About the role
Job Description
JOB RESPONSIBILITES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
* Maximize the value of our natural resources, plant and equipment through: * Contributing to safe work environment with a goal of no lost time injuries. * Developing team members to increase value globally and within the team. * Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets for gold production. * Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets necessary for cost/tonne and AISC. * Actively improving areas of safety and environmental protection and awareness. * Contributing to departmental performance, in turn increasing milling OEE%. * Conduct and assist with investigative and systematic testing for plant recovery improvements, cost reduction and/or plant throughput improvements. * Attend a variety of production / metallurgy meetings and maintain required channels of communication. * Coordinate and manage external consultants and resources as required. * Help coordinate activities for metallurgical laboratory as required. * Attend trainings/development programs and perform other reasonable duties required by the Company. * Demonstrate at all times the OGC values of Respect, One Team, Contribute, and Knowledge. * Adhere to Health, Safety, and Environmental policies. Contributes to the achievement of targets & objectives, and applies procedures, permits and instructions.
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Position Qualification:
* Basic understanding of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&E) requirements. * Basic knowledge of comminution, flotation, CIL, carbon handling, refining, cyanide destruction circuits. * Basic knowledge of analytical and metallurgical laboratory operations. * Basic knowledge of plant process control systems including advanced process control techniques. * Basic knowledge of metallurgical accounting procedures and gold standards protocols. * Advanced problem-solving skills with complex problems, including both definition of the problem and generation and evaluation of solutions. * Strong planning and organizational skills, including goal setting and monitoring of both own and others’ performance. * Knowledge of water treatment processes is beneficial.
* Skills & Abilities: * Proven commitment to behaviour-based safety culture. * Proven ability to interact with all levels of employees in a positive and cooperative manner for mutual success and the success of the company. * Ability to develop processing parameters for optimum gold production. * Ability to decide from a range of competing options where the outcomes are not entirely predictable. * Ability to quantify economic benefits associated with proposed and implemented process modifications. * Strong written and oral interpersonal skills, including motivating and harnessing the energies of others in a positive productive outcome. * Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented and the ability to work with others in a team environment.
* Education and Experience: * Degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or other science related field(s). * Two or more years of experience in ore processing operations preferred. * Communication Skills: * An advanced level of oral and written communication skills in English is required. * The ability to write and review detailed technical reports is required.
* Mathematics Ability: * College level mathematics skills required.
LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
* Demonstrate and promote OceanaGold’s behavior-based safety culture. * Act in a manner that builds trust and demonstrates integrity. * Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with others. * Demonstrate high levels of accountability and employee empowerment. * Demonstrate a strong commitment to continuously improving the safe and efficient operation of the process. Act with a sense of urgency when troubleshooting and resolving problems, especially problems concerning safety and our license to operate.
Additional Information
Key Competencies:
* Quality Communication: Communicates regularly, both written and oral, in a wide range of forums to both operations and maintenance personnel * Project Management: Coaches/supports others to manage improvement projects – required to track project progress and report * Time Management: Able to pace own work. Able to work unsupervised. Capable of readjusting priorities when necessary. * Managing/Directing People: Adopts a ‘supervisory’ role for TEAM Coordinators and the PDM Technicians. * Team Member/Contributing to Team Success: Able to understand own role and how it contributes to the overall output and objectives of the business. * Driving/Facilitating Change: Identify opportunities for improvement and deliver through implementation and the management of any associated change. * Maintaining Work Standards: Creates/revises work standards. Requires changes/improvement to work practices as an outcome of TEAM improvement projects. * Focus on Quality: Prepared to challenge the status quo. Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail.
Physical Requirements:
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear, and see. * Must be able to work shift work with 12-hour shifts. * Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday. * Work is in a surface mine plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity. * Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine environment, including hart hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required.