Operation Manager - Mineral Processing Plant - Hydrometallurgy & Mineral Processing

Operation Manager - Mineral Processing Plant (Hydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing)

Department: Operations

Direct Reporting To: Head Of Operations/General Manager

Experience: 15-20 Years

Core Competencies in Hydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing

Position Description -

- Responsible for management and technical excellence of the metallurgical plant.

- Managing the operations to achieve a high level of metallurgical & operating efficiency.

- Responsible for continuous process improvements and achieve production targets within budgeted.

- Responsible for manpower skill & equipment health development.

MAJOR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (List the major areas covered by your job) Key Responsibility -

Cost Effective Operation -

- Evaluate current and potential processing methods and develop innovative and cost effective operating methodologies to improve and sustain optimum ore and reagent consumption.

Leadership & Support -

- Establish, monitor, and analyze key metallurgical performance indicators of process operations and recommend corrective actions to the operations team.

- Provide leadership, guidance, support and back-up to all team members to increase efficiency and achieve targets.

- Provide direction to management team in the General Manager's absence.

- Provide support to finance team in analysis of cost effective operation.

Productivity -

- Ensure utilisation of workmen and equipment's skills & efficiency to delivery targeted production with in budgeted limits.

- Ensure all equipments preventive and post maintenance practices is being followed as scheduled.

Planning -

- Production & budget planning for entire operations.

Engineering -

- Ensure plant Metal Balance (Solid, Liquid, Solvent, Water & Acid) is appropriate wrt to Ore feed characterization.

- Ensure plant flow diagram is constructive to achieve highest throughputs of all steam to achieve production targets.

- Support plant maintenance team to monitor and maintain the key equipment health and safety.

EHS -

- Ensure appropriate facilities, procedures and workforce competence to achieve legal compliance, incident prevention and achievement of tasks in a safe and environmental sustainable manner.