Metallurgical Superintendent

 Job Purpose 

To optimize metallurgical processes to maximize plant throughput and ensure daily and weekly gold production targets are met. 

Key Responsibilities 

•  Manage production and also ensuring that daily and weekly KPI targets are met.
• This includes effectively directing the metallurgy team to achieve production objectives. 
•  Responsible for the Metallurgical Accounting standards of the mine and month end reporting of production. 
•  Monitor process plant performance and liaising with areas of the site operation about technical consequences and forecasts 
•  Minimize consumptions and unit costs of externally supplied reagents by understanding the cost/performance relationships of these consumables and setting operating parameters that maximize efficiency. 
• Set metallurgical, sampling and laboratory standards, as well as processing set points. 
•  Ensure all routine and required reporting – weekly, monthly and annual forecasts are completed accurately and promptly. 
•  Lead simultaneous projects with competing priorities in various execution phases on a wide variety of processes to improve metallurgical performance. 
•  Develop the risk and risk mitigation plans and activities for all work scopes and changes relating to the processing plant operations and infrastructure. 
•  Develop a plan to ensure metallurgical equipment maintenance/ replacement is achieved in line with the Adamus expected life of mine. 
•  Inspect plant refurbishments and plant modifications to ensure works are delivered in accordance with applicable designs, specifications, and expectations. 
•  • Continuously identify and collate opportunities to improve cost, schedule, quality and safety outcomes to all engineering, production, refurbishment, and construction activities undertaken in accountability. 
• Develop/Review and implement Standard operating Procedures for Metallurgical Operations. 
•  Perform any other tasks that may be assigned by senior leadership. 

 Required Qualification & Experience 

•  Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy, Mineral, Material or Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution. A master’s degree would be an added advantage. 
•  Minerals Commission certificate of competence – Processing Superintendent 
• At least 8 - 10 years’ experience in a processing plant or similar; preferably 5 - 8 years at a middle management role. 
•  Experience and understanding of total processing cycle. 
•  Proven experience in collaborating with plant operations maintenance department. 
•  Must possess a valid Ghanaian driving license. 
•  Required Competencies 
• Demonstrate Knowledge of Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations, 2012), L.I 2182. 
•  Must demonstrate knowledge of plant performance and efficiency. 
• Must have good understanding of Metallurgical Accounting with implementation of databases. 
•  Excellent organizational skills. 
•  Must have good organizational and administrative skills. 
•  Demonstrable knowledge of metallurgical research processes including test work procedures, circuit and financial modelling. 
• Ability to work very well with teams. 
•  Ability to pay attention to details. 
• Must possess strong and proven decision-making skills. 
•  Must demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication and motivating skill. 
•  Must be very reliable and honest