MAIN PURPOSE:
Provides technical support to the Mill Operations team (process control, optimization, targets, and laboratory). The Senior Metallurgist will lead and support front-line employees in executing daily mining activities safely, efficiently, and to plan. Supervisors at Eagle set the tone for safety, teamwork, and performance. Guiding, coaching, and supporting their employees to achieve results while maintaining a positive, respectful workplace. They are the visible link between leadership intent and field execution, ensuring operational excellence through care, consistency, and communication.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES:
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Lead by example, demonstrating commitment to safety, respect, integrity, and excellence.
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Communicate daily goals, expectations, and changes clearly to the employees.
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Encourage open communication, active involvement, and idea sharing.
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Identify hazards and act immediately to maintain a safe work environment.
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Provide timely feedback, recognition, and coaching to support employee growth.
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Promote accountability and ownership for safe, high-quality work.
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Support shift handovers and ensure company communications are passed down.
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Visible and engaged in the field.
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Set operational targets, including short and long-range production budgeting. Develop plans to make up the differences when deviations to budget occur.
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Utilize team and delegate work accordingly to ensure all process areas are receiving appropriate technical attention.
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Translate information and results from metallurgical test work into mill operating targets
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Oversee, technically develop and lead metallurgical technicians
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Utilize knowledge of ore behavior to help in process control refinement
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Ensure Process Control System is set up to optimally support process operations. Recommend changes and improvements as required.
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Performs other duties as assigned
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
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Bachelor’s degree in metallurgical or Mineral Processing Engineering or a related discipline is required
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Five or more years of experience in metallurgical or mineral processing preferred
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Three to five years of supervisory experience preferred
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Demonstrated strong report writing skills preferred
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Experience with process controls development and optimization will be advantageous
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Operational experience with crushing, milling, flotation, dewatering systems is required
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Operation experience in a nickel or copper/nickel flotation concentrator is strongly preferred
KEY PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:
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Action Oriented - Initiates timely action to address important issues.
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Collaborates - Encourages unity rather than us vs. them thinking
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Communicates Effectively - Clear, concise, and professional in communication.
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Decision Quality - Considers various inputs, criteria, and trade-offs to arrive at effective decisions and recommendations.
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Ensures accountability - Follows through on commitments.
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Manages Ambiguity - Accepts needed change despite the uncertainty it brings.
HSEC ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Everyone in the workplace is responsible for his or her own safety and for the safety of their co-workers. Employees are responsible for performing all tasks in accordance with relevant HSEC Site Procedures, so as to work safely and keep the workplace safe. Eagle Mine is responsible for determining steps required to ensure health and safety of all employees, protection of the environment, and the community. Specifically, all employees must:
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Accept personal responsibility for HSEC
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Identify hazards, unsafe actions, and conditions that could result in damage to property, injury, impacts to the environment, and the community
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Obey any instruction issued to protect their own personal health and safety, and the health and safety of others, protection of the environment and the community.
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Report, as soon as practicable to their Manager any situations where HSEC requirements are not being conformed to within their work area
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Avoid endangerment to any other person through any act or omission
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Only use equipment you are trained to use and operate the equipment in a way that is safe, protects the environment and doesn’t cause undue community impacts.
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Participate in HSEC training provided to them
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Report all incidents; including but not limited to injuries, near miss, community interactions and impacts, environmental impacts, spills, unsafe work practices, etc.
