Metallurgical Technician

St Barbara is searching for great people like you to fill a Metallurgical Technician position (full-time, permanent) at our open-pit gold mine in Moose River Gold Mines, NS.

At St Barbara, you'll be part of a team working safely to make enduring, positive impacts on your community and the world at large.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay: $30/hour
• Production bonus up to $500/month
• Healthcare & dental plan and RRSP
• 15 days of vacation; 6% vacation pay
• Overtime hours available

Schedule

• Fulltime (42 hours/week)
• 4 days on, 4 days off
• 12hour shifts
• 7:00 am 7:00 pm

Duties

• Ensure gold recovery targets are met by analyzing production trends, developing, and optimizing metallurgical KPIs, and providing systems by which these parameters can be monitored by the process operations team.
• Execute and report on metallurgical test programs and assist with the implementation and introduction of process metallurgical changes within the plant.
• Create timely and accurate records within the site metallurgical accounting system and provide reporting according to site requirements.
• Monitor and track reagents and other consumable usage levels and compile periodic consumption reports for plant and supply chain management.
• Assist with team and group operational and capital budgeting exercises, including forecasting.

Requirements:

• Experience writing technical reports
• Software skills in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to do physical labour for extended periods
• Valid driver's license, minimum Class 5 or equivalent
• Relevant Metallurgical experience (preferred)
• Industry experience (preferred)
• Mineral processing or laboratory experience (preferred)
• Exposure to databases and experience with process operating data management software (preferred)

Company
St Barbara is a gold mining company founded in 1969 with operations in Canada, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

Application Process

Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of characteristics protected by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act.

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