationally.
• Report writing skills - able to produce reports that are timely, accurate, succinct and relevant.

KNOWLEDGE

• Risk Management knowledge - able to identify, manage and mitigate risks at source of the material and the supply chain involved.
• Process plant knowledge - good knowledge of processing plants, equipment, sampling and assaying. Familiarity with different materials processing and understand chemistry of materials and ease of processing.
• Project Management knowledge - assist Refinery Operations Manager to write business cases, and work with Projects Department to ensure process improvement projects are adhered to.
• SHERQ knowledge - be conversant with all the local and international statutory limits. Work with SHERQ and advise section on issues that in need be addressed from process improvement perspective.