Ca Global recruits a Senior Process Engineer – Sierra Leone

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Measure and monitor process plant operations and accurately determine performance variances ;
• Maximise asset effectiveness through the provision of operating parameters to correct, maintain or improve process plant performance ;
• Provide metallurgical and engineering input into troubleshooting operational problems ;
• Provide technical design specifications and operating limits for new, modified or existing process plant and equipment installations ;
• Convey constraints and limitations of existing unit operations based on sound engineering fundamentals and comprehensive study of duty requirements ;
• Maintain a safe workplace by ensuring all activities comply with company occupational EH&S policies and all relevant statutory regulations and standards ;
• Actively promote and develop the site “Standard Operations” platform; a system of work that seeks to normalise process operations management, control and response ;
• Regularly review and update Standard Operating Parameters ;
• Regularly review and update the Metallurgical and Process Engineering Work Plan ;
• Review and update plant PFDs, P&IDs, recovery matrices, product specifications and product SDSs ;
• Conduct monthly production reconciliations to determine variance between the mine production model and actual production metrics ;
• Identify and develop opportunities for improved process capability ;
• Develop process design and upgrade scopes for treatment of future ore deposits ;
• Complete quick-win projects that deliver improved process capability or feed stock treatment ;
• Apply commercial rigour in all proposals ;
• Improve the skills of team members by providing basic technical training and guidance on experimental design, analytical methodologies, tools and systems of work ;
• Communicate effectively with Site personnel on technical and related issues to enhance process understanding and achieve buy-in and ownership on initiatives ;
• Ensure product quality outcomes are predicted accurately, sampled correctly, monitored and analysed using appropriate statistical methods and achieved.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill:

• BE, BSC or equivalent in Process, Chemical, Minerals or Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy or similar ;
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in mining or mineral processing operations with flotation experience advantageous ;
• Experience working in Africa as an expatriate is essential ;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills ;
• Familiarity with measuring and modelling physical separation systems ;
• A demonstrated ability to reconcile sensitivities and errors in determining the performance of unit operations.
• Strong Excel skills, in particular for constructing mass balances and process models ;
• Competent in analysis and design of materials handling systems, in particular slurry pumping ;
• Competent with combustion systems duty specification, operation and control, in particular liquid fuelled systems.

Benefits and Contractual information :

• Expatriate positon ;
• Roster: 7 weeks on 3 weeks off
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