Production Operation Manager - Mining (Hydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing) - Central Africa

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 equipment’s’ 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. 

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