Senior Metallurgist

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Metallurgist to provide advanced metallurgical guidance to optimize gold recovery, plant throughput, and operating efficiency while maintaining the highest standards of safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance. This role is pivotal in supporting the South Railroad Project, a construction-ready, open-pit heap leach project located on the world-class Carlin Trend in Nevada.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate plant performance through analysis of key metallurgical and operational KPIs, including recovery, throughput, leach performance, reagent consumption, and plant availability.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement practical solutions to maximize gold recovery and operational efficiency.
• Conduct metallurgical balancing, performance modeling, and data analysis to support operational decision-making.
• Evaluate relationships between ore characteristics, recovery performance, and processing outcomes to improve mine-to-process integration.
• Develop and maintain process control strategies that enhance plant stability and performance.
• Prepare technical reports, operating summaries, recovery analyses, and performance recommendations.
• Provide technical metallurgical support to Operations and Maintenance teams to ensure safe and efficient processing activities.
• Lead investigations into process upsets, production losses, recovery variances, and equipment performance issues.
• Support operational readiness, commissioning, and ramp-up activities as required.
• Maintain accurate metallurgical accounting and reconciliation systems to support production reporting and metal tracking.
• Review sampling, assaying, and laboratory practices to ensure accuracy, precision, and data integrity.
• Support implementation and maintenance of laboratory QA/QC programs and best practices.
• Lead metallurgical test work programs and evaluate process optimization opportunities through laboratory and field investigations.
• Assess new technologies, reagents, operating strategies, and process improvements to enhance operational performance.
• Provide technical guidance to laboratory personnel, plant operators, and technical staff to support operational excellence and professional development.
• Develop strong working relationships with consultants, vendors, contractors, and technical service providers to achieve project and operational goals.

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in heap leach operations, cyanide-based recovery systems, and gold and silver recovery circuits.
• Assay and metallurgical laboratory management experience preferred.
• Metallurgical recovery modeling experience.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering, chemical engineering, or similar field.