BHP

OZ Minerals is now proudly part of BHP, with the acquisition strengthening BHP's portfolio in copper and nickel, helping to meet the worlds increasing demand for the critical minerals needed for electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, to supporting the energy transition to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

In combining our two organisations we will be able to provide more options for growth, bringing new talent and innovation together to unlock these resources in a sustainable way, and deliver value to our shareholders and the communities in which we operate.

Our strategy has and will always be to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success. As we work through this transitional period of bringing both organisations safely together, we know that some processes will take longer than others and for now we will be continuing to temporarily recruit roles for our Carrapateena team within the OZ Minerals recruiting platform.

Your New Role

Location: On site - Carrapateena (1 hour flight from Adelaide or 30 minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 8 days on; 6 days off
Department: Processing

How You Will Create Impact

Carrapateena copper concentrator has a growing and exciting portfolio of expansion projects and plant optimisation opportunities. We are looking for self-driven, enthusiastic metallurgist to join our team.

The Plant Metallurgist is responsible for:

• Providing technical input into the efficient operation of the processing plant, accounting for variances from plan, and identifying and understanding losses.
• Contributing to a strong safety culture based on transparent and open communication with the operations and metallurgy teams, leading to the execution of high-quality critical risk observations, hazard reporting and process safety improvement.
• Contributing to an environment of continuous improvement and innovation within the metallurgical team.
• Developing strong and productive working relationships with metallurgical, operational, and fixed plant maintenance teams at all levels by living the HWWT principles.
• Providing high quality and clear technical support to the operational teams to ensure that the process plant delivers to the daily and weekly operational plans
• Implementing moderate scale operational improvement projects to increase plant safety, throughput, recovery, product quality and unit cost.
• Undertake process plant performance investigations and implementing improvement actions in consultation with the operations team, engineering and maintenance teams.
• Execution of daily metal accounting process and support for monthly metal reconciliation processes
• Supporting the senior metallurgist in management of key activities such as mill liner management, and external supplier consumable trials and optimisation.
• Where required assist metallurgical technicians in operation, calibration and maintenance of Metso OSA and PSI online equipment.

What We Value

• Tertiary qualifications in Metallurgical Engineering, Process Engineering, or Chemical Engineering disciplines
• Experience in minerals processing, with experience at either a project or plant metallurgist level.
• Previous exposure to operation of base metal concentrators including daily troubleshooting and optimisation of SAG milling and sulphide flotation circuits is desirable.
• Clearly demonstrated commitment to safety, with experience in safety improvements within minerals processing plant or laboratory environments.
• Ability to autonomously develop, conduct and interpret metallurgical test work, plant surveys and plant trials, particularly in sulphide flotation.
• Ability to deliver process improvement projects and modifications, contributing to the team’s culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Previous experience in working with external stakeholder suppliers to improve and modify plant equipment and the management of equipment trials and optimisation.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to adapt communication styles depending on audience levels (e.g. technical reporting, operational direction).

Apply Now

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What we do is centered around creating shared value for our stakeholders. And how we do things is what makes us unique.

We know everyone's best work takes different shapes and forms, and we are committed to empowering and harnessing this difference.

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Applications close in two weeks.