Processing Technical Services Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the Metallurgy, Process Control, Flotation, Laboratory, and Metallurgical Accounting functions, providing technical leadership and direction to the concentrator.
• Develop metallurgical strategies, technical standards, and operating practices for the milling and flotation circuits.
• Optimize flotation performance, metallurgical recovery, concentrate quality, and reagent consumption to achieve production targets.
• Monitor plant performance, analyze metallurgical data, investigate production losses, and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage laboratory QA/QC, sampling programs, and metallurgical accounting to ensure accurate process monitoring and reporting.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Mine Engineering, and Mine Planning to improve plant performance and support operational decision-making.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, reagent procurement, and the execution of technical and capital improvement projects.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, environmental stewardship, and technical excellence

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8–10 years of experience in concentrator metallurgy, including technical leadership within a flotation concentrator.
• Demonstrated experience leading metallurgical, laboratory, or process control teams, with the ability to influence cross-functional operational performance.
• Strong technical knowledge of comminution, copper and molybdenum flotation, process control, metallurgical accounting, and process optimization.
• Experience with metallurgical accounting, statistical process analysis, and performance monitoring systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with metallurgical software and PI/historian systems is preferred
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.