Specialist: Metallurgical Accounting - Richards Bay at Rio Tinto

Reporting to the Manager: Development Metallurgy, you will be: 

• Preparation & presentation at Quarterly Reconciliation meetings and monthly month-end signoff/SAP production reconciliation and data check.
• Publishing of a signed-off monthly reconciliation balance, ultimately from sand mined to product shipped and Initiation and tracking of actions arising from the monthly reconciliation meetings and balances.
• Investigating and implementing solutions to close mineral accounting and reconciliation gaps
• Overseeing and auditing all metallurgical reconciliation equipment, including samplers, mass measurement devices, weighbridges, calibrations and calibration facilities which could include the scheduling or management of contract maintenance, motivations for new or replacement equipment.
• Over inspecting and independent reviewing of RBM laboratory analysis/calibrations
• Conduct external product storage oversight visits & audits, metallurgical survey co-ordination, auditing and record keeping.
• Oversee and review QA checks on key metallurgical inputs (reagents, coal, etc.)
• Conduct any other special investigations related to mineral accounting, product quality and recovery performance as required by the department.

What you’ll bring

• A tertiary qualification in Chemical /Metallurgical Engineering BSc Hons
• EB driver’s license
• 5 years associated experience in heavy industry or mining, (mineral separation, equipment and processes),
• Technical knowledge Richards Bay Mineral’s plants & metallurgical equipment is advantageous.