Senior Metallurgist Papua New Guinea
Barrick (Papua New Guinea) Limited, the operator of the Porgera Mine, is part of the Barrick Gold Corporation group of companies which has interests in nine mines in Australia, the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea and exploration interests throughout the region. Barrick Gold Corporation is an international company offering global opportunities, with a vision to be the world's best gold mining company by finding, acquiring, developing, and producing quality reserves in a safe, profitable and socially responsible manner.
Position Overview:
Operating on a 16 days on, 12 days off roster commuting from Cairns, you will work as part of a highly trained, multicultural team on this exciting international project. The Porgera Joint Venture is based in the Highlands of Enga Province in Papua New Guinea and offers a unique and challenging work environment. At an elevation in excess of 2100 meters the Porgera Valley has a year round temperate climate with an annual rainfall of approximately 3.5 meters. The 2500 strong workforce is extremely diverse both culturally and in regards to education, skill and experience.
The opportunity exists for you to relocate to Cairns and enjoy a relaxed lifestyle in a modern and dynamic city offering excellent educational facilities up to university level. Alternatively and subject to conditions, the company will subsidise on-travel airfares paid to commute to and from Cairns for each work roster.
Senior Metallurgist
The Position:
Reporting to the Chief Metallurgist, you will be responsible to manage and ensure safe operation of the processing plant is achieved through control and optimisation of the processing plant comprising of Crushing, Grinding, Floatation, Acid Pressure Oxidation (utilising 4 autoclaves), 3 Oxygen Plants, Lime Kilns, Tailings Detoxification and a leach / CIP circuit. This will also be achieved through metallurgical accounting and research, implementation of process improvement strategies and technical support for the operations personnel.
You will be committed to ensuring that Safety, Training, Production and cost control targets are met. You must be able to demonstrate a strong desire to be apart of a team that is committed to safety, development of its national work force, setting and meeting production targets.
The Person:
The ideal applicant will have tertiary qualifications in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering including at least 5 years experience in all aspects of gold extraction. You will also have sound knowledge in metallurgical databases and accounting systems. Experience in procurement of equipment, materials, consumables and reagent including knowledge of hazardous chemical storage and first aid certification.
You will also need experience of demonstrated success as an effective and supportive leader with proven ability to lead a team safely and improve team safety awareness through effective communication (written/spoken and presentation) skills across all levels.
This challenging role requires you to engage with all people associated with the PJV Operations and to understand, learn from and share cultural differences. It also has the responsibility of overseeing the provision of training and coaching to National and Local employees as part of the company’s Training and Localisation Plan.
It is essential that you have the capability and desire to transfer skills and knowledge to a national workforce.
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