Job Description

The Opportunity:
Our client, an international mining company, is looking for a Chief Metallurgist to join their team in Northern Ontario. The Chief Metallurgist is responsible for providing specialist-level metallurgical technical support and high-quality testing service to the organization, driving, and influencing continuous improvement and best practice.They will interact with Mill employees, supervisors, coordinators, managers and JHSEC. They must be a committed team player with strong knowledge of and dedication to safety and production methods. Other duties will be assigned as per operational needs.What You\'ll Be Doing:

• Support Mill Operations through review of procedures and technical reports; make recommendations to improve current processes, aligned with the best practices in the industry.
• Oversee the milling and processing of the ore, including coordinating ore types being delivered, monitoring haulage and milling tonnes on a daily basis and conducting month end process inventory surveys.
• Establish and implement a grade control plan for the processing of the ore and complete monthly reconciliation.
• Maintain metallurgical balance and production statistics through sampling and data collection; ensure data collection is accurate.
• Evaluate sodium cyanide consumption, cost and safety to determine processes for removal/treatment.
• Monitor and Perform test work to optimize the effluent water treatment.
• Provide technical support in areas of mineral process related to research and development.
• Review up and coming ore properties. Review ore characteristics and adjust if required to the current milling process. If changes are required, make sure equipment and reagents have been ordered and installed before the new ore/ores arrive for processing.
• Apt to direct/perform diagnostic testing on various development ores to determine various process design criteria such as-projected/potential plant throughput, energy consumption, optimal metallurgical recovery, reagent requirements, and environmental impacts.

• Bachelor or Engineering Degree in Chemical engineering or in a related discipline (eg. Metallurgy, Mineral Processing)
• Must have a solid understanding/knowledge of operating procedures and control strategies for ore milling and processing.
• Strong experience with ore controls preferably in a coarse gold mining environment is required.
• Valid driver\'s license and a reliable means of transportation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to propagate technical information within a team environment while ensuring duties are performed in a safe and responsible manner.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to plan and schedule activities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational and presentation skills.
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of department/roles.
• Ability to work alone with minimum supervision.
• Experience with AUTO Cad is required

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