Senior Metallurgist
Mineral Resources
Job Description
About the Company
- MinRes can offer you!
- ASX 200 Company - A dynamic global leader with cutting edge innovation
- We invest in your career, with a focus on leadership, upskilling, training and development programs
- Live Your Best Life! Our benefits offer you access to deals, support and discounts to help you unlock the important things in Life – Health, Family, Recreation and Your Future with MinRes
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Superintendent Metallurgy, you will provide technical leadership and operational support to improve plant performance, reduce processing costs, and drive continuous improvement.
This is a hands-on role where you will work closely with Processing, Maintenance, and other operational teams to ensure safety, production and quality targets are consistently met in line with MinRes values.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and optimise metallurgical performance of the processing plant, including crushing, grinding HPGR, gravity classification, DMS, and dewatering processes
- Provide relevant technical support to production teams across site
- Perform field safety interactions, hazard reporting, and critical risk management verifications. S26 Training desirable.
- Monitor and enhance plant performance through analysis of operational data
- Complete metallurgical accounting and report performance against forecasts and budgets
- Identify process improvement opportunities and carry out projects to optimise performance, reduce costs, and improve safety
- Supervise, support and mentor metallurgists and metallurgical technicians
About You / Requirements
- Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent
- Extensive experience in Metallurgy, having supported a team in a Senior position
- Experience with complex processing plant (gravity, dense medium separation, magnetic separation or flotation)
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication abilities
- Previous experience within Lithium is highly regarded
- S26 Training desirable
About Mt Marion
Mt Marion is located 40km south west of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. MinRes manages all mining activities at Mt Marion, including a spodumene concentrate processing plant with an annual production capacity of 600,000 tonnes (SC6 equivalent).
About Mineral Resources
MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.
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